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LEADERSHIP

Stable, credible leadership as a four time Olympian, successful entrepreneur and businesswoman, long term national and international sport administrator and lawyer.

I will re-establish the ethics and values of the COC through inclusive and collaborative leadership built on a foundation of respect and integrity.

I have provided stable, credible leadership to the COC on the front line during these turbulent times and will continue to see this through to recovery and beyond. Under my leadership, I have dealt with the immediate challenges, and with my team, put a review in place to identify issues within the organization, extended the review to include governance and have authored a plan to address outcomes.

The COC will be a world leader in harassment free organizations. The COC will be a world leader in good governance.

I have ensured our partners and stakeholders are informed and provided opportunity for input. I am a leader who works effectively with others by listening, collaborating and supporting and who approaches all with respect and integrity as evidenced by my Olympic experience to date. The COC I lead and will lead is a COC that lives by these principles.

I believe that leadership based on respect, integrity and collaboration is critical. We will create a community that attracts and supports the best in leadership.

The Scrapbook
I know the Olympic movement from the grass roots to the international stage. My lifetime of experience in the sport system in Canada and internationally includes being an athlete on four Olympic Teams, an Olympic silver medalist, a seven time world championship medalist and Commonwealth games gold medalist, a member of the Executive Committee and Vice president of the COC, a member of the OTP Board, a member of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport, Deputy President of the Ordinary Division and Chair of the Membership Commission, Chef de Mission of the 2007 Pan American Games and more than 15 years on the Executive Committee of the International Rowing Federation and Vice President – I understand how each piece affects the other, sport federations and Olympic entities. I have the experience and relationships to lead the COC to its rightful place in Canada and international sport.

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SPORT

The Athletes are our Rallying Point.

Sport has always been in my life. Growing up in a family of five kids with athletic parents, it
was a natural and positive part of what we did as a family. My family today is the same. My
first Olympics was 1976; I was hoping to be a volunteer if I hadn’t made the team, but I did
make the team. My younger sister Shannon marched into the Olympic stadium with me, in
front of a roaring home crowd. She won a medal in swimming, at the age of 14. I was
never so proud. In my subsequent years as an athlete I have achieved success as a four time Olympian, Olympic medalist, seven time World Championship medallist and Commonwealth Games gold medalist and I have become part of the family that is sport. There is a responsibility in being part of a family and I have embraced it in the leadership roles I have since taken on, first as a creator and leader in athletes’ commissions, then as a leader locally, provincially, nationally and internationally. On the occasion of the November election for Presidency of the COC, I am yet again recommitting my experience and my energy to sport, a challenge I believe I have been preparing for my whole life. Like my own, the COC membership is a family, a family whose purpose is to rally around our athletes to encourage, to nurture, to elevate and to celebrate their accomplishments. The ability to lead that ambition, as President of the COC, is in my DNA.

The Ambition
There are many priorities; these are but a few.

We need to Build Top-5 Pool for Top 8 Summer and Number 1 Winter; To do so we must align to win; continue to lead, in collaboration with OTP, the NSFs, the COPSIN, Winsport and governments the commitment to a national strategy for sport with common vision, alignment and full engagement;

We will secure, in partnership with government, next generation funding;

We must support our athletes including lobbying for increased AAP funding, building out Game Plan and continuing to support and promote our athletes before, during and between Games;

We must continue to support our coaches and identify and commit to sustainable funding for the Coaching Enhancement program;

We must partner with our NSFs to develop a NSF Enhancement 2.0 to address ongoing challenges of our members especially in the area of marketing and funding;

In collaboration with OTP, Sport Canada and the CSIs we will conduct a joint review to identify challenges, duplication of efforts and recommendations for an improved integrated system and artnership including OTP 3.0 and the “next big thing”;

We will continue to work with our partners at CPC to develop and deepen our relationship;

We will create a pathway for Canadians to assume leadership in international sport, a call out that is critical if Canadians are to affect decision making for sport at the highest and most influential level;

We will support a hosting strategy and a long term plan for future Olympic and international events; and

We will collaborate with our partners in all of the above.

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FUNDING

Money Remains On Everyone's Mind.

How do we reach the next level, that is, to raise or influence 200 million for the next quad? First, we must review and edit our approach in order to clarify our proven successes, and focus on the activities we should engage in as an Olympic Committee in service of its athletes, coaches and sports partners. We will identify and edit those activities that are not core to this mission and build on our exceptional marketing strengths, but with new attitude; one of inclusivity, collaboration and respect for all our relationships. We will be the partners everyone wants to have, and for the long term.

We will continue to build on our award winning branding and new media strategies to support our athletes coaches and sport federations. We will also review the structure of our Canadian Olympic Foundation so that it is properly supported for its philanthropic purpose.

We will engage all Canadians in funding the dreams of our athletes with a story that encompasses the dreams and potential of our nation and develops “winning” into Canadian culture.

Finally we will continue to investigate long term recurrent revenue such as lottery.
We will champion a multi-tiered approach to funding.

Our fund raising initiatives must be broad reaching:
We will have, as a primary focus, an ambitious and achievable fundraising strategy that is inclusive of business, government, strategic partnerships and innovative projects, as well as all Canadians.

Building on these goals I will guide our organization to a culture of inclusivity, collaboration and unified focus, a culture that will renew the COC's place of honour among its partners. These are times that call for leadership with integrity, character, heart and respect for all.

I ask for you support in voting for me as the next President of the Canadian Olympic Committee.