Ivan Bychkov – Executive Director, Sports Catalyst
Formerly a Soviet-era gymnast, Ivan Bychkov is currently the Executive Director of Sports Catalyst whose aim is to enrich communities during the era of global urbanization by collaborating with sports federations and other sports governing bodies; training leaders to effectively lead sports programs; creating high-quality open-source resources to empower change; and; providing seed capital to facilitate strategy development and execution.
Now living in Houston, Ivan’s mission has taken him to many nations and has made a world-wide impact including extensive involvement in Ukraine during the current season of unrest.