The organizers of the 2028 Summer Olympics have reached far outside the sports world for their new chief executive, hiring a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served in the White House and as chief of staff for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Reynold Hoover ’83 arrives at a crucial juncture for LA28, which will also stage the Paralympics. After this summer’s Paris Games, the organization must shift from seven years of planning and marketing to focus on the more difficult task of operations.
That means delivering on its promises to stage a massive competition featuring thousands of athletes competing at dozens of venues throughout Southern California and doing so without the use of taxpayer dollars.
“Reynold is one of the few people in the nation who possesses the operational and logistics expertise that the Olympic and Paralympic Games require,” LA28 Chairman and president Casey Wasserman said in a news release. “He’s been tasked with some of our nation’s most complex challenges, and we are fortunate to have him on our team as we prepare to welcome the world in 2028.”
