Members who make the cut are Athletes’ Commission Chair Claudia Bokel of Germany, Marisol Casado of Spain, Anita DeFrantz of USA, VP Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco, Princess Haya Al Hussein of UAE, Nicole Hoevertsz of Aruba, Barbara Kendall of New Zealand, Gunilla Lindberg of Sweden, Lydia Nsekera of Burundi, Angela Ruggiero of USA and Rita Subowo of Indonesia.
Two staffers are also among the 25: Jacqueline Barrett, Head of Bid City Relations, and Pâquerette Girard-Zappelli, Secretary of the Ethics Commission.
A total of five federations lend faces to the crowd. Casado runs the International Triathlon Union, Al Hussein heads the International Equestrian Federation, Nsekera sits on the FIFA Executive Committee, Sarah Lewis of Great Britain is second in line at the International Ski Federation, and Kate Caithness of Scotland leads the World Curling Federation.
National Olympic Committees are also represented with Elena Anikina, Head of International Relations for the Russian Olympic Committee; Lisa Baird, Chief Marking Officer for the U.S. Olympic Committee; and Jimena Saldana, 1st VP of the Mexican Olympic Committee as well as Secretary General of the Pan American Sports Organization.
Others include Lucia Montanarella, Head of Press Operations for Rio 2016; Sonali Prasad, IOC Young Reporter and Press Commission Member; Debbie Jevans, CEO of the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England; as well as Donna de Varona, Special Olympics International Board Member and IOC Commission on Women and Sport Member.
Rounding out this first edition of the Golden 25 for Women are an athlete, USA’s Lindsey Vonn, as well as two heads of state for countries organizing upcoming Olympics: Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, and Geun-Hye Park, President of Korea.
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