William
J. Hybl is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of El
Pomar Foundation, one of the largest and oldest private
philanthropic foundations in the Rocky Mountain West.
El Pomar is a general-purpose foundation and a national
leader in innovative grantmaking, operating many of
its own programs focusing on excellence in individual
and organizational leadership. In part, because of these
activities, the Association of Fundraising Professionals
recognized El Pomar in 1997 as the National Foundation
of the Year.
Bill
Hybl is President Emeritus of the United States Olympic
Committee (USOC). He served twice as President; when
he led the United States Olympic Team Delegations
at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, France,
and the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. In
1998, he again led the U.S. Team at the Olympic Winter
Games in Nagano, Japan, and, in 2000, at the Olympic
Games in Sydney, Australia. He serves as President
Emeritus of the USOC and is President of the U.S.
Olympic Foundation.
Mr.
Hybl is Vice Chairman of the Board of BROADMOOR Hotel,
Inc., and is President of the Air Force Academy Foundation.
He was named 2003 Citizen of the West.
He
served in the Colorado Legislature in 1972-73, and was
Special Counsel to President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
Mr. Hybl was appointed as the Civilian Aide to the Secretary
of the Army in 1986 and still holds in that position.
He served as Vice Chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission
on Public Diplomacy, having received three consecutive
presidential appointments from 1990-1997.
In
2001, President George W. Bush appointed him as U.S.
Representative to the 56th General Assembly of the United
Nations. In March 2003 Hybl was elected Chairman of
the Board of IFES (International Foundation for Election
Systems). In 2005 he was appointed as a Commissioner
to the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
(WICHE) and to the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.
Hybl
is a graduate of The Colorado College, and earned his
J.D. at the University of Colorado School of Law in
Boulder. He and his wife Kathleen have two sons and
six grandchildren.
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