Dr. Kari Fasting is professor at the Department of Social and Cultural Studies of the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, in Oslo, Norway. She became the first elected chair of this institution and served as rector from 1989 to 1994. She was also the first president of the Norwegian Society for Sport Research. She is past president of the International Sociology of Sport Association, and one of the founding members of WomenSport International. Professor Fasting’s main research area is women and sport, and she has written more than 300 publications. During the last years her research has focused on sexual harassment and abuse in sport. She often is an invited speaker at international conferences.

In the 70’s she participated as an athlete on the national team in track and field. She has also been member of the executive board of the Norwegian Amateur Track and Field Association (1976-1980). From 1985 to 1991 she was a member of the Women’s Committee in the Norwegian Confederation of Sports representing this organization during the first 6 years of the European Women and Sports Group (1990-1996).

Vice-President:
Barbara L. Drinkwater - USA

Dr. Drinkwater recently retired from the Department of Medicine, Pacific Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Prior to joining PMC, she was at the Institute of Environmental Stress, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Dr. Drinkwater's research has revolved around the response of women to exercise as mediated by environmental factors and aging. Special areas of interest have been the female athlete, her physical performance under environmental stressors such as heat and altitude, the effect of exercise associated amenorrhea on bone health, and the role of exercise, calcium, and exercise in preventing osteoporosis.

Dr. Drinkwater is a fellow and former President of the American College of Sports Medicine. In 1984 she received the ACSM Citation Award and in 1996, the ACSM Honor Award. She currently serves as a member of the IOC Medical Commission Medical and Scientific Group. Dr. Drinkwater received her B.S. from Douglass College, the M.S. from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and the Ph.D. from Purdue University. Both Douglass and UNC have awarded her their Distinguished Alumni Award. Two Universities have awarded her an honorary Doctorate, DeMontfort University in the UK. (1999) and the University of Toronto (2001).

Past-President:
Carole A. Oglesby - USA

Carole A. Oglesby is Chair of the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Northridge. She is Professor emeritus at Temple University following 40 years in the professoriate. Currently she serves as Past President of WomenSport International and formerly she was on the executive committee of the International Working Group for Women and Sport.

She is the author of Women and Sport: From myth to reality, 1978 and Editor of the Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America, 1998. Further, she was a member of the Board of Directors of the US Olympic Committee 1992-1996, is on the Olympic Committee Registry of Sport Psychology since 1994 and was Chef de Mission of the USA World University Games Winter team in Czechoslovakia, 1987.

She is the recipient of many awards including the National Association of Girls and Women in Sport Honor Fellow, the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Award of Merit, Women’s Sports Foundation USA Billie Jean King Contribution Award, American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Honor Award, R. Tait McKinzie Award, 2001 Phillip Noel-Baker Research Award from ICSSPE, and Alliance C.D. Henry Award for contributions to African American professional advancement.

In 1972,1973 and 1975 she participated in Amateur Softball Association championship tournaments in softball and she coached two teams from two different universities to the College World Series in the 1970s.

Secretary/Treasurer:
Carol D. Rodgers - Canada

Carol D. Rodgers is Dean of the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to her position at the University of Saskatchewan she was on faculty (1993-2005), and Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Research (2000-2001; 2003-2005) in the Faculty of Physical Education and Health at the University of Toronto. During that time she also served as the inaugural director of the Center for Girls’ and Women’s Health and Physical Activity (1999-2001). Dr. Rodgers has also served as the Vice-President (basic research) of the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology (CSEP) (1998-2000) and as the CSEP liaison to the Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine – Women’s Issues in Sport Medicine Subcommittee (2000 – 2001). She is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and served for three years as a member of its Strategic Health Initiative: Women's Health and Physical Activity Standing Committee.

Dr. Rodgers is an exercise physiologist whose research interests focus primarily on metabolic fuel interplay during exercise and disease states, with a particular interest in active girls and women. She has served as the exercise physiologist to Canada’s Senior Women’s Field Hockey Team and to the U of T Varsity Blues women’s ice hockey and field hockey teams.

Member at Large:
Johanna A. Vescio - Australia

Johanna A. Vescio is Director of Human Movement and Sport Management in the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism at the University of Technology Sydney. Born and educated in Amsterdam, she obtained two undergraduate degrees: B.Ed.(PE) and B.A.(Psych). In addition, she received a M.Ed. from the University of Sydney. As an educator in sport and physical activity for more than 25 years she draws on experience gained at a range of institutions in the Netherlands, Italy and Australia.

She is a researcher in and public commentator on gender issues in sport and physical activity. Her most recent projects include ‘women on sport boards’, ‘role models in sport for adolescent girls’ and ‘successful graduates in the sport industry’. She is Co-Chair of the International Working Group (IWG) on Women and Sport 2006-2010, is on the Executive Board of WomenSport International and former President of Womensport and Recreation New South Wales.

At the 2000 Pre-Olympic Congress she received the Wendy Ey Women in Sport Award for her research paper on Key elements to increase girls’ participation in sport and physical activity. In 2004 she received the Margaret Pewtress Memorial Award from the Australian Sports Commission for her outstanding contribution to women’s sport. Representing the Netherlands in the Europe Cup for Hockey, she was a member of the team that won gold for four consecutive years (1975-1978).