Donna Lopiano (USA)
Dr. Donna Lopiano is currently Executive Director of the Women's Sports Foundation. The Foundation is a charitable educational organization dedicated to ensuring equal access to participation and leadership opportunities for all girls and women in sports and fitness. It is among the top grant-giving public women's funds in the United States, distributing between $500,000 - 1 million in grants to girls' and women's sports programs each year. Annually, the Foundation responds to over 100,000 requests for public information; distributes over 2 million pieces of educational materials; generates 1 billion media impressions of its facts and opinions on women's sports issues; and advocates in over 100 gender equity situations.

Dr. Lopiano received her Bachelor's degree from Southern Connecticut State University and her Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Southern California. She has been a college coach of men's and women's volleyball, and women's basketball and softball. As an athlete, she participated in 26 national championships in four sports and was a nine-time All-American at four different positions in softball, a sport in which she played on six national championship teams. She is a member of the National Sports Hall of Fame, the National Softball Hall of Fame and the Texas Women's Hall of Fame among others. A prolific writer and speaker, she is a champion of equal opportunity for women in sport and the ethical conduct of educational sports.