Jackie Randall is in her fifth year as the Girls’ Athletic Director at Elk Grove High School, a co-ed suburban public school due west of Chicago. For the first eight years of her career, she was an English Teacher and Head Girls’ Track Coach at Grant Community High School. Currently, she teaches three sophomore English classes while balancing the Athletic Director Role.
Andrea Schmidt is an athletic administrator with over 15 years of teaching, coaching, and academic and athletic administrative experience at the high school and collegiate levels. She spent four years as the Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator in the athletic department at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and has spent the last four years working in high school athletic administration at St.
Jennifer Green is in her sixth year as an assistant coach on the University of Iowa women’s gymnastics staff. During the 2018 season Green helped the team to a No. 33 national ranking and a 13 win season. The GymHawks finished sixth at the NCAA Regional in Minneapolis, Minn. with a total of 195.050. In 2016, Green was named NCAA North Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year, after helping to lead the team to a 10-win season and No. 19 Ranking.
Anya Covington is in her fourth season as an assistant women's basketball coach for the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. In her first two years on campus, Covington already made a big impact by helping the Panthers tie the program record with 22 wins in year one and following that up with 21 wins last season. Milwaukee also reached the postseason each of those seasons, winning their first ever Postseason WNIT contest this past season after advancing to the WBI semifinals two years ago.
Laura Burnett-Kurie is in her eighth season as head coach of the Gustavus women's soccer program in 2019. Burnett-Kurie, a 2008 graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY), is the fifth head coach in the history of the Gustavus women’s soccer program.
Recognizing that the activewear and sports industry needed more inclusive, culturally sensitive, and modest options for women of all ages and CEO and Founder, Muna Mohamed set out to address this issue. Muna’s success derives from her passion for sports, experience navigating this space as Black Muslim woman, athlete, and her work in community as youth basketball coach, and advocacy for Muslim girls in sports.
Sophie Glassford is a Masters student in the School of Kinesiology with an emphasis in sport sociology. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Carleton College, where she majored in Sociology/Anthropology with minors in Women's and Gender Studies and Spanish. She ran cross country and track for the Knights. Prior to graduate school, Sophie worked as an assistant high school cross country coach and thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail. Her research interests right now are focused on the LGBTQ+ community in sport.
Pete Larson thinks physical therapy is both a science and an art that includes knowing the latest research, but also understanding the unique characteristics, motivations and goals that each person possesses. Through a combination of manual therapy, exercise, goal setting, and coaching, my goal is to help people get out of pain and get back to doing the things they love in life.
Education: Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Doctorate of Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
I have participated in athletics throughout my life and have been an injured athlete myself. Interacting with athletic trainers as a high school athlete drew me to the profession of athletic training. Throughout my career, I have enjoyed working with active people and taking them from the initial injury all the way through to return to sport. In my current role I am lucky that I can see patients through their recoveries and return to the activities that they love and play a crucial role in educating the patient on their injury, setting expectations, and reaching goals.
I specialize in sports nutrition, women’s health and eating disorders. I love to help women of all ages and abilities understand how impactful proper nutrition can be in achieving sport-specific performance goals, recovery, health and staying active. I have a particular passion for helping those I work with to explore and improve their relationship with food, whether in the context of athletics or otherwise, and am personally driven to increase awareness and prevention of disordered eating and under fueling in sport.
