President and CEO

Kevin Ring

Career Highlights

Senior executive with 20+ years across marketing, sponsorship, licensing, and business development in global sports and nonprofit sectors.
Held various positions with Legends, PGA of America, IMG Worldwide, and the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority.
Led global accounts at IMG for RBS, KPMG, and Thomson Reuters.
Delivered measurable brand growth (e.g., +85% awareness for RBS; +20% for KPMG) through integrated sponsorship and activation strategies.
Built out rights-holder strategy at the PGA of America and the National Lacrosse League.

“In order to succeed as CEO of USA Swimming and the USA Swimming Foundation, initially, I will spend meaningful time listening and learning, creating partnerships with key stakeholders, and communicating clearly with the board, stakeholders, membership, and USA Swimming staff. We will build a culture of transparency, innovation and modernization, all the while keeping focus on the mission and building upon the solid foundation already in place. This will be done using my experience with the PGA which aligns well with USA Swimming and the USA Swimming Foundation while also using my experience at Legends which allowed me to be CEO of my business while working with the commercially driven entity of Legends and the mission based Association at the PGA that has allowed both to create a modernized revenue plan. These complementary skills brought together will lead to the next phase of growth and leadership at USA Swimming.”

-Kevin M. Ring

Sport and Personal Background

College hockey player (4 year starter, Senior Captain)
Met wife at a college athletics conference, she was a two sport college athlete. Interned together and built a life together around sports
15-year-old daughter is highly competitive and highly successful field hockey player, playing in the USA Field Hockey NEXUS program and for one of the top club's in the country
18-year-old daughter used sports to drive her social life, experimented with so many sports and loved meeting different people from different places through athletics
20-year-old son grew up playing sports and chose West Virginia University in part to get that big college sports environment
21-year-old daughter is a two year field hockey captain at Bryn Mawr College
When asked about the scope of mission-based thinking, and how swimming, or any sport, can drive change broadly, his oldest daughter used it to truly change her life through her desire to get back to walking, and then competing in field hockey as her goal after a traumatic spinal cord injury when she was in 8th grade. Read more.

*Photo Credit: USA Swimming

President and Chief Executive Officer

Kevin M. Ring

Career Highlights

Sport and Personal Background

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