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Sylvie Béliveau

Biography

Sylvie Béliveau is an important female figure in soccer at the national and international levels and in the sport world in general. She has coached teams at all levels including the Canadian senior women’s national soccer team.

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Becky Carlson

Biography

Coach Carlson enters her 8th year at the helm of the Quinnipiac Women's Rugby team in 2018-19, leading the transition from a new varsity program into a three-time national champion. Carlson has been a key advocate for women’s NCAA rugby and equality in athletics for over a decade. As the original head coach of the Quinnipiac women's rugby team added in 2011, Carlson boasts an all-time record of 68-19-1 including back-to-back-to-back Division I NIRA national championship titles in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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Marci Kornegay

Biography

Kornegay, a former NCAA Division I golf coach, brings 20 years of experience in collegiate golf as a Coach and LPGA Teaching Professional, including her playing career at The University of Mississippi. As head coach at University of South Florida, Kornegay earned two Big East Coach of the Year honors in 2010 and 2012, coached Big East Player and Freshmen of the Year in 2008, 2010, 2012, and coached a Big East team championship in 2012.

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Daheia Barr Anderson

Biography

Dr. Daheia Barr-Anderson is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota and the director of the Behavioral Physical Activity Lab. Her research interests focus on physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and obesity prevention in children and adolescents.

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Alison Doherty

Biography

Dr. Alison Doherty is a Professor with the Sport Management program in the School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. She also volunteers as an Assistant Coach with the Western Mustangs Track & Field Team, a varsity program she has been involved with for most of the past 29 years. Alison was a two-time Canadian university champion in the high jump, Canadian champion in the heptathlon, and a seven-year member of the Canadian Track & Field Team.

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Monika Sattler

Biography

Monika Sattler is a goal strategist, entrepreneur, author, speaker and world record holder. She used to be a IT management consultant but it is her experience as a cyclist that has taught her how to excel in a male-dominated environment. Her recent world record cycling as the first female in history one of the toughest cycling challenges in the world demonstrates that for women it is not only about gaining respect and reaching equality but about breaking mental and physical barriers in any type of environment.

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Dr. Courtney Boucher

Biography

Dr. Courtney Boucher is a feminist scholar who examines hiring practices and organizational culture of college athletic departments and the impact on women in sports leadership. She received her Ph.D. in Kinesiology, specializing in Sport Sociology with a minor in Sociocultural Studies in Education in August 2022. Boucher is now the Assistant Director of Research and Programming in the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and an instructor in the School of Kinesiology.

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Kinzee Salo

Biography

Mikinzee Salo is a Masters student at the University of Minnesota, studying Sport Sociology. She is a Graduate Assistant in the Tucker Center and the Assistant Women’s Tennis Coach at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Since joining the coaching staff in 2016, she has helped St. Kate’s continue their success in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), as they have qualified for the conference playoffs the past 8 consecutive years. Salo spends her summers as a supervisor at Tennis and Life Camps at Gustavus Adolphus College in St.

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