Biographies des présentateurs lors de la Conférence mondiale sur l'éducation

Olya represented Team Canada in fencing at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Prior to joining the International Testing Agency (ITA), Olya was responsible for athlete programs in the sport department of the Canadian Olympic Committee for 7 years. She has been with the ITA since 2019 and manages the Education Department of the organisation.

Olya’s team is responsible for the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of education programs for over 30 International Federations and a number of Major Event Organisations, including the International Olympic Committee. In addition to her anti-doping education work, Olya continues to remain involved in athlete representation as a member of OLY Canada, an NOC commission that represents all Canadian Olympians.

As part of the Education team Colin implements the Global Learning and Development Framework (GLDF) to deliver role specific standardized training for the anti-doping sector and to build a community of learning. He also leads and manages the GLDF Trainers who facilitate the delivery of the standardized training. This role includes GLDF Trainer recruitment, training, ongoing professional development, and deployment.

Colin had previously spent 10 years working within the Education team at UK Anti-Doping spending most his time delivering Athlete/ASP clean sport education before taking a lead on the development of an Education Delivery Network.

As well as professional commitments Colin is actively involved in sport as a coach and competing as a recreational level athlete.

Professor Sue Backhouse is Director of Research in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. As an interdisciplinary researcher and behavioural scientist, Sue specialises in sporting integrity and athlete welfare, with a particular focus on doping and clean sport behaviours.

Together with the team at Leeds Beckett University, Sue’s research portfolio is underpinned by a commitment to research coproduction: working with policy, practice and community partners to co-develop responsive research programmes that directly address real world problems. She serves as an expert advisor on the World Anti-Doping Agency Social Science Research Expert Advisory Group, the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES) Integrity Advisory Group, and the English Institute of Sport Technical Steering Panel. She convened the BASES Clean Sport Interest Group and is a founding member of the Clean Sport Alliance.

Effective January 2020, Witold Bańka commenced in his role as President of WADA. Prior to this, since May 2017, Mr. Bańka served as the European representative on WADA’s Executive Committee in his capacity as Minister of Sport and Tourism, Poland.

In November 2015, Mr. Bańka was appointed Minister of Sport and Tourism, Poland, to the cabinet of Prime Minister Beata Szydło; and, in December 2017, he was reappointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. In this role, Mr. Bańka initiated the amendment of the Act on Sport that’s main objective was to increase transparency of the work of Polish sports associations; and, to eradicate corruption and nepotism from sport. He is the author of the bill on the Fight Against Doping in Sport, which comprehensively regulates all matters relating to combating doping in Poland.

Prior to entering politics, Mr. Bańka worked in the public relations sector, delivering training courses in media relations and reputation management.  In this capacity, he also created advertising campaigns and built PR strategies with leading Polish companies.

As a 400-meter runner, Mr. Bańka represented Poland internationally from 2005 – 2012, with career highlights that included: silver medals in 2005 and 2006 at the Polish Athletics Junior Championships; a relay gold in 2005 at the European Athletics Junior Championships in Erfurt, Germany; a gold and a silver medal in 2007 and 2009 respectively at the Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand and those in Belgrade, Serbia; and, a bronze medal in 2007 at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan.

Mr. Bańka was born in October 1984 in Tychy, Poland; and, graduated with a degree in political science from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. While he retired from elite sport in 2012, he is still very active in sport, including running marathons.

Ariadna is currently a Manager, Digital Learning education at WADA. She leads the content development of the digital education programs for athletes and athlete support personnel.

Ariadna holds a master’s degree in Education and Society from McGill University and has more than 10 years of experience in the education field.

Prior to WADA, Ariadna worked as an Advisor for the Ministry of Education Mexico, focusing on the development of a national education curriculum for the development of social and emotional skills. She also collaborated with the National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education in Mexico and for diverse non-governmental organizations conducting research about education policy and developing education programs for youth.

Dr. Sian Clancy is in her eighth year at New Zealand’s NADO, Drug Free Sport NZ, where she is the General Manager Athlete Services and responsible for the organisation’s Education, Sport Operations and Quality Teams. 

In 2020, Sian completed her PhD which focused on factors that influence supplement use and doping among adolescent athletes. As part of her thesis, Sian provided evidence-based, education focused recommendations to address socio-ecological influences that increase and decrease the odds of adolescent doping and supplement use for key audience; athletes, support personnel and sports organisations. Sian also has a Master’s Degree in Education which had a primary focus on self-determination among adolescent athletes. 

Sian is currently a member of WADA's Education Committee and Social Science Research Expert Advisory Group. She also holds a position as Research Associate at Auckland University of Technology, NZ.

Catherine Coley joined the French Anti-Doping Agency, AFLD (Agence française de lutte contre le dopage) in July 2018, to oversee the development and implementation of AFLD’s education plan and the launch of the Athlete Committee.

Prior to joining AFLD, Catherine worked at the World Anti-Doping Agency’s headquarters, in Montreal, where she had the opportunity to collaborate to raising awareness about anti-doping, including coordinating athlete outreach activities at Major Games.

A huge sports fan and a competitive swimmer, when Catherine is not helping the French sporting community demystify the anti-doping rules she can be found in a swimming pool or on a tennis court.

As the Director of Education at Sport Integrity Australia, Alexis leads a team to develop innovative education programs on a range of sport integrity threats including doping, match-fixing, child safeguarding and abuse in sport.

Alexis has a Masters degree in Bioethics from the University of Sydney, as well as a Bachelor degree in Communications, coupling her passion for communicating complex information in simple and engaging ways, with her interest in understanding why and how people make decisions.

Alexis has worked at Australia’s NADO for eight years, and previously worked in science communication roles for the Chief Scientist of Australia and a range of national scientific institutions.

She is a regular collaborator with other anti-doping organisations, and is a Member, Chair and Trainer in WADA’s Global Learning Development Framework program.

Tony joined WADA in 2013. He now oversees the social science research program and education policy as part of the WADA Education Department. He is responsible for implementing the Social Science Research Strategy in cooperation with WADA’s Social Science Research Expert Advisory Group. Tony was the WADA lead in the development of the International Standard for Education which came into effect in January 2021.

He manages the education component of the compliance review process of the World Anti-Doping Code and International Standard for Education. Before joining WADA, Tony was Head of Performance Planning with Sport Ireland (formerly Irish Sports Council) where he coordinated the funding program in close cooperation with the Irish Institute of Sport and Olympic National Federations. He has an MSc in Applied Social Science Research and an Executive Masters in Sport Organization Management.

Katrien is a Senior Manager in the Education Department at WADA. She is highly experienced in the development of people through education or training policy, strategies and programs at an international level, having worked for years in the Education Sector of UNESCO. Katrien holds a master’s degree in International Law and International Organizations from the Sorbonne University (2013).

Katrien currently leads the functional area of Capability Programs that includes a number of programs and initiatives seeking to invest in the development of practitioners working in anti-doping.

Karri Dawson is the Executive Director of Values-Based Sport at the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Sport Administration from Laurentian University and has more than 25 years of professional experience. Karri has managed corporate sponsorships, philanthropic donations, and community engagement programs at all levels of sport in Canada. She is most passionate about fostering a fair, safe, accessible, and inclusive sport experience that maximizes the personal and social benefits for all participants.

Currently, Karri leads a diverse team that works to activate a values-based approach to sport through True Sport; examines ethical issues that threaten the integrity of sport; and develops education to support athletes and promote clean sport. Karri has been an active member of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Education Committee for six years and gives back to the domestic sport community through mentorship and volunteering on numerous workgroups and committees.

Julie Dirksen is the author of the book Design For How People Learn and a learning strategy consultant with a focus on incorporating behavioral science into learning interventions. She has experience creating digital learning experiences for diverse clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, international NGOs, technology startups, and grant-funded research initiatives. She loves brains, and games, and evidence-based practice.

Her MS degree is in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University and she’s been an adjunct faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and is an Learning Guild Guildmaster.  She’s happiest whenever she gets to learn something new

Rob Donovan is Adjunct Professor in the School of Human Sciences at the University of Western Australia. He has extensive experience across a broad range of social marketing and public health campaigns. He has been associated with WADA since its inception, first as an inaugural member of the Education Committee (2000 – 2012), Chair of the Social Sciences Review Panel (2008 – 2020), and a member of the Agency’s working group on developing an International Standard for Education (2017 -2018).

In 2021 he was appointed Chair of WADA’s Social Sciences Research Expert Advisory Group. He is a member of Sport Integrity Australia’s Anti-Doping Expert Group.

Erik Duiven is Director of Education at Doping Authority Netherlands. Together with his team Erik develops, implements and evaluates education programs for elite sports and fitness. Erik holds three Master’s degrees and a black belt in judo.

He is also a qualified personal fitness trainer. Erik is chair of the Council of Europe’s T-DO ED Drafting Group and a member of WADA’s Education Standing Committee.

Mike is an experienced anti-doping professional, who has been head of World Rugby’s anti-doping unit for the last six years.  He has more than 20 years service in the industry having managed testing and education programmes for a range of organisations including UK Sport (now UK Anti-Doping), The Football Association, UEFA and World Rugby. 

Mike is closely involved in the development and direction of World Rugby’s Keep Rugby Clean education and awareness campaign, and is an active member of the Council of Europe expert education group on Anti-Doping.  He is a regular collaborator with the WADA Education Department, and a current member of the WADA audit team.

Eva has a Master of Science in Education. She has worked for many years as a teacher and as a coach of youth athletes.

Eva has been a consultant for over ten years with the World Anti-Doping Agency. In her time there, she has helped to develop the Sport Values in Every Classroom toolkit as well as transform it into a digital version for children. She has also supported the development of the Guidelines for the International Standard for Education as well as the Athlete and the Athlete Support Personnel curriculums.

Kelsa Ferguson joined the U. S. Anti-Doing Agency (USADA) in 2021 as the Health Professional Educator Specialist where she heads USADA’s health professional education program. She works to provide critical anti-doping education to health professionals working with elite athletes through multiple platforms such as print resources and presentations. Most notably, in partnership with Stanford University, she leads the development of HealthPro Advantage, an online course designed for health professionals of all specialties to learn current anti-doping specific information.

Originally from Missouri, Kelsa earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master’s in Public Health from Missouri State University. Kelsa comes to USADA with a background in community health education in disease prevention and nutrition. Kelsa has a passion for educating and empowering all those involved in keeping sport clean.

Australian representative at the 2009 (Birmingham, UK), 2010 (Nanning, China) and 2016 (Cardiff, Wales) World Half Marathon Championships.

Two-time Champion of the Sydney City 2 Surf (2015, 2016).

Gold Coast Half Marathon and Oceanian Champion (2016).

First reserve 2016 Rio Olympics – Marathon

Current member of Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) Athlete Advisory Group (AAG).

Tammy Hanson currently serves as the Elite Education Director at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), where she oversees day-to-day operations of USADA’s education and engagement initiatives, drives strategic planning, and develops effective, data-driven programs that focus on clean sport education. Tammy is recognized for her commitment to supporting global anti-doping partners and ongoing international research.

Since joining USADA in 2015, Tammy has overseen a nearly twelvefold increase in education reach highlighted by a significant rise in coach education and has contributed to the enhancement of audience-specific content and programs.

Originally from Wisconsin, Tammy earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 2006 and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Colorado State University in 2019. Tammy has a passion for empowering athletes with the tools necessary to compete with integrity.

Mark is currently Chief Player Welfare & Rugby Services Officer for World Rugby. He is a highly experienced Sports Administrator with over 30 years’ experience at regional, national and international level. A proven “change agent” and system builder with a positive “servant leadership” approach.

Mark currently manages the following functions for World Rugby: Medical, Laws, Refereeing, Research, Anti-doping, Training & Education, Game Analysis and Turf/ equipment. All through the lens of “putting players first” and making the game as safe and enjoyable as possible.

Mark currently sits on the WADA Education Committee as well as being a board member of the ICCE and World Academy of Sport. In addition to multiple sports specific publications, Mark was co-author of the International Sports Coaching framework.

As well as professional commitments, Mark remains active as a coach, Tutor and Director of Rugby for his local community club.

Effective August 2019, Amanda Hudson joined WADA as Director, Education.

Prior to joining WADA, Amanda was Head of Education at United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD), where she led their education strategy, making clean athletes her top priority and supporting UKAD’s aim to protect clean sport. She also represented the UK on the Advisory Group on Education that supports the Council of Europe’s Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention; and, was a member of WADA’s Education Committee.

Amanda’s focus has always been to harness the power of education. Starting her professional career as a teacher in the post-compulsory education sector, she then transitioned to her other passion – sport. She has delivered national strategies that impact culture and create sustainable change by unifying stakeholders in a common direction in a range of fields, sports coaching, workforce development and training and over the last decade, anti-doping.

After studying sports science and physiology at the undergraduate level, Amanda completed a postgraduate certificate in education at the University of Huddersfield (England), qualifying as a teacher in the post-compulsory education sector.

Kady is an African Olympian who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a co-captain of the Malian women’s basketball team. She was a professional player in Europe and a five-time French National Junior Champion before completing her Marketing and Management degree from Fordham University in New York while competing with a full scholarship at NCAA division one level Basketball.

Kady is a Master Trainer and Steering Committee member of the International Olympic Committee’s Career+  Program and the International Red Cross Committee's' Career Development Program for persons with physical disabilities. She has facilitated workshops in over 50 countries (over 40 in Africa), She is an Athlete Ambassador and an Education Expert for the International testing agency and has been chairing the WADA Education Committee since 2020.

 Kady is also the New Branding and communication Manager for Africa Greentec based in Senegal.

Luke has worked for Sport Integrity Australia for three years. He started as a Senior Education officer working with National Sporting Organisations to facilitate anti-doping education to athletes and support personnel from grassroots to international level.

For the past year he has managed the education partnerships team as an Assistant Director, overseeing three Senior Education Officers and 14 athlete educators to deliver anti-doping education to over 100 sports in Australia. He also has a heavy focus on Sport Integrity Australia’s education compliance under the WADA Code and International Standard for Education.

Bronwen has spent the 20 years as an athlete within high performance programs. She is a quadruple Olympian in the sport of water polo, dual Olympic bronze medallist, and highest capped female player with 394 caps for Australia. She made her Aussie Stingers debut in 2005 and has won gold, 2 silver and a bronze at various Fina World Cups, and 2 silver and a bronze at various Fina World Championships. She has Captained the Aussie Stingers in 2010, 2013 – 2016. Bronwen has also played two seasons in the USA NCAA competition and two seasons in European professional league, winning a European title in 2014.

Outside of the sporting arena she has completed a Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Bachelor of Laws, Graduate Diploma in Public Health and Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. While studying she worked within a state sporting organisation and a variety of private girls schools helping to build and strengthen sporting programs at the grassroots level. More recently, she was admitted as a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of Queensland. Bronwen has worked within the legal industry as an Associate at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and is currently a Review Officer for the Office of the Information Commissioner Queensland. In December 2021, she was appointed as a Member of the National Sports Tribunal.

Bronwen is passionate about athletes knowing their rights, being fully informed and understanding their worth. She also works as an education presenter within the areas of sport integrity (SIA) and respectful behaviours (AIS/Deakin University). Bronwen currently holds positions on following Boards, Committees and Advisory Groups:

• AIS Human Research Ethics Committee;
• Moreton Bay Mayor’s Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Working Group;
• QAS Athlete Advisory Group (chair);
• Queensland Olympic Council;
• Queensland Thunder AWL Committee;
• Sport Integrity Australia Athlete Advisory Group;
• Water Polo Australia Athlete Commission (chair); and
• Water Polo Australia Board.

Annemarie is Senior Education Manager in Anti Doping Denmark (ADD). For almost nine years she has been responsible for the development of the education and prevention program for sports in ADD. Besides that, she is member of ADD’s research committee, Deputy Chair of the Council of Europe T-DO Education Drafting Group and acted as co-chair of the technical working group (TWG) for I&I under the WADA Global Learning Development Framework (GLDF).

Through education, dedication, and motivation Annemarie works to empower people and organizations in the fight for a clean sport. And through cooperation and sustainable partnerships with sports federations, she has a specific focus on strengthening the core values of sport, fair competition and creating a level playing field for all athletes.

Annemarie is dedicated to time with family and friends, to martial arts, sports in general and a good laugh.

Aditya leads the Education team at the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body that manages all integrity-related matters for the sport of athletics. The AIU was created as a part of the governance reforms of World Athletics in 2017.

In a career spanning close to two-decade, Aditya has worked across several disciplines including education, public relations and communications in sports and media organisations in India, Dubai, Switzerland, and Monaco. He has developed and implemented engaging education programmes in sport integrity at multiple levels, including at the global level. He is a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Education Committee since 2019 and an observer at the Council of Europe’s Advisory Group on Anti-Doping Education. Mr Kumar holds master’s degrees in communications and sports management.

Gracie is an Education Manager in the Education Department at WADA. Gracie holds a master’s degree in Educational Technology from Concordia University (2011). Throughout the years, she accumulated extensive experience developing strategies, learning solutions and implementing learning technologies. Currently, Gracie manages WADA’s ADEL Learning Management System day-to-day operations, continuous improvement and customer support.

In the past, she worked on multiple training/education programs and learning technologies implementation at SNC-Lavalin, McGill University, and others to facilitate business change, training and education needs.

Sally Lowe is Drug Free Sport New Zealand’s Education Manager. For four years, she has been the Education team’s go-to person for athlete-centred education content and materials. Her work reflects a love of all sport and is motivated by her belief that education is the key to keeping Kiwi athletes clean.

Sally’s coaching talents extend from the football field to the netball court. They leave her just enough time for her own sporting pursuits in the form of team adventure racing and hitting the pavement with the local school running club.

Nina Makuc undertook her studies in the Faculty of Sport at the University of Ljubljana; graduating with her degree in Physical Training in 2003 and her PhD in Kinesiology Science in 2011. 

Nina joined Slovenian anti-doping Organisation in 2011. At first, she was responsible for both testing and education programs. With the growth of SLOADO she became solely responsible for education programs – developing and implementing doping prevention programs for children, young and elite athletes, and their support personnel. 

Nina was a project manager of Erasmus+ project “prePLAY” which was selected by EACEA as a success story and a model of best practise. At this point she is a project manager of Erasmus+ project “I Value” and a project team member at project “RESPECT-P”. 

Since 2022 she is a member of WADA Education Committee.

A Physical Education teacher by ‘origin’, Anna has amassed governance and management experience in educational institutions and sport governing bodies from national to international level. She has spent over 20 years to date serving in various capacities in the Olympic Movement, including 9 years as the first female appointed CEO/SG of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee from 2011-2020.

She is a Member of the IOC Athletes’ Entourage Commission, serves on several Working Groups including - under the IOC, Women Sport International, and ANOCA Zone VI. In Zimbabwe she chairs the National Anti-Doping Coordinating Committee, a platform of collaboration between the Government and Sport Movement in Zimbabwe. Anna has a passion for service to sport and giving back to communities through training and knowledge sharing initiatives. She is currently engaged as a Development Manager for World Rowing, responsible for the management of development activities in Africa. 

Paul is the Head of Education at UK Anti-Doping (UKAD). He joined UKAD in 2019 and is responsible for the overall design, development, and implementation of UKAD’s clean sport education programmes. He is a member of the Council of Europe Education Drafting Group, as well as being a project team partner representing UKAD on the Erasmus+ funding project, RESPECT-P.

Prior to joining UKAD, Paul spent 15 years working in National Sport Federations developing Education Systems that specifically support coaches from community to high performance and holds a degree in Sport Science.

David studied teaching math and physical education (master in 2006) and sport science (PhD in 2014) at University Vienna. 

He is the head of Information and Education at the Austrian Anti-Doping Agency (NADA Austria) since 2008. Since 2009 he is also responsible for NADA Austria´s quality management system, since 2014 also for the medical department. 

David is an active part of the international anti-doping community, especially in the field of education, and a lecturer and author of several publications and articles on clean and healthy sport. 

Effective July 2016, Olivier Niggli assumed the role of Director General.

Olivier possesses extensive international experience in the anti-doping industry; particularly, in the areas of legal, finance and governance. He started his legal career with Carrard & Associés in Lausanne (Switzerland), where WADA was his client.

In 2002, Oliver first joined WADA as the Agency’s Legal Director to which he added the title of Finance Director in 2004. In 2011, Olivier returned to Carrard & Associés as partner, where his practice focused on sport, arbitration and commercial law. In 2014, Olivier returned to WADA as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of WADA.

Olivier holds a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics (England) and a Master of Business Administration from McGill University, in Montreal (Canada).

Linda is the director of the dept of Prevention and Public Health at Anti-Doping Norway. She has been working in Anti-Doping Norway since 2006, and she has broad experience in the anti-doping field. Her department runs an internationally recognized portfolio of comprehensive and diversified education and prevention programs. She has had a lead role in developing a sport specific prevention program for national federations “Celan Sports Federation” and Anti-Doping Norway were one of the first NADOs that developed and offered anti-doping e-learning “Real winner” already back in 2008.

In the course of a year, her department carries out more than 350 face-to-face training sessions, and meets more than 15000 athletes, support personnel, health care personnel and students. Designated anti-doping educators has been a part of the organization since its start in 2003.

Andrea is a Research Professor at Kingston University London and an internationally recognised anti-doping expert with background in psychology, management & marketing, and journalism. She also holds a visiting position at KU Leuven (Belgium), at ‘Foro Italico’ University of Rome (Italy) and at the Willibald Gebhardt Institute, University of Münster (Germany).

Andrea’s research covers several anti-doping topics with present focus on doping prevalence; the meaning of ‘clean’ in sport, in performance enhancement and in anti-doping; the impact of anti-doping on clean athletes; athlete vulnerability, and the role of values and personal integrity in anti-doping education.

Andrea obtained a PhD in sports administration with a doctoral minor in research methods and applied statistics from the University of Northern Colorado (2002); and a PhD is psychology from the University of Sheffield (2015). She is a founding member of the Clean Sport Alliance and she chairs WADA’s Doping Prevalence Working Group.

Ritu Sain is an Indian Administrative Services Officer, with more than 19 years of experience in public service involving public administration, program implementation and policy making. She is currently serving as the Director General and CEO of National Anti-Doping Agency, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India (GoI), working towards promoting fair play in sport.

Prior to this, she led inclusive education policy landscape in Ministry of Education and was instrumental in ensuring equitable access for children with disabilities. She catalyzed positive change in lives of vulnerable populations, accelerated development and contributed towards women empowerment, livelihoods and skilling, literacy, sanitation and waste management.

She is a Chevening Gurukul Fellow from Oxford University, Draper Hills Summer Fellow from Stanford University and holds a Masters’ degrees in Politics with specialization in International Relations. She is the recipient of President’s Medal for Outstanding Zeal and High-Quality Service and Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration in India.

Ben Sandford is a three time Olympian in Skeleton from New Zealand. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships and has multiple World Cup medals. He retired from Skeleton racing after the Sochi Olympics in 2014. 

Ben has been a member of the WADA Athlete Committee since 2012 and the chair since 2019. He was the Skeleton athlete representative at the FIBT (now IBSF) from 2006-2014, the Vice President of Legal Affairs at the IBSF from 2014-2018, and is a member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee Athletes Commission and Integrity Commission. He is also the foundational chair of the DFSNZ Athlete Commission. Ben has a law degree and arts degree from Victoria University in New Zealand and an Executive Masters in International Sports Law (LLM) from ISDE in Madrid, he works as a lawyer at Sandford Wall in Rotorua, New Zealand.

M.A. Sport Ethics & Integrity

Member of the Youth Council of the German Athletics Association

European Young Olympic Ambassador

Youth Spokesman of the German Athletics Association

European Athletics “I run clean” Ambassador

I was employed by the Government of Kenya as a Sports officer in 1990, under the Ministry of Sports, after completing my undergraduate degree. I enrolled for a Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Administration in 2008. Consequently, I undertook a Master of Science on Leisure and Recreation Management in 2016, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy of Kenyatta University (Doping in Sports), in 2022.

While working under the Ministry of Sports, I rose through the ranks to the substantive position of Deputy Commissioner of Sports. I was appointed the first acting Chief Executive Officer of Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK), where I pioneered in developing proper structures and acquisition of premises for its proper establishment and functioning. I am currently working as the Director in charge of Anti-Doping Education and Research in ADAK.

In this position, I initiated a partnership with Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) resulting to mainstreaming of Anti-Doping Values Based Education in primary and high schools’ curriculum.

Gavin is a Senior Education Officer at Sport Integrity Australia, where he works with a range of National Sporting Organisations to tailor anti-doping and integrity education programs to meet the needs of their sport.

Gavin is also an Accredited Sports Dietitian, where prior to his current role has worked in a number of elite sporting clubs, and on high performance sport research projects, including published work in the sport performance supplement contamination field. He also has extensive background in the research integrity space, at the Australian National University.

YaYa is GM for Education and for Play True 2020, Sport for Tomorrow and Tokyo2020 legacy project at JADA. After working for Standard & Harmonisation at WADA, YaYa developed an Education Program in Japan, including the Values-Based Education and non-verbal Real Champion Education Package, by bringing some innovative ideas, and worked with a number of NADO/RADOs, particularly in Asia, in order to develop their organisational capacity and Education Program.

As a WADA Education Committee member, she worked as a Drafting Working Group for ISE and ISE Guideline. She has Ph.D. at Loughborough University, UK, and lectures for MA students. As a qualified teacher, she also taught secondary school students. YaYa (used to be!) a much active sporting person, and was the British University Champion in Basketball. 

Effective January 2020, Yang Yang commenced in her role as Vice President of WADA.

Yang Yang won two gold medals and a silver for short track speed skating at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City – the first gold medal being China’s first ever in a Winter Olympics.  She also won silver at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano; a bronze at the 2006 Games in Turin; and, 28 gold medals at World Championships between 1997-2005. In total, Yang Yang collected 59 world titles throughout her professional career and is the winner of the most world titles in China.

Yang Yang has also had a distinguished career in sports administration. She was a member of WADA’s Athlete Committee from 2003-2013; and, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2010-2018; after which, she was appointed IOC Marketing Commission member.  In 2006, she was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the Chinese National Olympic Committee; and, in 2010, Vice-Chair of the Chinese Youth Federation. She is a global ambassador for the Special Olympics; and, founding member of the Chinese Athlete Education Foundation. In 2014, she became Chair of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games; and, in 2016, she was elected as the first female Speed Skating Council member for the International Skating Union in its over 100-year history. And, in 2017, she was appointed Chair of the Athlete’s Commission for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

In 2009, Yang Yang established the China Champion Foundation, which focuses on sports education for children and career development for retired athletes; and in 2013, she founded the Fei Yang Skating Academy in Shanghai, a professional facility built to promote ice sports in China.  Since founding the Academy, it has trained thousands of children -- several that have gone on to be selected for China’s junior team.

Yang Yang was born in 1976 in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang (China); and, graduated in 2007 with a degree in business administration from Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management.

Thierry Zintz is professor of Sports Organisations Management at the Faculty of Sports Sciences of the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. He was the Dean of the Faculty between 2010 and 2016.

He chairs the Olympic Chair in Management of Sport Organisations at the same university. In this framework, he works closely with the Louvain Research Institute in Management (LouRIM) as a senior researcher. He was also Vice-President of the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee from 2001 until 2017. From May 2010 until September 2021, he was the director of MEMOS, an Executive Master in Management of Sport organisations, organised by the International Olympic Committee.

He is a member of the Olympic Education Commission of the International Olympic Committee (since 2015) and of the Standing Committee for Education of the World Antidoping Agency (since 2018). He is President of the board of directors of Special Olympics Belgium (since 2022).