Mick Nelson is the Senior Director of Facilities Development for USA Swimming. He and his wife Sue formed their own swim club and built their first indoor facility in Danville Illinois in 1973. In 1974 they formed Nelson’s Swim Supply a retail and wholesale pool/spa and aquatic equipment business. In 1982 they formed NSS Inc which offered aquatic facility design, building, and business consultation to the aquatic industry. In 1994 they formed WaterWay Therapy Inc. which was one of the first and only privately owned and operated Medicare approved outpatient Aquatic Physical Therapy centers in the country. In 2002 they formed Poolside Health & Wellness Center which became the home for the Turtles USA Swim Club, WaterWay Therapy, and Swim America learn-to- swim program and a full-service land and water community health and wellness center. Their specialty is aquatic programming, business development, water treatment and aquatic facility design. Since joining USA Swimming in 2004, they have presented at over 90 major national and international aquatic conferences and conventions and conducted over 70 Build and Program a Pool Conferences/workshops. They have been involved in design and programming of 160 new facilities with 12 more currently in the design phase and programming feasibility stages. They serve on over 15 national and international committees and BOD’s that are focused on swimming, aquatic health & wellness, and drowning prevention.