Join with us as we celebrate the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020… It is now federal law!
The new statute, which restructures the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, is the result of years of work by the members and leadership of The Committee to Restore Integrity to the USOPC (Team Integrity) and U.S. Olympians and Paralympians Unbroken (USOPU). We worked together – with advocates, athletes, survivors, their lawyers, coaches, economists, members of Congress, with the media and with policy makers – to reform the Olympic Movement.
As we celebrate this momentous occasion, we would like to reflect upon some of the important mileposts that mark our journey to this point.
On February 4, 2018, Team Integrity detailed how Scott Blackmun, the then CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, betrayed athletes and warped the Olympic brand and corporate mission in order to benefit the staffers and the administrators. We sent our 13-page memo to corporate leadership, members of Congress and their staff, and the media, as well as Olympic and Paralympic alumni, many of whom had no idea what was happening behind the curtain…a pattern of problematic behavior not directly related to the USOC’s criminal failures to protect athletes from criminals like Larry Nassar. As a result of our efforts, combined with his willful disregard for Nassar-survivors, Scott Blackmun resigned as CEO, citing health reasons, in less than one week.
Our members mobilized the Olympic and Child Protection communities to pass the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and SafeSport Authorization Act, signed into law February 14, 2018. We used the energy behind passing the statute to encourage the best child protection organizations and lawyers to become involved with the Olympic movement. We removed the mystique of the five rings and welcomed their expertise in the sport-space. We also knew that after any statute passed, education would be crucial for effectively protecting the 16 million athletes it covered; and getting support for the statute was a strategy to spread the word that their expertise was sorely needed. See the Feinstein Congress Press Conference re: celebrating the passage of “Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and the Safe Sport Authorization Act”!
While making all members of the Olympic Movement “mandatory reporters” of sexual abuse and removing unethical leaders like Blackmun was imperative, the USOPC’s underlying problems of corporate governance, and lack of transparency and accountability remained. As Team Integrity & USOPU leader Eli Bremer has repeated, “The problem is not the dictator. It’s the dictatorship.” Bad actors take advantage of athletes because the structure and governance of the Olympic organizations – the USOPC, in particular – is fatally flawed. Nancy Hogshead-Makar frequently repeated, “Not every coach is a pedophile, but every pedophile wants to coach.” In other words, the problem is the governance structure of the Olympic Movement, and merely removing the leadership team of the day without addressing the underlying problems does not prevent athlete abuse from recurring in the future. True reform requires changes to that structure through policy, specifically the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act (the Sports Act), to protect athletes. That became – and remains – our quest.
However, most people, including our athletes and coaches, did not know the US Olympic Committee was governed by a statute – let alone how that statute laid out power between competing interests – and the impact it has on the athletes’ sports experience. Worse, when the USOPC leadership did use the words “Sports Act,” it was typically in defense of their behavior, rather than as Congress intended; that is, to protect athletes.
For example, at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the then USOPC Board Chair, Larry Probst, and others told the media that the Sports Act prevented USOC executives from helping the gymnasts or intervening in USA Gymnastics’ sports and business practices. This, in fact, was not true. Team Integrity wrote the legal memo, explaining how the Sports Act and USOPC bylaws unequivocally gave the USOPC not only the authority, but also the responsibility, to make sure its member NGBs complied with the Sports Act and that it protected athletes.
The media also needed to be kept abreast of problems and solutions. Team Integrity and USOPU leadership – Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Ed Williams, and Eli Bremer – have been a consistent voice for the media. We wrote white papers and held press conferences and wrote numerous articles. Nancy Hogshead-Makar published The U.S Olympic Committee’s Moment of Truth, Huffington Post, June, 2018; Michigan State Will Pay $500 Million to Abuse Victims. What Comes Next?, The New York Times, May, 2018; How to Stop Sexual Abuse in Sports, Athletic Business, January 2018; #MeToo shows need for tighter rules in club and Olympic sports, ESPN, October 2017. We became the voice for the athletes and survivors.
In addition, we also sought to shine the light of transparency on the USOPC’s finances, which have always been murky. In July 2018, Team Integrity wrote Reducing Financial Waste & Improving Governance: Proposed Reforms to the U.S. Olympic Committee, signed by America’s most prominent sports economists and sport leaders and Team Integrity leadership. It was presented to members of Congress, their staffs, and our community. One item of continuing concern was that although “amateurism” had been formally abolished in 1992, most athletes’ lives were not much different; they live below poverty levels and are dependent on family support. In a similar vein, see Will Hobson’s article, Olympic Executives Cash in on a Movement that Keeps Athletes Poor.
In January 2019, Team Integrity leadership met personally with the USOPC’s new CEO, Sarah Hirshland, in New York City to discuss our concerns, and shortly thereafter released its “12 Athletes First Recommendations.” Our recommendations aim to remedy athlete-abuse and athlete-powerlessness through numerous channels. Many have now either been adopted or were watered down to become versions of other reforms. Our recommendations include:
In July 2019, the Olympic Committee revealed that it had paid former CEO Scott Blackmun a $2.4 million severance. Team Integrity and the Olympic Community reacted with outrage. Scott Blackmun was (and is still!) under FBI investigation for covering up for a serial child molester, he had just been removed from the International Council of Arbitration for Sport, and he has now been called out for leadership failures by four major reports, costing the Olympic Movement over $20 million and an untold cost to the Olympic brand. More than 150 Olympians and Paralympians called for USOPC Board and staff resignations for breach of their fiduciary duty. They were joined by much of the athlete-survivor and abuse-expert community.
The fact that this large of a coalition was unable to convince the USOPC to rethink its position in that regard is a testament to the need for the new statute, and overall governance change.
Team Integrity and USOPU did the painstaking work of mobilizing members of the Olympic Movement – Olympians, Paralympians, elite athletes, coaches, victims of abuse, their lawyers and sport leaders – giving them the opportunity for the first time to have their voices heard. We have now gathered the support of nearly 550 Olympians, Paralympians, and elite athletes to push for the passage of the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020. Our numbers also include over 200 coaches, 80 survivors of sexual abuse in the Olympic Movement, 135 sport leaders, 12 civil rights and child protection organizations, one national governing body, and hundreds of supporters.
Ultimately, even the USOPC and the US Center for SafeSport joined with Team Integrity and USOPU in supporting the passage of this legislation.
In April 2020, USOPU delivered our letter to Congress in support of the Empowering Olympians and Paralympians Act, and the 16-member Commission to re-write the 1978 Sports Act. We were now the largest consortium of Olympic Movement Members in history.
The Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020 demonstrates Margaret Mead’s famous quote, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Stay tuned! We are working to provide you with a summary of statute - and all the changes embodied - next.
Our work is not over; our numbers continue to grow. There is still much to do to ensure that the culture of the USOPC actually changes so that the USOPC can truthfully proclaim that it puts America’s “Athletes First.”
Nancy Hogshead-Makar, J.D., Oly
Edward G. Williams, J.D., Oly
Eli Bremer, Oly
Olympians, Paralympians, Elite Athletes, and Coaches: Monica Abbot, Olympian Mara Abbott, Olympian Erin Aldrich-Shean, Olympian Gary Anderson, Olympian Jordin Andrade, Olympian Marcelo Arrue, Olympian Jenny Arthur, Olympian Janelle Atkinson, Olympian Tela Bacher, Olympian Robert Balk, Paralympian Willie Banks, Olympian and Sport Leader Don Barcome, Jr., Olympian and Sport Leader - Child Protection Chris Barlow, Olympian Eric (Randy) Barnes, Olympian Michiel Bartman, Olympian Greg Barton, Olympian Carrie Steinseifer Bates, Olympian Allison Baver, Olympian Amy Begley, Olympian Norm Bellingham, Olympian and Sport Leader David C. Berkoff, Olympian, Coach, Olympic Sport Leader, and Survivor Gwendolyn Berry, Olympian Paula Berry, Olympian Michael Blatchford, Olympian Judy Blumberg, Olympian June Boon, Olympian Jay Bowerman, Olympian Janine Bowman, Olympian Mary Wayte Bradburne, Olympian Elizabeth Bradley, Ph.D., Olympian Keith Brantly, Olympian Eli Bremer, Olympian and Sport Leader Piotr Buciarski, Olympian Doug Burke, Olympian Amber Campbell, Olympian Senator Benji Nighthorse Campbell, Olympian and Sport Leader Kelsey Campbell, Olympian and Sport Leader Tonie Campbell, Olympian and Coach Stewart Carr, Olympian Chantal Lynelle Cermak, Olympian Suzy Chaffee, Olympian and Sport Leader Chandra Cheeseborough, Olympian Kathy Johnson Clarke, Olympian Barbara Ann Cochran, Olympian Bart Conner, Olympian Pat Winslow Connolly, Olympian and Coach Heather Corrie, Ph.D., Olympian Reggie Crist, Olympian Troy Dalbey, Olympian Dominique Dawes, Olympian Donna de Varona, Olympian and Sport Leader Tamara Crow deClercq, Olympian Dale Dedrick, Paralympian Tim Dement, Olympian Michael Dickey, Paralympian Diane Dixon, Olympian Rodney Dixon, Olympian Dennis Donahue, Olympian and Olympic Coach Scott Donie, Olympian Janis Hape Dowd, Olympian Tricia Downing, Paralympian Stacy Dragila, Olympian Jean Driscoll, Paralympian Loren H. Drum, Olympian Nikki Dryden, J.D., Olympian Benji Durden, Olympian Brian Dzingai, Olympian Rick Earley, Olympian Jackie Edwards, Olympian Todd Eldredge, Olympian David Ennis, Jr., Olympian Michele Eray, Olympian Ted Fay, Ph.D., Paralympian and Sports Leader Gary Figueroa, Olympian and Coach Ken Flax, Olympian Lee Ford, Paralympian Michial J. Foy, Olympian Keith Frostad, Olympian Kelly Garrison Funderburk, Olympian Geoffrey S. Gaberino, Olympian James Galanes, Olympian and Olympic Coach Amy Gamble, Olympian Philam Garcia, Olympian Gary Gaudet, Olympian and Coach Diana Gee, Olympian Alicia Jo (JoJo) Starbuck Gertler, Olympian and Coach Riley Gibbs, Olympian Myriam Glez, Olympian and Coach Robin Goad, Olympian Scott Goldblatt, Olympian Francie Kraker Goodridge, Olympian John Benedict Gordon, Olympian Carissa Gordon Gump, M.P.A., Olympian Kara Goucher, Olympian Stephen Gough, Olympian Brian Gregg, Olympian Steven Gregg, Olympian Kelly Griffin, Olympian Carlo Grippo, Olympian Gary Hall, Jr., Olympian Gary Hall, Sr., Olympian Scott Hamilton, Olympian Joan Hansen-Lester, Olympian and Coach Shannon Happe, Olympian Mary V. Harvey, Olympian Jeffrey Hastings, Olympian Cheryl A. Haworth, Olympian Catherine Hearn, Olympian and Coach Bret Hedican, Olympian Barbara Ferries Henderson, Olympian Mark Henderson, Olympian Jim Henry, Olympian Andrew Hermann, Olympian Margaret Hogan, Olympian Nancy Hogshead-Makar, J.D., Olympian and Sport Leader Mike Holland, Olympian Carolyn Pingatore Holmes, Olympian Tanya Hughes, Olympian Lavonne Idlette, M.B.A., J.D., Olympian Laurel Brassey Iversen, Olympian Joe Jacobi, Olympian Allen James, Olympian Cathy Jean Jeffries Marino, Olympian Sharon Ann Jewell, Olympian Lawrence Johnson, Olympian Allison Jones, Paralympian Barbara Stark Jordan, Olympian and Coach Kathryn Keeler, Olympian John Keller, Olympian Klete Keller, Olympian Weston Seth Kelsey, Olympian Micki King, Olympian and Sport Leader Victoria King, M.D., Olympian A.J. Kitt, Olympian Jeffrey R. Klaiber, Olympian Chip Knight, Olympian and Coach Julie Goskowicz Koons, Olympian Tyler Kornfield, Olympian Kiira Korpi, Olympian Lucas Kozeniesky, Olympian Karin LaBerge, Olympian Tiffany Cohen Lalonde, Olympian Cecile Landi, Olympian and Coach Andrew Larkin, Olympian Grace Latz, Olympian and Survivor Matthew Laue, Olympian Jemal Le Grand, Olympian Ben W. Lee, Olympian Tahl Leibovitz, Paralympian Kim Rhodenbaugh Lewallen, Olympian and Survivor Douglas Lewis, Olympian Laurie Lewis, Olympian Stacey Liapis-Fuchsgruber, Olympian Arlene Limas, Olympian Samantha Arsenault Livingstone, Olympian Esther Lofgren, Olympian Jud Logan, Olympian and Coach Greg Louganis, Olympian Tom Lough, Olympian Frederick H. Lowe, Olympian Jonathan Lujan, Paralympian Tim Mack, Olympian and Coach Joice Maduaka, Olympian Eric Walther Maleson, Olympian Mesinee Mangkalakiri, Olympian Holley Mangold, Olympian Helen Maroulis, Olympian Wendy Bruce Martin, Olympian Mary Mazzio, Olympian Joshua McAdams, Olympian Abigail Johnston McGrath, M.D., Olympian Barb Weinstein McGrath, Olympian Tamara McKinney, Olympian Julianne McNamara, Olympian Sam Michener, Olympian Tiffeny Milbrett, Olympian Andrea Nott Miles, Olympian BJ Bedford Miller, Olympian Bode Miller, Olympian Jim Miller, Olympian Madeline Manning Mims, Olympian Dominick Minicucci, Olympian Betsy Mitchell, Olympian Michele Mitchell, Olympian Lisa Mize, Olympian Edie (Thys) Morgan, Olympian George Mount, Olympian Aimee Mullins, Paralympian and Sport Leader Lydia Murphy-Stephans, Olympian and Sport Leader Martina Navratilova, Olympian Renaldo Nehemiah, Olympian Greta Neimanas, Paralympian Megan Neyer, Olympian Khoa Nguyen, Olympian Zara Northover, Olympian Jeff Olson, Olympian Sean O'Neill, Olympian and Paralympic Coach Annabelle Orme, Olympian Jeff Pain, Olympian Lea Ann Parsley, Olympian Crissy Ahmann Perham, Olympian Victor Plata, Olympian Casey Puckett, Olympian Chris Puckett, Olympian Katrina Radke, Olympian Kyle Rasmussen, Olympian Jasna Rather, Olympian Jennie Reed, Olympian John Register, Paralympian Dana Schoenfield Reyes, Olympian Jason Richardson, Olympian Michael Richardson-Bach, Olympian and Coach Anita Nall Richesson, Olympian Sharon Finneran Rittenhouse, Olympian Robert S. Rock, Jr., Olympian Bill Rodgers, Olympian Suzy Powell Roos, Olympian Molly Botkin Rossiter, Olympian Michael Roth, Olympian Susan Jones Roy, Olympian and Coach Keith Sanderson, Olympian Deena Deardurff Schmidt, Olympian Terry Schroeder, Olympian Bill Schuffenhauer, Olympian Tasha Schwikert, J.D., Olympian and Survivor Danielle Scott, Olympian Jason Scott, Olympian Helena Scutt, Olympian Steven Segaloff, Olympian Maggie Shea, Olympian Carrie Sheinberg, Olympian Lindsay Dare Shoop, Olympian and Coach Ogonna Nnamani Silva, Olympian Bonny Warner Simi, Olympian Cale Simmons, Olympian Phillip Sinnick, Olympian Ivan Smiljanic, Olympian Ariana Kukors Smith, Olympian and Survivor Michele Smith, Olympian Paul Sparkes, Olympian Bill Stapleton, Olympian Arthur E. Stegen, Olympian, Olympic Coach, and Olympic Sport Leader Tracy Caulkins Stockwell, Olympian Donald Suxho, Olympian Nancy Swider-Peltz, Olympian Ashley Tappin-Doussan, Olympian Christian Taylor, Olympian Susan Teeter, Olympian Jayson Terdiman, Olympian Cristina Teuscher, Olympian Samuel Thayer, Olympian Inga Thompson, Olympian Mitzi Kremer Tighe, Olympian Ellen Tomek, Olympian Dara Torres, Olympian Todd Torres, Olympian DeeDee Trotter, Olympian Cathy Turner, Olympian Katie Uhlaender, Olympian Brenda Villa, Olympian Linda Carbonetto Villella, Olympian, Coach, and Survivor Craig Virgin, Olympian Gloria Viseras, Olympian Allison Wagner, Olympian Derrick Waldroup, Olympian Daniel M. Walsh, Olympian Patricia Walsh, Paralympian Debbie Meyer Weber, Olympian Kyle Weiche, Olympian Wendy Weinberg Weil, Olympian Sarah Will, Paralympian Edward Williams, J.D., Olympian and Sport Leader Taraje Williams-Murray, Olympian Craig Wilson, Olympian Billie Pat Winslow Connolly, Olympian and Coach Christine Witty, Olympian August Wolf, Olympian Tiff Wood, Olympian Rob Woodhouse, Olympian Kevin Young, Olympian Anthony Zahn, Paralympian Carrie Zimmerman, Olympian Felicia Zimmermann, Olympian and Survivor
Stephanie Adelson, Elite Athlete Alexis Alden, Elite Athlete Michelle Amen, Elite Athlete Dan Amis, Elite Athlete and Coach John Anderson, Elite Athlete and Coach Lauren C. Anderson, L.H.D., Elite Athlete Megan Ward Andrew, Elite Athlete Raphael Aquino, Elite Athlete Ann Armstrong, Elite Athlete Ronald Ayers, Elite Athlete Blake Beebe, Elite Athlete Sommer Bell, Elite Athlete Sally Bergesen, Elite Athlete and Olympic and Elite Athlete Sponsor Ivan Black, Elite Athlete Colleen Bolin, Elite Athlete Rachael Bommicino, Elite Athlete Jim Bonnet, Elite Athlete Maria Briesch, Elite Athlete Todd E. Briggs, Elite Athlete Mason Briles, Elite Athlete and Survivor Dustin Briley, Elite Athlete Rachelle Brown, Elite Athlete Ray Brown, Elite Athlete Jacqueline A. Brummer, J.D., Elite Athlete and Coach Bambi Brundage, Elite Athlete and Coach Cullen Bullock, Elite Athlete Renee Bunker, Elite Athlete and Coach Brenna Burke, Elite Athlete and Coach Meredith Burney, Elite Athlete Emily Campanelli, Elite Athlete Shelley Carlisle, Elite Athlete Stella Cashman, Elite Athlete and Coach Marie Clark, Elite Athlete Laura Coffman, Elite Athlete Sam Collins, Elite Athlete and Coach Jennifer Condon, Elite Athlete and Coach Michael Conroy, Elite Athlete and Coach Darwin Cook, Elite Athlete Susan Lynn Cooke, Elite Athlete Emma Cowles, Elite Athlete William Crane, Elite Athlete Tim Cronin, Elite Athlete Ruth E. Crowe, Elite Athlete and Coach Kristi Cumming, Elite Athlete Brian Cunningham, Elite Athlete Michele Curcio, Elite Athlete and Coach Kelly Curtis, Elite Athlete Raymond A. Dackerman, M.B.A., Elite Athlete Stacey Dalley, Elite Athlete Chic Dambach, Elite Athlete Liane Daniels, Elite Athlete Tim Dick, Elite Athlete Liza Dickson, Elite Athlete and Coach Eric Donat, Elite Athlete Lauren Doskon, Elite Athlete and Coach Melissa Duffield, Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Jonas Ecker, Elite Athlete Cindy Eckert, Elite Athlete Michelle Sicard Edstrom, Elite Athlete Kristen Elechko, Elite Athlete Grete Eliassen, Elite Athlete Trisha Elser, Elite Athlete and Coach Kyle Emerick, Elite Athlete Bridie Farrell, Elite Athlete, Survivor, and Sport Leader Ali Fenn, Elite Athlete Carlos Fernandez, Elite Athlete Jennifer Flaherty, Elite Athlete Michael Erin Flaherty, Elite Athlete and Coach Victoria Fraga, Elite Athlete Richard Frey, Elite Athlete Bryon Friedman, Elite Athlete Arthur Gallanter, Elite Athlete Arely Garcia, Elite Athlete Chris Garrett-Petts, Elite Athlete Fred Gerken, Elite Athlete Brian Gibbs, Elite Athlete Allen Gilchrest, Elite Athlete and Coach Judy Gillies, Elite Athlete Brian Ginsberg, Elite Athlete Michael Gminski, Elite Athlete Sandra Goulart, Elite Athlete Haley Gow, Elite Athlete and Coach Ryan Grady, Elite Athlete Rick Granquist, Elite Athlete Scott Greifenberger, Elite Athlete Ken Groce, Elite Athlete and Coach Adam Gruman, Elite Athlete Disha Gupta, Elite Athlete Matthew Hall, Elite Athlete Clinton Hayes, Elite Athlete and Coach Reginald H. Henderson, III, Elite Athlete and Coach Diane J. Hewitt, Elite Athlete and Coach Lyndall P. Heyer, Elite Athlete Andy Hogshead, Elite Athlete Deb Holthaus, Elite Athlete Kris Upshaw Houchens, Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Douglas Humphrey, Elite Athlete and Coach Sarana Hyatt, Elite Athlete and Coach Trey Jackson, Elite Athlete Eric Randall Johnson, Elite Athlete Heather Johnson, Elite Athlete and Coach Jessica Johnson, Elite Athlete Robin Roughton Judice, Elite Athlete and Coach James Kegley, Elite Athlete Jessica Kelley, Elite Athlete Michael J. Kenney, Elite Athlete Patrick King, Elite Athlete Levi Kirkpatrick, Elite Athlete Thomas Konecny, Elite Athlete Shaun Koos, Elite Athlete Catherine (Downing) Kriebel, Elite Athlete and Coach Janine Tessarzik Kuestner, M.A., Elite Athlete and Coach Cheryl Kupan, Elite Athlete Nick Lara, Elite Athlete and Coach Barry J. Lee, Elite Athlete Tim Lewis, Elite Athlete and Coach Lawrence Libow, Elite Athlete and Coach Keith Livingstone, Elite Athlete Dana Loncar-Gakovic, Elite Athlete Christine Loock, M.D., Elite Athlete Jamie Loud, Elite Athlete and Coach David Marks, Elite Athlete Cathy Masin, Elite Athlete David McCagg, Elite Athlete Tracy McCoey, Elite Athlete Mary Lynne McElhaney, Elite Athlete Mike McIntyre, Elite Athlete and Coach Heriberto Medina, Elite Athlete Johanna Mellis, Ph.D., Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Renata Merino, Elite Athlete Emily Meyerl, Elite Athlete Erica Mitchell, Elite Athlete Lisa Mitzel, Elite Athlete and Coach Allison Moll, Elite Athlete Kevin Montford, Elite Athlete Elisa Moore, Elite Athlete and Coach John Moorhead, Elite Athlete Linda Muri, Elite Athlete Gina Nichols, Elite Athlete Michal Niemkiewicz, Elite Athlete Kelly Norris, Elite Athlete Margaret O'Rourke O'Grady, Elite Athlete Chris von Saltza Olmstead, Elite Athlete Suzzette Osborn, Elite Athlete and Coach Joseph Parini, Elite Athlete and Coach Jennifer Parks, Elite Athlete and Coach Carter W. Payne, Elite Athlete Lizzie Peiros, Elite Athlete Robin Penoyer, Elite Athlete and Coach Brett Perry, Elite Athlete Sarah Pettit, Elite Athlete Mary Alice Phelan, Elite Athlete Priscilla Piantadosi-Lima, Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Victoria Picciochi, Elite Athlete Summer Pierson, Elite Athlete Aleksandra Piotrowska, Elite Athlete Cara Piske, Elite Athlete and Coach Andy Pittman, Elite Athlete David Pole, Elite Athlete Stephen Porino, Elite Athlete Carson Potter, Elite Athlete and Coach Rachael Presler, Elite Athlete Lauren Primerano, Elite Athlete Reyne B. Quackenbush, Elite Athlete Alli Ragan, Elite Athlete Tony Ramos, Elite Athlete and Coach Joanna Rees, Elite Athlete Heidi Robbins, Elite Athlete Ellen Roberts, Elite Athlete Daniel Robertson, Elite Athlete Elizabeth Olga Robinson, Elite Athlete Jerome Robinson, Elite Athlete and Coach Eva Rodansky, Elite Athlete Sheila A. Roesler, Elite Athlete Amber Rose, Elite Athlete Michael Roth, Elite Athlete and Coach Monica Fling Rowland, Elite Athlete Mikinzee Salo, Elite Athlete and Coach Jim Schreiner, Elite Athlete Kristy Schultz, Elite Athlete Filiz Sevil, Elite Athlete Katherine Shai, Elite Athlete Jake Shelley, Elite Athlete Hannah Silva-Breen, Elite Athlete and Coach Franne Sippel, Ed.D., Elite Athlete and Sport Leader - Child Protection Erik Skeel, Elite Athlete Jeff Smith, Elite Athlete Jennifer Spiegel, Elite Athlete Hassaan Stamps, Elite Athlete and Coach Heidi Standteiner, Elite Athlete Leslie Stanley, Elite Athlete and Coach Jim Starrett, Elite Athlete and Coach Jill Steele, Elite Athlete Uli Steidl, Elite Athlete and Coach Jennifer Strasburger, Elite Athlete and Coach Calvin Sullins, Elite Athlete Julie Swarts, Elite Athlete Christine Swartzman, Elite Athlete Megan Tallman, Elite Athlete Caitlin Tanzer, Elite Athlete and Coach Jennifer L. (Cunningham) Taylor, J.D., Elite Athlete Michelle Till, Elite Athlete and Coach Kimberly Todd, Elite Athlete Heather Tolford, Elite Athlete Yetsa Tuakli, Elite Athlete Anne Tweedy, Elite Athlete Jean Uyehara, Elite Athlete Mallory Velte, Elite Athlete Stephanie Ventura, Elite Athlete Circe Wallace, Elite Athlete and Agent Robert West, Elite Athlete John S. Whalen, Elite Athlete Ian Whatley, Elite Athlete Steve Whedbee, Elite Athlete and Coach Patrice Wilson, J.D., Elite Athlete and Coach Polly Winde, Elite Athlete Donna Wise, Elite Athlete Jenny Wong, Elite Athlete Kenneth Wong, Elite Athlete Erin Wykoff, Elite Athlete and Coach Jasmine Yardley, Elite Athlete Amira Young, Elite Athlete Laura Zuckerman, Elite Athlete
Lisa Aguirre, Coach Scott Katsumi Akimoto, Coach Elizabeth Akindolie, Coach William Aney, Coach Carl Archer, Coach James Barnes, Coach Ashley Bastron, Coach Lisa Bauduin, Coach Sam Bedell, Coach Scott Bennett, Coach Aimee Boorman, Coach Steven Breiter, Coach Andre Bridgett, Coach Bailey S. Brown, Coach Catherine Caddell, Coach Christina Callaway, Coach Kevin Maureen Campbell, Coach Rebecca Carlson, Coach John Carroll, Coach Shaun Caven, Coach Carl Cepuran, Coach Janis Christopher, Coach Erin Coppernoll, Coach Irene Cucina, Coach Bruce Davis, Coach Denise DeLotell, Coach Christopher R. DeSantis, Coach Peter Dodge, Coach Randall Scott Dunn, Coach Kyle Ellis, Coach Carly Fehler, Coach Valorie Kondos Field, Coach Patricia Formichelli, Coach Joana Goncalves, Coach Heather Grieser, Coach Sandeep Gupta, Coach Colleen Hacker, Coach Casey Halsted, Coach Laura Harmon, Coach Margaret Haslach, Coach Lauren Hatmaker, Coach Timothy Hess, Coach Charles Howe, Coach James Hrbek, Coach Randall Huntington, Coach Casey Hurst, Coach Lacy Johnson, Coach Megan Johnson, Coach Patrick Kennedy, Coach Kelly Keown, Coach Caleb King, Coach Kayla Kregel, Coach Liran Krell, Coach Jaime Lapides, Coach Patti Laufenberg, Coach Sarah E. Lesko, Coach Mariane Majeske, Coach Christopher Maldonado, Coach Thomas Maloney, Coach Gary Martin, M.D., Coach Sonia Martinez, Coach Rebecca McConville, Coach Kevin McDermott, Coach Michael McKenna, Coach Diana McLaughlin, Coach John McMurtry, Coach Martha (Mickey) McNeil, Coach Maggie Meixl, Coach Heather Minnick, Coach Kate Moore, Coach Digit Murphy, Coach John Padula, Coach Sean Peters, Coach Nicole Petersen, Coach William Phelps, Coach Laurie Porter, Coach Sam Purcell, Coach Randolph (Randy) Reese, Coach Jim Reilly, Coach Dia Rianda, Coach Kelsey Riggins, Coach Stephanie Ross, Coach Edith Rowland, Coach Gail Royce, Coach Vijay Saxena, Coach Chandelle Schulte, Coach Wally Senter, Coach Cheryl Sistare, Coach Genadijus Sokolovas, Coach Darlene Sparks, Coach Erika Sperl, Coach Kara Spragg, Coach Will Stanley, Coach Ayse Sukola, Coach Will Sweetser, Coach Zsolt Szadovszki, Coach Frank E. Thomas, Coach Evelyn Thompson, Coach Pat Tobin, Coach Kelly Tolar, Coach Holly K. Tyra, Coach Julianne Vasichek, Coach Corey Von Allmen, Coach Alison Wade, Coach Deirdre Wilson, Coach Stephen Zimmermann, Coach Becca Ziska, Coach
Survivors, Including Athletes Abused in Olympic Movement: Jessica Armstrong, J.D., Elite Athlete and Survivor Chrissy Weathersby Ball, Elite Athlete and Survivor Sarah Powers Barnhard, Elite Athlete and Survivor Mark Belenchia, Survivor Terra Booe, Survivor Shenea Booth, Survivor Dani Bostick, Survivor Shari Botwin, Survivor Larissa Boyce, Survivor Nicole Boylan, Survivor Abigail Buckley, Survivor Lisa Burt, Mother of Survivor Charmaine Carnes, Survivor Kathy Smith Connor, Elite Athlete and Survivor Lucas Crosby, Survivor Cindy Davis, Elite Athlete, Coach, and Survivor Rachael Denhollander, Survivor Carol Downey, Survivor Amy Duval, Elite Athlete and Survivor Sarah Ehekircher, Coach and Survivor Emily Fogle, Elite Athlete and Survivor Grace French, Survivor and Sport Leader Lindsay Garrett, J.D., Survivor Chris Gavagan, Survivor and Sport Leader - Child Protection Janet Gnann, Survivor Michele Kurtzman Greenfield, Elite Athlete and Survivor Debra Denithorne Grodensky, Elite Athlete and Survivor Louise Harder, Elite Athlete and Survivor Julie Hayden, M.A., CMPC, Survivor and Sport Leader Christy Heiskala, Survivor Irene Hu, R.N., Elite Athlete, Coach, and Survivor Patrick Keenan, Survivor Heather Stevenson Kelly, Elite Athlete and Survivor Katie Kelly, Survivor Kristen Maheu, Survivor Caren McKay, Survivor Mandy Meloon, Elite Athlete and Survivor Melissa Merson, Survivor Natalie Miller, Survivor Danielle Moore, Psy.D., Survivor Suzette Moran, Survivor Emily Nicholls, Survivor Diana Nyad, Elite Athlete and Survivor Tracy Palmero, Survivor Chris Riegel, Elite Athlete and Survivor Naomi Rosenberg, Survivor Newt Scatchard, Survivor Lora Shepherd, Survivor Arrizu Sirjani, Survivor Evelyn Skokna, Survivor Kathy Treible Slaton, Survivor Samantha Smith, Survivor Sarah Stine, Survivor Miyo Strong, Survivor and Leader Clasina Syrovy, Elite Athlete and Survivor Anita Talevski, Survivor Sara E. Teristi, Survivor Jancy Thompson, Survivor Katherine Tor, Survivor Frank Vance, Coach and Survivor Olivia Venuto, Survivor Judy Vial, Survivor Kathryn White, Elite Athlete and Sister Survivor Jody Zajac, Survivor
Sport Leaders and Child Protection Professionals: Robert Allard, J.D., Sport Leader - Lawyer for Survivors Robert Andrews, Sport Leader Daniel Barker, J.D., Sport Leader - Lawyer for Survivors Brenda Barrera, Sport Leader Sam Benzing, Sport Leader David Berri, Ph.D., Sport Leader Jared L. Book, Sport Leader Pamela Boteler, Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Lynn Carfora, Sports Leader Rosie Casals, Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Alistair Casey, Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Cathy Chapaty, Sport Leader Becky Clark, Ph.D., Elite Athlete and Paralympic Sport Leader Dan Clarkson, Sport Leader Mark Conrad, J.D., Sport Leader Stephanie Cyr, J.D., Sport Leader Brooke de Lench, Sport Leader - Child Protection Victoria Diaz, Sport Leader Stephen L. Disson, Sport Leader Harry Edwards, Ph.D., Sport Leader William L. Farrar, Jr., J.D., Sport Leader Ted Fay, Ph.D., Paralympic Sport Leader Anne E. Flannery, Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Patricia Flannery, Sport Leader, Lawyer for Athletes Charles Foster, Sport Leader Don Franken, Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Jennifer Freeman, J.D., Sport Leader, Lawyer for Survivors Cathy S. Griffin, Sport Leader Justine Gubar, Sport Leader Mara Gubuan, Sport Leader Kimberly Hadley, Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Marci Hamilton, J.D., Sport Leader - Child Protection Jessica Leigh Hawley, Sport Leader Caroline Heffernan, Ph.D., Sport Leader Luli Hemmingsen, J.D., Sport Leader - Lawyer for Athletes Dan Henderson, Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Dr. Sarah Hillyer, Sport Leader John Hoskins, Sport Leader Mike Jacki, Sport Leader Frank Jaspet, Sport Leader John Jayner, M.Arch, Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Jacquie Joseph, Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Alexander Juschus, L.L.M., Sport Leader and Survivor Steven Karageanes, D.O., Sport Leader Richard T. Karcher, J.D., Sport Leader Paul Kieblesz, Athlete and Sport Leader Lisa A. Kihl, Ph.D., Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Kathy Kinane, Sport Leader Joseph R. King, CNP, Sport Leader Rob Koehler, Sport Leader Terri Lakowski, Sport Leader Nicole LaVoi, Ph.D., Sport Leader Heather Lawrence, Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Jon Little, J.D., Elite Athlete and Sport Leader - Lawyer for Survivors Donna A. Lopiano, Ph.D., Sport Leader Craig Lord, Sport Leader Nancy Lough, Ed.D., Sport Leader Alexis Lyras, Ph.D., Coach and Sport Leader Sam Marchiano, Sport Leader Lisa Masteralexis, Sport Leader Cheryl McLaughlin, Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Deborah Mersino, Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Michael A. Messner, Ph.D., Sport Leader Charles (Chuck) Milam, Sport Leader Derrick Morgan, Jr., J.D., Elite Athlete and Sport Leader - Lawyer for Athletes, Survivors Maxi Moss, Sport Leader Abbie Newman, R.N., J.D., Sport Leader - Child Protection Pamela Noakes, Sport Leader John O'Grady, MBA, Sport Leader Lori Okimura, Sport Leader Rick Paine, Elite Athlete, Olympic Coach, and Olympic Sport Leader Ashley Parks, Sport Leader Toni Reavis, Sport Leader Katherine Redmond, Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Cecile Reynaud, Ph.D., Sport Leader A.J. Richard, Sport Leader B. David Ridpath, Ph.D., Sport Leader Kathryn Robb, Sport Leader Sally Ann Roberts, Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Sandra Robinson, Sport Leader Patricia Rodowsky, Sport Leader Kathleen Rogness, Sport Leader Joan Ryan, Author and Sport Leader Amy Plaut Saltzman, M.D., Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Ed Semansky, J.D., M.A., Sport Leader, Lawyer for Survivors Marty Sonnenfeldt, Coach and Sport Leader John Spengler, Sport Leader Elizabeth A. Stanton, Sport Leader Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ph.D., Sport Leader Joan Steidinger, Ph.D., Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Donna F. Stelling, Sport Leader Kristin Elysse Stolpe, J.D., Athlete and Sport Leader - Lawyer for Survivors Tracy Sundlun, Olympic Coach and Sport Leader Fred Teng, Sport Leader Pat Tocci, Sport Leader Perry Toles, Elite Athlete and Sport Leader Kelsey Trainor, J.D., Sport Leader - Lawyer Steven Ungerleider, Sport Leader Edward J. Vasquez, Sport Leader Peter Vint, Sport Leader Heather Walczuk, LCSW, Sport Leader - Child Protection Tracy Warren, J.D., Sport Leader - Lawyer for Athletes Michael L. Williams, Sr., Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Christopher Wilmington, Elite Athlete, Coach, and Sport Leader Ken Wong, Sport Leader Jill Yesko, Film Maker and Sport Leader Andrew Zimbalist, Ph.D., Sport Leader
Judge Presiding over the Larry Nassar Sentencing: The Honorable Judge Rosemarie Aquilina
Organizations: America Loves Kids, Survivor Advocates California Women’s Law Center, Sport Leader Champion Women, Athlete Advocates, Athlete Sexual Abuse Experts Child USA, Child Protection Child USAdvocacy, Child Protection Elizabeth Smart Foundation, Survivor Advocates Equality League, Sport Leader Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center, Child Protection The Army of Survivors, Athlete Rights The Through Her Eyes Project, Sport Leader WiSP Sports, Sport Leader Wrestle Like A Girl, Sport Leader
Olympic National Governing Body: USA Badminton
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