Board of Trustees

The Trustees consist of champion female athletes, prominent businesspersons, major benefactors and leaders of women's sports organizations. They establish fiscal policy, assist in the acquisition of adequate financial and human resources and oversee the accomplishment of the Foundation goals and objectives. A nine-person executive committee meets monthly and the full board meets three times per year.

Officers /  Executive Committee

Billie Jean King , Founder and Honorary Chair
2009 Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Kathryn Olson
Chief Executive Officer, Women's Sports Foundation

Benita Fitzgerald Mosley , Chair of the Board
Chief of Sport Performance, USA Track and Field,
Olympic gold medalist, Track & Field

Laila Ali , President
World champion athlete
Celebrity host and correspondent

Angela Ruggiero, President-Elect  
Olympic Gold Medalist, Ice Hockey

Stephanie Tolleson, Past Chair
Former Sr. Corporate Vice President of the International Management Group

Ilana Kloss, Past Chair
CEO/Commisioner, World TeamTennis

Jessica Mendoza , Past President
Two time Olympic medalist, three-time World Cup champion, two-time Pan American Games gold medalist, Softball

Lisa M. Cregan, Vice President – Treasurer, Legal and Finance
Managing Director, Complex Director, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Jean Picker Firstenberg, Vice President – Human Capital and Governance
President Emerita, American Film Institute

Eric Kaufman, Vice President – Development
President, Premier Sports and Entertainment

Sharon Love, Vice-President- Trustee-at-Large
CEO, The Promotion Network, Inc. (TPN)

Sandra Vivas, Vice-President – Advocacy
President and CEO,
Beyond Boundaries, Inc./Athletic Link.com

Board of Trustees

Jean Afterman
Senior Vice President, Assistant General Manager, New York Yankees

Dane Andreeff
Founder/Managing Partner, Andreeff Equity Advisors, LLC

Terri Austin
Chief Diversity Officer, The McGraw-Hill Companies

Tamika Catchings
Two-time Olympic gold medalist, Basketball

Kelley Cornish
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Sheryl Crow
Singer/Songwriter

Christine Driessen
EVP and Chief Financial Officer,
ESPN, Inc.

Shawn Johnson  
Olympic gold medalist and World Champion, Gymnastics

Ross Greenburg
President, Ross Greenburg Productions
Former President, HBO Sports

Susan S. Hassan
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP

Yvonne Middleton
Chairman, Middleton & Gendron, Inc.

Becky Morgan
President, Morgan Family Foundation

Susan Morrison
Former Advertising Executive

Sarah Robb O’Hagan
Gatorade President, North America, and Global Chief Marketing Officer, Sports Nutrition for PepsiCo

Aimee Mullins
World record holder, Paralympian, Track & Field

Larry Scott
Commissioner, Pac-12 Conference

Kenneth Shropshire
David W. Hauck Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Faculty Director of its newly launched Wharton Sports Business Initiative

Stephan H. Whisnant
Managing Director, United States Olympic Committee