Eric Skufca has left USA Swimming for another job.
Skufca, who had been the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for USA Swimming since December 2018, has accepted a job as CFO for Solari, Inc.
Solari, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides free and confidential crisis support and a 24/7 mental health lifeline to individuals I need of such services.
Skufca originally came to USA Swimming after spending more than five years with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. He also spent time working with Deloitte, an audit, consulting and tax advisory firm.
At USA Swimming, Skufca led the financial units of USA Swimming and the USA Swimming Foundation, which consisted of accounting, financial planning and analysis, compliance, treasury, purchasing and travel.
Skufca graduated from Northern Colorado, where he was a left-handed pitcher on the school’s baseball team.
Skufca’s departure is the latest for a USA Swimming organization that still is without a permanent CEO and has faced criticism from greats such as Michael Phelps, Rowdy Gaines and Ryan Lochte.
Previous USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey resigned just over one year ago after seven years on the job, and the organization has had two interim CEO’s since, Shana Ferguson and currently Bob Vincent. Chrissi Rawak was introduced as the new CEO in February but resigned just days later after a SafeSport complaint was filed against her.
Sources have told SwimSwam one of two men brought in for final interviews for the vacant CEO job has emerged as a favorite.
Whoever is eventually named will now have to find a new CFO with Skufca now gone.
People leave jobs all the time. USA swimming has issues but him leaving isn’t an indictment on the organization
While that is a valid point, the chaos within the organization doesn’t help the story whether he’s leaving because of how bad things are or because it’s a good opportunity. And it could very well be both.
This is all the direct result of the old guard protecting themselves for decades and decades painting the illusion that all was well in the world of swimming until the lawsuits started. For an organization that absolutely drains swim clubs financially and sends out all of these “standards” to stay “certified” causing club staffing recourses to be stretched thin it’s almost humorous to see USA SWIMMING implode from the inside.
What a mess. If I were a private swim club owner I would NOT be subscribing to the USA SWIMMING way this season. They need to get their own house in order before I tell my families to pay the USA swimming fees and all that nonsense they have… Read more »
So, a baseball player, someone with no connection to swimming, leaves USA Swimming amid the ongoing drama.. Is it too much to ask that USA Swimming top management be former swimmers? Not saying everyone has to be an Olympian, but at least someone who grew up swimming and understands the wonderful experience of swimming with your teammates and friends.
I’ve long thought that Nancy Hogshead-Makar would make an excellent head of USA Swimming (or, for that matter, someone who could reform the corruption at World Aquatics). Her professional accomplishments are as impressive as her Olympic gold medeal-winning accompllishments. Ms Hogshead_Makar could right the ship and then some.
I didn’t realize you had to be in the sport to be the CFO. I’m pretty sure the CFO of every sports league didn’t play that sport professionally or at any level haha. CFO of the NFL is Christine Dorfler…I’m pretty sure she never played a snap. I think the CFOs job is to maintain the financial stability and maintain the overall financial health of that organization. The ship is sinking…
Yeah I mean look. I’m a swimming person who has a degree in finance and used to work in finance, and I would say that of all the C-suite (or even director) positions, not having a swimming background is least important for the CFO.
I also think that I would have found a new CFO after the 2022 investment disaster, but Eric came with Hinchey from the Colorado Rapids organization, so there was probably some loyalty.
I think CFO is probably the best role for a non-swimming person to disconnect from the emotion of the sport and advise a swim-blooded CEO in a more cold/calculating way. USA Swimming has a pretty large investment portfolio, and I would… Read more »
I hope all those down-votes aren’t personal! For the record – I’m not interested in the position: I don’t think I have the right skill-set, (I’m a civil rights lawyer) and Champion Women has a lot of work on our plate —among our projects is to ensure the House antitrust settlement doesn’t mean fewer swimming programs, and that girls’ and women’s sports remains female.
http://www.ChampionWomen.org
Feels like the ship is sinking.
Ship is sunk. Need to build new ship
Swim to shore!!!
“I need of such services.” ha ha h
USA Swimming is a non profit right?
What a resume boost being the CFO of USA Swimming in all its glory and golden age.
I heard Teri McKeever is gunning for CEO.
Rats off a sinking ship….