There are six IAAF council seats designated to be filled by women and there were ten candidates. Of the ten, Hightower received the most votes.

Siegel is critical of the law which allows businesses to refuse services to people for religious reasons.

Read Hightower's letter to Baker and Leach's reply to Hightower and decide for yourselves. #USATFchange
*MB: Stephanie Hightower tries to bully Law & Legislation Secretary, gets called out by Lionel Leach
*LRC USATF Controversy Archive

Peter has harsh criticisms of Stephanie Hightower, citing a time when she broke rules to kick people out of an AAC meeting. She praises Bob Hersh and says he played a role in getting the DMR added to the 2015 World Relay Championships.

Many have poken out after the USATF board of directors rejected the 85% membership vote which chose Hersh for IAAF Council and instead chose Hightower. The board states, "We fully understood that our choice of Stephanie Hightower would not be popular among the delegates who voted for Mr. Hersh. We fully understood that our selection was in direct conflict with the recommendation, and that some people would be (and are) very upset by the fact that we didn’t simply accept the recommendation. But we also fully understood that our function was to select the best – and not necessarily the most popular – candidate based on everything we know."

They chose to reject the 85% of USATF membership who voted Hersh for the position.
*MB: USATF Board overturns 392-70 vote, will instead nominate Stephanie Hightower for IAAF Council