Three women have been elected to serve a two-year term on&nbsp;Hockey Canada's board of directors, the&nbsp;organization&nbsp;announced on Sunday.

Andrea Skinner,&nbsp;Leanne Standryk and Mary Anne Veroba&nbsp;have a wealth of experience in hockey.

A bylaw change approved at the 2019 annual meeting requires the Board to include a minimum of two males and two females to better reflect Canadian society.

Previously, Karen Phibbs,&nbsp;a member from 2013-15, was&nbsp;the only female to have sat on Hockey Canada's board.

Skinner is the former captain of the&nbsp;Cornell University women's hockey team and has reffed and coached at the university level in Canada.

Standryk, meanwhile, serves&nbsp;as an advocate before the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC).&nbsp;She has also acted as a mediator and arbitrator in sports-related disputes.

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In a move it says is aimed to include more diverse perspectives, Hockey Canada has mandated that a minimum of two women must sit on its board of governors.

Hockey Canada's board of directors is comprised of all white men.

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Hockey Canada's board of directors, as of July 2020.

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Veroba has been in the game for over 30 years and served on the Saskatchewan Hockey Association's board of directors for over 20 years, including the last seven as chair of the board.

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Terry Engen and Bobby Sahni&nbsp;are also new members.

Andrea Skinner, former captain of the Cornell University women's hockey team in Ithaca, N.Y., is among three women elected to serve two-year terms on Hockey Canada's board of directors. Leanne Standryk and Mary Anne Veroba are the others.

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