Mark Greenwald

Background

About Mark Greenwald

Mark is an established leader and builder with proven success in a variety of roles for both non-profit and for-profit organizations. His experience ranges from grass roots and youth sport development to the Olympic level of high performance sport. Some of these include-Sport leader and administrator with 33 years experience; specific involvement in speed skating and in-line skating in both the United States and Canada. Over 20 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from training centers where his leadership drove the direction, design and environment for athletes-Served in volunteer roles as a member of the US Speedskating Board of Directors (Athlete's Representative) and United States Olympic Committee Athlete Advisory Council (Athlete's Representative - alternate). He presently serves as President of the Amateur Speedskating Union Foundation and Chair of US Speedskating's Alumni Commission. He has significant experience in leading and serving on numerous high performance sport committees and associations in both countries-Educational and Instructional background includes an undergraduate and masters degree in Kinesiology, past Canada and US Coaching Course Conductor Certification roles, and Instructor Examiner roles for both the International In-Line Skating Association (IISA) and Skate Instructor's Association (Skate IA). He is a co-founder of the Skate PE Organization-1988 & 1992 Winter Olympian as a member of the U.S. Speed Skating Team and earning a top-ten finish in the event in 1988. Achieved a 5th place finish in the event at the 1988 World Championships, and was the 1990 US National Champion in this distance-Former Calgary Olympic Oval Training Center Coach, coaching for Team Canada at the Jr. World Speed Skating Championships in 1996 & 1997-Mark has attended 6 Winter Olympic Games in a variety of capacities (2x as a competitor), the Tour de France, 2 Stanley Cup Finals and has a proven track record of success as an architect in building programs and teams that helped high performance athletes to medal winning performances. Presently he leads two companies, both for which he was a founding partner: Alien In-Line - one of the largest and most successful skating schools in the world; and Alien Electrostatic - formed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, to assist educational institutions, sport/fitness/recreation groups, community groups and small business with disinfecting solutions and in creating safer environments for both staff and participants.