Ray Hoyt to lead USA BMX Foundation

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Ray Hoyt has been hired to lead the USA BMX Foundation as executive
director and will be charged with driving revenue and program
development to support the foundation’s STEM and scholarship
initiatives serving youth nationwide.

Hoyt was instrumental in bringing the USA BMX Headquarters to
Tulsa, which officially opened earlier this year. Most recently,
Hoyt served as president of Tulsa Regional Tourism where he led that
organization to an annual budget growth of 500 percent since taking the
helm in 2010. Hoyt also led a five-year effort to pass state
legislation to create and implement Oklahoma’s first Tourism
Improvement District (TID).

Created in 2005, the USA BMX foundation has engaged over 225,000
students nationwide with STE(A)M education — Read to Ride, and Track
Modeling Programming. BMX is the only Olympic sport with a fully
integrated STEM program, which is now deployed in more than 300 schools
nationwide.

“I can’t think of a better person to help us take the USA BMX
Foundation to the next level,” said Shane Fernandez, president and
chairman of USA BMX. “Ray is an international leader in the sports and
tourism industry and his fearlessness and innovation has brought
countless of successful accomplishments in every position he has held.
He has also been with USA BMX since the beginning of our journey to
Tulsa. His passion for our sport and organization is unparalleled.”

Hoyt, a native of Illinois, began his career in Tuscon, Arizona, where
he established a sports commission and hosted the National Senior
Games, an organization that he later led as director of national games
and athlete relations. Hoyt also led the creation of the business model
to transform guest experience, tourism impact and event profitability
at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida.

“His passion and relentless spirit to drive change, collaboration and
community is inspirational,” said B.A. Anderson, chief executive
officer and founder of USA BMX. “I’ve had the honor to work with him
for the past seven years in making the transition of moving our
headquarters to Tulsa, and now we are thrilled to welcome him to the
USA BMX family.”


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