Frank Niro, a former hospital administrator, was Executive Director of the United States Chess Federation in 2002 and 2003. A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... Executive director is a title given to a person who is the head of an executive branch of an organization or company. ... The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is the governing chess organization within the United States and is one of the federations of the FIDE. The USCF was founded in 1939 and grew gradually until 1972, when membership doubled due to interest in Bobby Fischers rise to the World Championship. ...