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Power of passionate people motivates sports nonprofit CEO

Marc Riker readies himself for a busy few months.


  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 11:00 a.m. February 3, 2022
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National Senior Games Association CEO Marc Riker doesn’t have to go far to find leadership inspiration. 

He’s surrounded by it at Clearwater-based NSGA, a nonprofit that promotes fun, fitness and fellowship for the senior set and, in doing so, has fostered thousands of age-is-just-a-number athletes and lifelong competitors. There’s a 105-year-old woman running the 100-yard dash in one of the group’s events. Or a 90-year-old pole-vaulter. And then there’s the 50-something blind swimmer. “They are going out and living their life,” Riker says “They are going out and doing what they want to do.”

 


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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.

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