USA Cycling’s Brendan Quirk Elected Chair of the National Governing Body Council

Brendan Quirk, the president and chief executive officer of USA Cycling, has been elected chair of the National Governing Body Council with USA Bobsled & Skeleton Chief Executive Officer Aron McGuire elected as vice chair.

Quirk and McGuire will act as liaisons between the 50 NGBs and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committees. Voting took place at the annual U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Assembly in Colorado Springs. Following each summer Olympic quadrennium, a chair and vice chair are selected from the membership of the NGBC to a four-year term of office.

“I’m grateful for the confidence shown by my fellow NGB CEOs in this election,” said Quirk. “Aron and I will work tirelessly alongside the USOPC and the Athletes’ Commission to maximize the support for Team USA athletes and our underlying development programs. National Governing Bodies face unique challenges as we head into the Los Angeles 2028 and the Salt Lake City 2034 Games. But at the same time, this will be the greatest decade in the history of American sport and it will bring unprecedented opportunity.”

The NGBC supports national governing bodies and Paralympic sport organizations and represents the collective views of the NGBs to the USOPC’s Board of Directors and staff. The council is also responsible for promoting collaboration and communication between the NGBC and other USOPC groups, including the Athletes’ Commission and other stakeholders.