Leah Etling has been named Marketing and Communications Director for Running USA, the national US trade association for the sport of running.
“Leah has been part of the Running USA team for nine years,” said Rich Harshbarger, CEO of Running USA. “Her leadership has helped increase member engagement on multiple platforms and she has helped improve the mission of the organization. We are proud to recognize Leah’s accomplishments with this new role.”
Etling has held various roles with Running USA including communications, social media, content development, database management, conference registration and more.
“It’s an honour and a privilege to continue my work at Running USA in this role,” Leah Etling said. “I’m very passionate about this great sport and especially about sharing the many untold stories within the running industry.”
A former journalist who was recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors for long form running coverage, Etling holds a masters degree in journalism from UC Berkeley, where she completed a graduate thesis on gender parity in sports writing.
Running USA is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization devoted to improving the status and experience of distance running and racing in the United States through collective marketing and promotions, information and communications within the industry and to the national media, services to events and industry members, and the development of American world class stars. It seeks the advancement of the sport and the provision of value to each of its members’ events and businesses.
