Key components in USOC deal with city: Where are they now?

The USOC deal involved leaders in city government, the sports organization and El Pomar Foundation. Here’s where they are now:

• Former Mayor Lionel Rivera spearheaded the effort to retain the USOC. He was widely criticized for the closed-door process and the amount of taxpayer money the city spent. He also became embroiled in an ethics investigation because of his financial ties to developer Ray Marshall; Rivera was cleared of ethical violations. Rivera, who left public office in June, is now concentrating full time on his job at UBS Financial Services.

• Former City Attorney Pat Kelly was the city’s lead lawyer on the USOC negotiations, overseeing all the agreements and defending Colorado Springs in court when LandCo Equity Partners accused the city of failing to live up to its obligations. Kelly retired in September, about three months after Mayor Steve Bach took office, after working for the city for more than 25 years.

• Former Assistant City Manager Mike Anderson was the city’s pointman and architect of the incentives packages to retain the USOC. Anderson, who retired in late 2009 after more than 25 years with the city, is now a senior partner at Summit Economics LLC.

• Jim Scherr was the USOC’s CEO during months of negotiations with the city on the incentives package. But after heading the USOC for six years, he was ousted in March 2009 — forced to resign amid a dispute with his board that was apparently unrelated to the deal with the city. Last month, Scherr was appointed commissioner of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, a new collegiate hockey league that will include Colorado College and have its headquarters in the Springs.

• Bill Hybl, chairman and CEO of El Pomar Foundation, was a behind-the-scenes supporter of efforts to keep the USOC’s headquarters in Colorado Springs. The foundation donated $5 million to the city to support that effort and he co-chaired an effort that raised another $3 million to help pay for upgrades at the Olympic Training Center. Hybl is a former president of the USOC and still serves as its president emeritus.