Norm Blake, Ward's predecessor as chief executive, resigned in 2000, unable to gather support to streamline the organization.

Norm Blake, the former U.S.O.C. chief executive, found out just how brazen Baldwin could be.

Norm Blake resigned as C.E.O. in late October, less than nine months after he was hired to bring a streamlined, corporate approach to the organization.

Norm Blake, the chief executive and secretary general of the U.S.O.C. since February, will tell the organization's transition committee of his plan.

Before Ward and after Norm Blake, another corporate marquee decision gone wrong, the Olympic committee had its answer: Scott Blackmun.

Norm Blake, another director, exploded.

The former chief executive, Norm Blake, hired for his ability to streamline corporations, resigned in October after 10 tumultuous months.

"Norm Blake never marketed anything in his whole life," Baldwin said, raising her voice.

After Norm Blake, a corporate turnaround artist, was forced out a year ago, Blackmun became the acting chief executive while a contentious search unfolded.

Two months earlier, he had been appointed acting chief executive when Norm Blake, a corporate turnaround artist whose indelicate style alienated members, resigned under pressure.