USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming in the United States, announced the newly-elected members of its Board of Directors. Over 500 of the organization’s eligible voting members of the House of Delegates (HOD) elected Katy Arris-Wilson and Kenneth Chung to At-Large Director positions (four-year terms) during the USA Swimming Annual Business Meeting last month in Colorado Springs. Natalie Coughlin was also elected to the Board of Directors as a 10-Year Athlete Representative by her fellow 10-Year Athletes.
“Natalie, Katy and Kenneth bring so much combined experience to the board,” USA Swimming Board Chair Chris Brearton said. “From competing and working at the highest levels to their business acumen, these leaders are prime examples of the excellence in our swimming ranks, and I’m honored to work alongside them for the betterment of our sport.”
Arris-Wilson is a former National Team member and current swim parent. Following her competitive swim career, Arris-Wilson went on to work at Bain & Company, a strategic management consulting firm. She currently works in private equity and after having served as President of the Tide Swimming Board of Directors for 11 years as a volunteer, she remains on the Board in a voting capacity as President Emeritus.
“I want to combine my experience as a former USA Swimming National Team athlete, the parent of a current USA National Junior Team athlete, a manager at Bain & Company and a president of a large USA Swimming club, to help USA Swimming best fulfill our mission: to achieve growth and success in swimming,” Arris-Wilson said. “I hope to bring analytical rigor, critical thinking and humble listening skills to help USA Swimming best serve its stakeholders.”
Chung begins his second term on the Board of Directors, serving as the Vice-Chair Fiscal Oversight for the last two years. In addition to his role as a meet referee in New England and North Texas, Chung also serves on USA Swimming’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council and as the North Texas Local Swimming Committee Officials Chair. Prior to retirement, Chung served as an Executive Vice President of Commercial Insurance at Chubb Group, where he spent over 38 years in various underwriting, risk management and leadership roles in three continents, while successfully managing sizable portfolios with responsibility for profit and loss.
“I am humbled and honored to have the opportunity to serve on the Board of Directors for another term,” Chung said. “I would like to continue to leverage my business leadership experience in finance and risk management and work with all the stakeholders to help advance the great sport of swimming.”
Coughlin was a member of the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Teams and served as Olympic Team Captain in 2008 and 2012. She has served the Chair of USA Swimming’s Executive Compensation Committee since 2019 and has also served as USA Swimming’s Athlete Representative to the USOPC’s Athlete Advisory Council. Now a swim parent, Coughlin is also a vintner and co-owner of Gaderian Wines.
“I have been a member of the Board of USA Swimming since 2016 and am honored to serve another term as Athlete Representative. This sport has given me so much and I feel compelled to give back,” Coughlin said.
The USA Swimming Board of Directors is proud to welcome Arris-Wilson to its ranks and to welcome back Chung and Coughlin. The Board sincerely thanks outgoing Board of Directors member Jennifer Gibson (At-Large Coach: Southern Zone) for her service to the membership and dedication to swimming in the United States.
The complete list of USA Swimming Board of Directors members can be viewed at: https://www.usaswimming.org/about-usas/organization/overview#board-of-directors
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