ANITA L. DEFRANTZ
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About Anita DeFrantz

AUTHOR, SPEAKER, ATHLETE
PERSONAL
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Home: Santa Monica, California, USA


EDUCATION
Connecticut College, B. A. Degree, Political Philosophy with honors; 1974, New London, Connecticut
University of Pennsylvania School of Law, J.D., 1977. Admitted to Pennsylvania Bar, 1977
Member National Association of Corporate Directors.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LA84 Foundation (formerly the Amateur Athletic Foundation)
President; Board Member; 1987 to 2015
Staff Member; 1985 to 1987

Kids In Sports, Los Angeles
President; 1994 to 2014

Southern California Olympians
President; 1985 to 1999

Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee
Vice President, Olympic Villages; 1981 to 1984

Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee

Board of Directors; 1977 to 1981

The Corporation for Enterprise Development
Counsel 1980 to 1981

Princeton University
Pre-law Advisor. Third World Center. Acting Center Director
Women’s Novice Rowing Coach; 1979 to 1981

Juvenile Law Center of Philadelphia
Staff Attorney; 1977 to 1979


SPORTS BACKGROUND
USA National Rowing Team; 1975 to 1980

Bronze Medal, Montreal; 1976 Olympic Games

Silver Medal, 1978 World Rowing Championships

Four Times Finalist in World Rowing Championships

Winner, Six National Championships

USOC Athletes’ Advisory Council 1976 to 1984

Vice President, Athletes’ Advisory Council 1980 to 1985

Rowing Coach, Princeton University  1980 to 1981

Olympic Order Medal of Bronze
International Olympic Committee July 1980


OLYMPIC & SPORT MANDATES
Member, International Olympic Committee; 1986 to present
Term expires 2032.

Member, IOC Executive Board; 1992 to 2001
Vice President; 1997 to 2001
First Vice President; 2000 to 2001

Member, IOC Athletes Commission; 1987 to 1991

Member, IOC Program Commission; 1989 to 1994

Member, IOC Eligibility Commission; 1991 to 1992

Member; IOC Commission for the Olympic Movement; 1992 to 1999

Member, IOC Legal Affairs Commission; 1994 to present

Member, IOC Centennial Olympic Congress, Congress of Unity,
Study Commission; 1994 to 1996

Member; IOC Coordination Commission of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad;
1995 to 2000

Member, IOC Coordination Commission of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad;
2005 to 2012

Los Angeles 1984

Atlanta 1996

Salt Lake City 2002

Los Angeles 2025

Chair, IOC Women and Sport Commission;
1995 to present

Chair, IOC 2000 Commission Working Group on the Designation of Olympic Games Host Cities; 1999

Member, IOC Finance Commission;
1999 to present

Member, IOC 2000 Executive Committee; 1999

Member, IOC Sport and Law Commission; 1995 to present

Member; IOC Reform Follow-Up Commission; 2001

Chair; IOC Athletes’ Commission Election Committee;
1996 to 2014

Member, United States Olympic Committee Board of Directors;
Ocotober 1976 to February 1985, 1986 to present

Member, USOC Executive Board;
1977 to 1985, 1986 to 2003

Trustee, United States Olympic Foundation; 1984 to 1989

Member; Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games; 1991 to 1997

Member, Board of Trustees, Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee for the Winter Games of 2002; 1995 to 2003

Vice President FISA (International Rowing Federation); 1993 to 2013

Federation Internationale des Societes D’Avirorv 1993 to 2013

Chair, Development Commission, FISA; 1996 to 2013

United States Rowing Association; 1975 to 1979

Member, Institute Pierre De Coubertin; 1992 to present

Associate Member, Academie des Sports, French Republic; 1991 to present

Member; Southern California Olympians; 1976 to present

Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration for Sport; 2002 to present

ANITA L. DEFRANTZ
ANITA L. DEFRANTZ is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and was elected for a second term as a Vice President in 2017.   She serves on the Legal Affairs Commission of the IOC, which reviews legal issues for the organization, and on the Finance Commission, which reviews the investments and spending plans, as well as with the 2020 Tokyo Games organizing committee.


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