{"id":19223,"date":"2025-03-26T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=19223"},"modified":"2025-03-26T12:30:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:30:04","slug":"lazaroff-now-top-boston-2026-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=19223","title":{"rendered":"Lazaroff Now Top Boston 2026 Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>[press release] [click on any of the pictures for larger versions]<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Boston 2026 Commissioner Reorganization<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chris Lazaroff has been appointed as the Commissioner General of Boston 2026, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lazaroff-forB26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18952\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lazaroff-forB26-208x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lazaroff-forB26-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lazaroff-forB26-710x1024.png 710w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lazaroff-forB26-104x150.png 104w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lazaroff-forB26.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>replacing Yamil Kouri who will continue as the exhibition\u2019s President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs work progresses it became clear that it would be best that I concentrate my time solely on my leadership role and turn the important responsibilities of the exhibits to someone else,\u201d said Kouri. \u201cChris is eminently qualified to handle the position, assisted by Deputy Commissioner General Dzintars Grinfelds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lazaroff was earlier selected to be the show\u2019s U.S. East Commissioner in addition to his role as United States Postal Service Liaison.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Fortunato of Rochester, New York, is assuming the East Commissioner post while continuing as Public Relations Chair. He had been the exhibits chair for the national ROPEX stamp show for two decades and has been a jointly certified APS\/ATA judge since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Kouri continued, \u201cThese reassignments strengthen our Boston 2026 team and commitment to exhibiting participants in particular. We welcome Chris and Tom\u2019s willingness to add to their present show duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boston 2026 World Expo takes place May 23-30, 2026, at the Boston Convention &amp; Exhibition Center. Full show details may be found at Boston2026.org and on Twitter and Facebook. Sign up to be added to the Boston 2026 email list and receive updates when available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[press release] [click on any of the pictures for larger versions] Boston 2026 Commissioner Reorganization Chris Lazaroff has been appointed as the Commissioner General of Boston 2026, replacing Yamil Kouri who will continue as the exhibition\u2019s President. \u201cAs work progresses &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=19223\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19224,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19223\/revisions\/19224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}