Colorado Springs, CO | January 22, 2025 – U.S. Figure Skating has retained global leader Elevate Talent to lead the executive search for its Chief Executive Officer. This critical role will be responsible for driving key stakeholder relationships across the national and international sporting community; developing strategies to enhance programming and membership; and generating partnership and philanthropic revenue during the critical period leading up to and through the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina.
The CEO will be based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and report to the President of U.S. Figure Skating and its board of directors, which is comprised of 33 percent athletes. The CEO will lead a full-time staff of 61 people.
U.S. Figure Skating is a 501c(3) corporation and is the national governing body (NGB) of the sport. It works closely with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, also based in Colorado Springs. U.S. Figure Skating has an annual budget of approximately $25 million. In the 2023-24 season, more than $8 million was spent in support of its athletes.
U.S. Figure Skating has contracts with several major partners and licensees (including NBC Sports) and sanctions more than 1,700 events each year. In the past decade (excluding the two Covid seasons), U.S. Figure Skating has consistently experienced annual membership increases and is represented by clubs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
“As we enter the 2025-26 Olympic season, this is an exciting and important moment for the future of U.S. Figure Skating,” said Jackie Chang, Independent Director of the Board of U.S. Figure Skating, and Search Committee Co-Chair alongside fellow Board member Tina Lundgren. “We are pleased to work with Elevate Talent, which has an impressive record of identifying executives for significant C-Suite positions that includes our own international federation, the International Skating Union. We are confident that through this process, we will hire a visionary leader who will fulfill U.S. Figure Skating’s mission and exceed its strategic goals.”
“On behalf of Elevate Talent, we are honored to partner with U.S. Figure Skating on this significant appointment that will influence and direct the future of one of the world’s foremost figure skating governing bodies,” said Jeff Yocom, Senior Partner, Elevate Talent. “We look forward to working alongside the U.S. Figure Skating Search Committee to identify the next senior leader capable of delivering on their strategic action plan and fulfilling U.S. Figure Skating’s mission to inspire lifelong passion for figure skating and develop the next generation of champions.”
Founded in 1921, U.S. Figure Skating has developed champions for more than a century and leads all nations in Olympic and World Championship medals. U.S. Figure Skating enters the 2025-26 Olympic season with a talent-rich team that won three of the four senior disciplines at the 2024 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Grenoble, France. Additionally, Team USA earned three medals — two gold and one bronze — at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China.
Interested candidates:
Submit an email to request the job description or formally apply: usfigureskating.ceo@oneelevate.com.
Application deadline: 5 p.m. ET, February 9, 2025.
About Elevate:
Elevate is an award-winning, full-service consulting firm supporting high-performing organizations in sports and beyond with innovative, data-driven, revenue-generating solutions. Elevate’s unparalleled combination of agency and operating experience, along with proprietary technology solutions, data sources, and software products, maximizes efficiencies in Consumer Insights, Research, Strategy and Analytics; Brand Consulting and Activation; Partnership Sales and Consulting; Executive Talent Strategy, Recruitment, Performance, and Organizational Design, Leadership Coaching, and Optimization; Creative Consultancy and Experiential Design; Property, Premium Hospitality, and Ticketing Strategy and Sales; Feasibility and Revenue Consultation for New and Renovated Venues; and more. Established in 2018 to provide comprehensive solutions to organizations across the global sports and entertainment ecosystem; today, the agency supports over 1,000 of the world’s most ambitious organizations across sports, entertainment, media, technology, gaming, lifestyle, and consumer sectors. For more information, follow Elevate Experiences on Instagram and TikTok and Elevate on X (@OneElevate_), LinkedIn, and Instagram.
About U.S. Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States as recognized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the International Skating Union. U.S. Figure Skating comprises more than 875 member clubs, collegiate clubs and high school teams, and more than 1,000 registered Learn to Skate USA programs representing over 246,000 members. U.S. Figure Skating is charged with the development of the sport on all levels within the United States, including athletes, officials, sanctioning of events and exhibitions, and establishing the rules and guidelines by which the sport is governed. U.S. Figure Skating is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by law or regulation. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse team by maintaining hiring and recruiting processes that are free from bias.
