Jay Holder is the Executive Director of Running USA, a nonprofit organization focused on educating, elevating, and engaging the running event industry. As Executive Director, Jay oversees the organization's strategic vision and its diverse calendar of in-person and virtual programming as well as its catalog of market-leading research. Jay joined Running USA after eight years at Atlanta Track Club where he served as the Vice President of Marketing and Communications for the nonprofit. In his role, Jay oversaw all marketing efforts, public relations, social media, membership, brand, and merchandise. A former TV news producer, Jay has served as a track and field media operations and broadcast consultant for the last two summer Olympic Games in Tokyo and Paris as well as the 2022 World Championships in Oregon. He has been the director of media for the last two U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathons. Jay works annually with major road races and track meets across the country and around the world to provide PR, media, and broadcast services. He has a journalism degree from the State University of New York at Oswego where he was a member of the cross country and track and field teams. He has completed 15 marathons including 5 Boston Marathons and he has done the Rim to Rim to Rim run in the Grand Canyon. Jay lives in Maryland with his wife Lauren, an Episcopal priest, and their children Charlie and Lucy Rae.