United States Olympic Committee - Governance

Governance

The Committee is led by a ten-member board of directors composed of corporate executives, representatives from certain national sports federations, and former Olympic athletes. On October 2, 2008, Larry Probst was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors. He replaced Peter Ueberroth, the president of the committee that organized the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, contested in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. On March 5, 2009, Stephanie Streeter was named Acting Chief Executive Officer.

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