Utah Chapter – May Monthly Meeting

Darren Hughes is the Bid Lead for the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games. Darren’s role is to guide Utah’s ambition to host the 2030 or 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games through the IOC’s Future Host Election Process.

Darren is a leading expert in the bidding for and delivery of major events. Over the past 25 years, Darren has worked with the majority of major multi-sport bidders, event owners and organizers across myriad projects, with particular emphasis in the areas of bid management, people, and event planning.

Darren began his event career over four years as the Director of Human Resources Planning and Operations at the Salt Lake 2002 Games.