TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State University Vice President for University Athletics Ray Anderson was named to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee College Sports Sustainability Think Tank, as announced today by the USOPC. The think tank, which will commence later this month, will identify innovative solutions to help sustain Olympic and Paralympic varsity programming opportunities within college athletics.
The USOPC think tank will initiate three working groups focused on the areas of partnerships, sport economics and regulations. The partnerships working group will explore options to drive national alignment around Olympic and Paralympic sport structures and examine innovative collaboration opportunities across a variety of stakeholder groups, while the sport economics working group will review sport-specific and nationwide sport economic management models to promote sustainable behaviors for lasting sport sponsorship.