Jon Hawkins is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Inside the Rings Consultancy, where he blends strategic leadership, storytelling, and legacy-driven insight to help organizations across the Olympic Movement and global sport ecosystem create meaningful, lasting impact.
 

He is also the host of Inside the Rings, the Olympic-themed podcast that goes beyond results and records to explore the stories, strategy, and spirit behind the world’s greatest sporting event. Equal parts historian, strategist, and fan, Jon brings curiosity, context, and just the right amount of enthusiasm to every conversation—on the mic and off.

Jon serves as a member of the Utah Sports Commission and the Executive Board of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation, and previously played a key role on the Steering Committee supporting Utah’s successful bid to host the 2034 Winter Olympic Games. In these roles, he helps bridge sport, culture, and community development, contributing to Utah’s growing reputation as a national leader in Olympic legacy planning and civic collaboration.
 

In his professional career, Jon most recently served as a Senior Manager at Adobe Workfront, where he led the Marketing Solutions Group (MSG)—a startup-style team that generated more than $10 million in sales in two years. His team partnered with some of the world’s most recognizable sports and entertainment organizations, including Nike, Under Armour, the NFL, PGA Tour, Olympics & Paralympics, Disney Media Properties, and others, helping them translate big ideas into operational and storytelling success.
 

Jon is also a Utah State Representative, where he champions Olympic- and sports-related initiatives and public-private collaboration, bringing a practitioner’s perspective to policy and a policymaker’s perspective to sport. Whether he’s in a committee room, a consulting engagement, or behind the microphone, Jon operates at the intersection of sport, leadership, and public trust.
 

From torch relays to boardrooms, podcasts to policy, Jon is in it for the long run—and the long jump—helping organizations align purpose with performance and build legacies that endure well beyond the podium.