Mr. Kutska, currently Executive Director of the International Playground Safety Institute, cofounded the National Park and Recreation Association's (NRPA) Certified Playground Inspector Program (CPSI) in 1990. Mr. Kutska is responsible for providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date training on playground safety and certification for playground safety inspectors throughout the United States and the rest of the world who recognizes the ASTM standards. This program prepares persons responsible for conducting safety inspections of children's playgrounds according to the requirements and recommendations of current playground related ASTM standards and 2025 CPSC Public Playground Safety Handbook on behalf of the NPRA. He also teaches the Playground Maintenance Technician (PMT) course on behalf of the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). Mr. Kutska is Chair of the ASTM F15.

29 Subcommittee responsible for the ASTM F1487 Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use. Prior to taking over the International Playground Safety Institute, he was the Director of Parks and Planning for the Wheaton Park District (Illinois, USA) for over 30 years. Mr. Kutska is a past president of the National Recreation and Park Association and founding member of the US Play Coalition. He was elected into the American Academy of Park and Recreation Administrators and was appointed to the International Playground Equipment Manufacture Association's Voices of Play. Mr. Kutska has written many articles on topics related to play and playground safety. He has co-authored, A Guide to Playground Planning, for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Grants Division and wrote the book, Playground Safety Is No Accident: Developing a Public Playground Safety and Maintenance Program, which is in its 7th Edition, 2027.