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.”