Rick Fuson (born 1953) has been the chief operating officer and president of the Indiana Pacers since 2014.

[3] His parents lived in Terre Haute and Clay County before relocating to Indianapolis and giving birth to Rick.

While attending college, he played on the Indiana Hoosiers football team for two years under John Pont.

After graduating from IU, Fuson moved to California and worked on a Lilly Endowment grant.

Fuson went back to Indiana and sold bulldozers for McAllister Machinery Company for nearly ten years.