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“Strong leadership is vital for a successful 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and an enduring legacy for Utah.
“Fraser Bullock brings a great depth of Olympic experience as our executive chair and president. Brad Wilson has proven over many years to be a talented and prudent leader, and we look to his guidance as CEO.”
That’s from Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Friday, announcing the formation of the organizing committee of the 2034 Olympic Winter Games, in a ceremony at the Utah State Capitol, also attended by the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Director of the Olympic Games, Christophe Dubi (SUI).
The organizing committee’s leadership:
● Executive Chair & President: Fraser Bullock
● Vice Chair & Chief Executive: Brad Wilson
● Vice Chair: Steve Starks
Bullock, 70, was the Chief Operating Officer for the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) for the highly-successful 2002 Olympic Winter Games and was the chief executive of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games bid team. He brings unique continuity to the 2034 Games, having been a senior executive of a prior organizing committee … in the same city!
Wilson, 56, was the Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023 and has been in private business in residential development since.
Starks is the chief executive of the Larry H. Miller Company, a major Salt Lake City conglomerate, and was previously the President of the company-owned Utah Jazz of the NBA. He has served as the advisor to Governor Cox on Olympic matters during the bid.
The announcement noted:
“As CEO, Wilson will manage the day-to-day operations of the organizing committee. As the executive chair, Bullock will drive strategy and relationship building, drawing on his vast network and knowledge base in Olympic and Paralympic sport. As vice chair, Starks will help oversee the work of the board and support and advise Wilson.”
The six-member Executive Committee includes Bullock and Starks, as well as U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee Chair Gene Sykes and chief executive Sarah Hirshland, and Olympians Chris Kinney and Lindsey Vonn.
The 25-member Board include all four U.S. members of the International Olympic Committee – Sykes, Anita DeFrantz, David Haggerty and Allyson Felix – and athlete members Kinney, Vonn, Sarah Hughes (Olympians) and Muffy Davis, Manny Guerra Jr. and Oksana Masters (Paralympians).
Four-time Olympic speedskater Catherine Raney Norman, who served as the Chair of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games, will head the organizing committee’s Athletes’ Commission.
Bullock has said previously that the 2034 organizing committee will remain tiny through 2028, concentrating on strategic and marketing initiatives before turning to the actual organizing of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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