Surfing was undoubtedly one of the big winners of the Tokyo 2020 Games, as the sport debuted in the Olympic programme with great success. Alongside skateboarding, the sport is seen as a bet by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to attract a younger audience to the Games.
The iWorkinSport LIVE Interview is back for its fourth season and we are delighted to announce that Robert Fasulo, Executive Director of the International Surfing Association (ISA) will be our special guest on Monday, 16 August, at 5pm CEST. He is responsible for the strategic leadership, financial stewardship, and operational management of the ISA, with a special focus on delivering surfing’s debut as an Olympic sport – which was accomplished in an exquisite way, just a couple of weeks ago.
Fasulo is a global strategist with over 30 years of cross-cultural management and communications experience in Olympic and world sport. A multi-lingual internationalist with extensive experience in delivering complex events as well as communications, public relations, and marketing strategies, Fasulo brings a unique blend of creative and entrepreneurial skills to the management of the ISA.
He was appointed to the ISA position following his decisive role as a senior advisor to the ISA over five years in their successful campaign to include surfing in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Prior to the ISA, Fasulo ran his own consulting agency, Robert Fasulo international (RFi) where he provided high-level, strategic consulting and business development services to major corporations, sports marketing and media agencies, national and international sports organizations and international sport properties.
Prior to launching RFi, Fasulo served in several key Olympic leadership roles including Chief of Staff at World Athletics (formerly IAAF), Director of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and Chief of International Relations at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).
As ASOIF Director, Fasulo also served on the IOC Coordination Commissions in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 as well as the IOC Olympic Program Commission. As (IAAF) Chief of Staff, Fasulo was also appointed Secretary General of the International Athletic Foundation, the Monaco-based charitable arm of World Athletics, where he was responsible for managing a US$20 million endowment as well as developing grant criteria, donation guidelines, financial policy, project monitoring and athlete award programs.
Fasulo attended the University of Portland, Oregon where he was a scholarship member of the track & field team and graduated cum laude in 1986 with a BA in communications. Following a 1,700-mile cycling tour though Europe in the summer of 1987, Fasulo lived in Rome, Italy for 13 years and subsequently Lausanne, Switzerland for six years.
If you'd like to learn more about his career and participate in the interview sending your questions and comments, don't miss it.
Tune in on 16th of August and join the conversation.