Marty Samuels joined USA Water Polo as the Chief Operating Officer in February of 2013. In this position, Samuels leads the high performance and membership programs of USA Water Polo. This includes membership growth, event management, club outreach, the USA Water Polo National Teams and their international performance, and the Olympic Development Program.

Most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Hybrid Apparel, Samuels spent 12 years at Quiksilver rising from Executive Vice President of Sales and National Marketing to President of Quiksilver Americas. In that role he oversaw product and licensing of a one billion dollar division spanning North, Central and South America including the Caribbean. Prior to that he was an Executive Vice President of No Fear, tripling sales in one year, and a Senior Vice President of Miller's Outpost.

Samuels is no stranger to the water polo community and youth sports in general serving as a volunteer for more than 20 years with Little League Baseball, National Junior Basketball, USA Swimming and USA Water Polo. Married to his wife Elizabeth for over 30 years, swimming and water polo have always been an important part of the Samuels family. His oldest daughter Angela completed a four year career as a varsity swimmer at Loyola Marymount in 2008. Meanwhile his sons Albert and Josh recently concluded four year varsity careers at Loyola Marymount and UCLA respectively, with Josh spending time on various USA Water Polo National Teams.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Samuels has a degree in economics from Colgate University.