Dave McGillivray, Boston Marathon race director

Besides running across the country in the seventies, (when he was not old enough to know better), Dave McGillivray runs his age in miles every birthday. In 2004, he organized TREK, a transcontinental relay of 10 runners that raised more than $300,000 for the DMSE foundation to help kids. Through his company DMSE, he helps organizations learn how to produce events of the highest quality and in 2004, he was Nancy Lieberman’s operations consultant for the U.S. Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials. For more than 25 years, he has brought running to thousands and has provided guidance to Running USA in countless ways. By the way, he is also the director of the BAA Boston Marathon.

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