Football Australia board member HEATHER GARRIOCK will serve as interim CEO during the search for a full-time replacement for CEO JAMES JOHNSON becoming the first woman to lead the organisation.
IOC executive board member MIKAELA COJUANGCO JAWORSKI was named the new chair of the IOC coordination commission for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
USA Football named SAM RAPOPORT senior advisor. Rapoport, a 2023 SBJ Game Changer, spent the last decade with the NFL, where she helped create the USA Football-NFL Girls Flag Program, as well as the Women’s World Football Games and NFL Women’s Forum.
Maryland and Blueprint Sports named MANDY ALLENDORFER Executive Director for the One Maryland collective. Allendorfer assumes the new role with the Terps after serving as the director of collegiate partnerships for Athletes First.
USA Gymnastics named Indiana Department of Administration Commissioner REBECCA HOLWERDA as its COO. Holwerda replaces LAURYN TURNER who left earlier this year for the WNBA’s Dallas Wings.
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