Dale Neuburger

    Dale Neuburger is Director of TSE Consulting – North America, one of six regional offices of the international sports consultancy based in Lausanne, the “Olympic Capital.” He serves as a Partner of the company. Since 2005, he has provided management expertise to international sports organizations, National Governing Bodies, and nonprofit organizations, primarily in strategic planning, event hosting, program evaluation, and business performance planning. Additionally, he has helped city governments and sports commissions to develop sport tourism plans, event hosting strategies, and international event development programs for cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. His work with important sports organizations has included support to the United States Olympic Committee in providing management assessments of twenty-four National Governing Bodies, including summer team sports like USA Water Polo and USA Field Hockey; summer individual sports like USA Track & Field and USA Judo; and, winter sports like USA Curling and USA Bobsled & Skeleton. Neuburger has also provided support to six additional NGBs in strategic planning, governance review, Board training, and performance review, including USA Taekwondo, USA Luge, and US Rowing. His work with more than a dozen cities over the past eight years includes the City of Phoenix (AZ) in the development of a comprehensive sports tourism plan; Columbus (OH) in the implementation of a comprehensive sports event bidding strategy; Philadelphia (PA) in the creation of an international event hosting program; and, Edmonton (CA) in bidding support for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and other domestic events and conferences. Neuburger has been a contributor to two books which have become important resources for sport organizations and cities worldwide: “The New Sports Organization,” focused on the ways in which the best-managed sports federations in the world manage their operations, programs, and events; and, “Developing a Winning Sports Event Strategy,” designed to assist cities in creating strategic bidding and hosting opportunities. Prior to joining TSE, Neuburger was President/CEO of Indiana Sports Corporation (ISC) from 1993 to 2005; Director of Administration/Chief Operating Officer for USA Track & Field from 1991 to 1993; and, Assistant Athletic Director of Indiana University from 1982 to 1991, managing three world-class facilities on the Indianapolis campus: the IU Natatorium, IU Track Stadium, and the Indianapolis Tennis Center, each of which staged national and international events annually. Neuburger has a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics from Princeton University, and holds two Master’s degrees from Indiana University, in philanthropic studies and in public administration. On two occasions, he has been awarded the state’s highest award for distinguished service, the “Sagamore of the Wabash,” by Indiana Governors Frank O’Bannon and Joseph Kernan.  Neuburger has served in a variety of volunteer leadership roles within the aquatic sports, including as President of United States Aquatic Sports; President of USA Swimming; and, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He serves as a Board member of USA Swimming (since 1990) and the USA Swimming Foundation. Neuburger is serving his fourth consecutive term as Vice President of FINA, the international federation for aquatics and will serve in the same role until 2017. He is Chairman of the FINA Development Commission and Chairman of the FINA Technical Swimming Commission, serving as the Technical Delegate/Competition Director for the swimming competition in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, as well as the 2010 and 2014 Youth Olympic Games, in service to the International Olympic Committee. He has also served as Technical Delegate to four FISU Universiade swimming competitions. Neuburger was a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Olympic Committee from 1995 to 2002, and a member of its Executive Committee from 1996 to 2000, serving as chairman of the National Governing Bodies (NGB) Council, comprised of the leaders of the forty-five NGBs recognized by the USOC. In 2004, Neuburger was designated to serve as Deputy Chef de Mission of the 700-member United States delegation which won 104 medals at the Athens Olympic Games. He was honored with the President’s Award by USOC President William Hybl in 2000. In his role with Indiana Sports Corporation, Neuburger represented Indianapolis in attracting and staging more than 200 major athletic events during his tenure. He played a leadership role in events such as the National Sports Festival; Pan American Games; world championships in rowing, gymnastics, track & field, swimming, and basketball; Olympic Trials in three aquatic sports, wrestling, track & field and rowing; and, national championships in six different sports. Neuburger led and managed the effort to attract and relocate the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Federation of State High School Associations to Indianapolis, as well as being the Indianapolis signatory of the historic agreement with the NCAA which brings championship events, including the NCAA Final Four and the NCAA Convention, to Indianapolis on a regular basis through 2039. For his service to the NCAA, he was awarded the prestigious "Flying Wedge Award" in 2000.

International sports (FINA, the International Federation for Swimming); Olympic sports (US Aquatic Sports, USA Swimming, USA Diving, USA Synchro, USA Water Polo, and US Masters Swimming)