COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Archery (USAA) has appointed four new members of staff as they look to finish the year strong and put in place the building blocks for an even stronger 2025.
The four new additions include Kyle Bissell (pictured above), Allison Collins, Madison Cox and Amanda Mangum. Bissell becomes the Education Manager for USAA, Collins the new International Teams Manager, Cox is State and Local Event Manager, with Mangum serving as Director of Events.
In addition, current staff member Brad Fiala, has been promoted to National Events Manager.
“We are excited to welcome four new staff members to USAA. Their experience and knowledge will contribute to furthering USAA’s strategic vision, contribute to sport growth and create more opportunities for participation for members,” stated Mary Emmons, USAA Chief of Sport Performance and Operations.
Bissell, a USA Archery Level 4 Coach, is the founder of Sattva Center for Archery Training in Florence, MA. He was instrumental in developing coach training curricula for USAA’s coach certification levels 1 through 4, led the 2024 USAA Coaches Workshop and was awarded the 2023 Doc Counsilman Coach of the Year Award through USAA.
In his new role at USAA, Bissell will oversee USAA’s online education programs and expand learning opportunities for athletes, coaches, judges and club leaders.
Collins (above), an experienced operations and logistics manager, spent the last nine years with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee where she managed program operations for teams visiting the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Most recently she coordinated accommodations for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and other Team USA delegation events.
Mangum (right), served as the Games Director at Virginia Amateur Sports since 2014 where she assisted sport coordinators to execute over 40 events annually for the Virginia Commonwealth Games. Mangum will lead the USAA events team and will focus on USAA’s overall event strategy.
Fiala, who served as USAA’s Event Development Manager since 2017 will now take the lead on planning USAA’s national events.
In his previous role Fiala was instrumental in growing the number and types of state championship events offered, developed resources to assist events hosts and participants, developed the online state records platform and helped to streamline marketing and promotion of state championship events to grow event participation and membership nationwide.
Cox (left) is a graduate of archery powerhouse the University of the Cumberlands, former staff lead for communications and membership services at S3DA and part of the USAA gold medal-winning women’s compound team from World Cup stage 1 in Turkey last year. She will assist USAA clubs to host local events and will be keenly focused on state championship offerings and participation growth in partnership with USAA’s State Associations and State Coordinators.
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