Club Management - March/April 2008 - (Page 28) Feature Paving a Path To Success Editor’s note: When we learned about John Furlong’s success and began the process of interviewing him for a profile, his answers were so insightful and full of moxie that we decided to run the interview in its entirety. The text of that exchange follows. Club management provides ideal career stepping stone for Olympic CEO John Furlong Q: You’re now chief executive officer for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and once were a Canadian champion squash player. What took you from sports to club management? A: My youth was dominated by sport and the dream of pulling on a national team sweater and making it to the Olympics. In my early career, I was a teacher and athletics coach. From there, I jumped to local government and recreation management – all the time chasing personal athletic dreams. I simply found the time to work, raise a family, train and somehow become a squash champion. “ I laugh when people ask how club management could have prepared me for this job. I cannot think of an experience that could have been any better. The club was a perfect training ground for me, as it is for many complex, demanding careers. Yours is serious, professional work.” 28 • CLUB MANAGEMENT
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