USAW’s Bender elected as chair of NGB Council
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – During meetings held at the
U.S. Olympic Assembly, USA Wrestling’s Executive Director Rich Bender of Colorado Springs, Colo. was unanimously elect- ed as the chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s National Governing Body (NGB) Council. The mission of the NGB Council is to “assist the National Governing Bodies and Paralympic Sports Organizations as they strive to achieve sustained competitive excellence.” Bender was selected for this volunteer leadership position by
the chief executives of the National Governing Bodies and Paralympic Sports Organizations affiliated with the U.S. Olympic movement. He will complete the term which was previously held by Skip Gilbert of USA Triathlon, which includes the current four-year Olympic quadrennial that runs through the 2012 London Olympic Games. “USA Wrestling has flourished under Rich’s decade of leader-
ship as Executive Director and the organization is one of the strengths within the NGB family,” said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun. “I am excited to have Rich in such an important lead- ership position and am confident that he will serve the NGBs and the Olympic movement with distinction. We look forward to working with him and the NGB Council as we develop programs and opportunities that benefit U.S. athletes and their Olympic
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and Paralympic dreams.” The NGB Council is an organizational entity which is included
in the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, and is also included in the bylaws of the U.S. Olympic Committee. The combined activity of the organizations included in the
NGB Council includes the presentation of over 60,000 sports events each year and represents over 13,000,000 individual NGB members. “It is very exciting to be involved with an organization which is committed to helping NGBs to improve their operations and serve as a voice within the U.S. Olympic Committee,” said Bender. “I am humbled to be chosen by a group which includes many of America’s top sports executives.” Bender believes that the NGB Council will continue to play an increasingly important role in the growth and success of Olympic sports in the United States. “The NGBs have the responsibility of managing the Olympic
sports in our nation, preparing America’s athletes for success on the international level and ensuring the growth and expansion of Olympic sports programs in the U.S. We are the 365-day-a-year operation of the Olympic movement,” said Bender. He has been a full-time employee with USA Wrestling for over
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