The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) named Scott Blackmun, a prominent sports executive and former USOC leader, as Chief Executive Officer in January 2010.
Blackmun returns to the USOC where he previously spent three years, including serving as acting Chief Executive Officer from November 2000 - October 2001. He first joined the USOC in September 1998 as General Counsel and Director of Legal Affairs, and in 2000, he moved into the role of Senior Managing Director where he was responsible for sport operations and resource allocation to NGBs and athletes.
Blackmun, a resident of Colorado Springs, Colo., joins the USOC from the 200-plus lawyer firm of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, where he was a partner and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. From 2002-06, he was Chief Operating Officer of Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) in Los Angeles, overseeing operations for the sports and events company.
Blackmun currently serves on the following boards: the Colorado Springs Regional Economic Development Corporation, the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs, In the Arena, the National Soccer Hall of Fame and Olympic skier Jeremy Bloom's Wish of a Lifetime Foundation. He graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1979 with a degree in philosophy, and received his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1982. He and his wife, Ann, have three children.
