Our Advisory Board
The Foundation’s Board of Advisors is responsible for the credible operation of the Public Non-Profit Foundation. The Board of Advisors consist of athletes, innovative sports executives, advocates for women in leadership and scientists. The Board of Advisors creates fiscal and social impact policy and oversees the roadmap of the Foundation’s goals and objectives.
Stef Strack
Founder & CEO
Current: Founder & CEO of VOICEINSPORT Foundation, Founder & CEO of VOICEINSPORT, Board Member, Consultant. Advocate;
Division 1 Athlete - Soccer
Stef is an Innovative Executive, Entrepreneur, Advisor and Advocate. She brings over 18 years of experience at the intersection of Sport, Lifestyle & Technology with a track record of building and scaling businesses from $0 to $3.5B. She started her career at Nike Italy in 2004 and successfully ascended to Vice President & General Manager of Nike’s game changing Direct to Consumer initiative on Speed to Market, called Express Lane. Stef’s passion to create new disruptive business models and build high performing teams led her to a new role as CEO and Board Member of the fashion house Rag & Bone based in NYC. Her extensive background across product creation, merchandising, sales, strategy, general management and supply chain is why today she is successfully building a new company from the ground up focused on her 3 passions, sport, women in leadership and equality. Stef is the Founder & CEO of VOICEINSPORT a global digital platform bringing more visibility to girls & women in sport and elevating their voices.
Genevieve Roth
Secretary
Current: Secretary, VOICEINSPORT Foundation, Founder & CEO - Invisible Hand, Harvard Fellow;
High School Skier and Soccer Player
Genevieve is a thought leader with 15+ years of social impact experience working on behalf of progressive social and political change. Her expertise lies at the intersection of social justice, media and women and girl’s empowerment, and she has personally convened the foremost luminaries on these topics in partnership with The Women's March on Washington, The White House and Let Girls Learn, the Caterpillar Foundation, the United Nations Global Goals project, and others. Previous to founding Invisible Hand, Genevieve was the Director of Creative Engagement for Hillary for America. Between 2011 to 2016, Genevieve served as the Executive Director of Special Projects at Glamour. There, she was responsible for programming the Magazine’s signature event, the Women of the Year Awards—a celebration of the world’s most remarkable female achievers, previously honoring such pioneers as First Lady Michelle Obama, Malala Yousafzai, etc. In 2014, she co-founded and served as Director of The Girl Project, Glamour's global philanthropic initiative that aims to unleash the vast economic and social power of girls. She is currently a Joan Shorenstein Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she is pioneering research on the impact of culture on social change.
Nicole Middaugh, ScD, MS
Treasurer
Current: Treasurer, VOICEINSPORT Foundation, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Clinical Research Manager, Corrona LLC;
Division 3 Athlete - Swimming
Nicole is a multifaceted epidemiologist, skilled in the principles, applications, and techniques of applied public health and epidemiologic research. Nicole has over 10 years of experience in public health, working as an epidemiologist with federal, state, tribal, local, private, and non-profit, organizations. Nicole received her doctorate in epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with an emphasis in nutrition, obesity, and environmental health. Nicole’s graduate research focused on dietary intake and weight change in women. In 2015-2017 Nicole was a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer. There she performed communicable disease surveillance and outbreak investigations and used data driven interventions to address current public health issues. Nicole currently works as a Clinical Research Manager managing a wide portfolio of complex autoimmune disease research projects across multiple pharmaceutical teams to examine efficacy and safety of interventional therapies in the real world.
Our TEAM
The Foundation’s Team represents current and former women athletes that have lived the experience of being an athlete at the youth, collegiate and olympic level.
Our goal is to create a diverse leadership team that is committed to taking ACTION in the women’s sports space.
KATIE RAINSBERGER
Research & TRANSLATIONAL CONTENT MANAGER
Current: Director of Research & Policy, VOICEINSPORT Foundation;
Team Canada Rowing
Katie is a former professional runner and a sport science researcher whose work bridges performance, genetics, and women-specific research. A 13-time NCAA All-American and 2016 Gatorade National Cross Country Athlete of the Year, she brings lived experience at the highest levels of sport to her scholarly work. Katie earned her BSc from the University of Washington, where she received the Wienker Award for best Honors Thesis, and completed her MSc at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, conducting research in the Biodemography, Genetics, and Hybl Sports Performance Laboratories. As part of the VISF research team, Katie helps translate emerging science, identify gaps in women’s performance research, and shape new studies that advance the health and well-being of girls and women in sport.
KATRINA COOGAN
Associate Director of research
Current: Associate Director of Research, VOICEINSPORT Foundation;
Team New Balance Boston Runner
Katrina is a professional runner, who is motivated by the power of sport to instill strength, confidence, and independence for girls & women. As a part of the Research & Policy team, she works to help identify gaps in the current research and create opportunities for new and ground-breaking research. Katrina holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Science from Georgetown University. While at Georgetown she was a member of the NCAA Championship Women’s Cross Country Team and Distance Medley team. She is passionate about women’s health research and the necessity for women-centered research in general and in sport. She also strongly believes that the information needs to be made accessible to female athletes, to create actionable support for them. As a professional runner, Katrina currently trains and competes with Team New Balance Boston.
Molly dreher
Advocacy PROGRAM Manager
Current: Advocacy & Program Manager, VOICEINSPORT Foundation;
Molly Dreher is a D1 Runner at Saint Mary‘s College of California. As a Biopsychology major and Women Gender Studies minor, she hopes to bring equity in medicine to the queer community as a Doctor. With a passion for gender activism, she led the creation and propagation of Title IX legislation with the VIS Advocate leadership team that has culminated in the Fair Play for Women Act of 2022. Molly’s own personal experience fighting for change at her school and now at a federal level makes her contribution to the VIS Advocacy Leadership team critical to the change we all hope to see. Molly is excited to pursue her passion for sport while fighting for justice in her community.
VIS ADVOCATEs
The Foundation’s approach to leadership and progress is centered around the collective voice. The VIS Advocates are responsible for advocacy initiatives at their school. The VIS Advocacy team consists of outstanding girls & women in sport ages 13-23 yrs old that have a passion to stand up and use their voice to drive change.
Kiersten Thomassey
VIS Advocate
Kiersten Thomassey is a student athlete at the University Of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. As a member of the Field Hockey team, Kiersten has earned 2 consecutive ACC titles, and 1 National Championship. As an athlete she has seen firsthand the disparity that exists between men's and women's athletics including treatment and access to resources. Kiersten has been a VIS Advocate since 2021 and has participated in the planning and organization of VIS Capitol Hill Days and worked on several projects centered around Diversity & Inclusion. Kierstens passion for advocating for change will pave the way for a brighter future for generations to come.
Mia Philippe
VIS Advocate
Mia Philippi is a senior at Sunset High School in Portland, OR, where she is a member of the varsity basketball team. Growing up playing multiple sports, Mia has always appreciated the life lessons she has learned from competing in sports and because of this, she is passionate about supporting women in sports. This passion led to her involvement as an advocate for Title IX through the Voice in Sport Foundation. She is currently working with VISF to advocate for the Fair Play for Women Act, a bill that strengthens Title IX education, enforcement, and compliance at both the K-12 and collegiate levels. Mia also founded the first Voice in Sport Chapter where student-athletes advocate for gender equity in their school sports programs, spread awareness and education for Title IX, and volunteer with organizations where they can serve as role models for girls in sport in their community. This model for the Voice in Sport Chapter has been expanded to over 30 high schools and colleges nationwide. Currently, Mia is working with her Athletic Director to provide Title IX training for her high school. She is looking forward to continuing her work with VISF when she attends college next year.
GRACEANN BENNETT
VIS Advocate
Graceann Bennett is a Division 1 basketball player at Georgetown University. Raised in Lake George, NY, she grew up playing basketball with her parents and siblings before competing in AAU and high school. She is dedicated to empowering girls and women in sport to pursue growth relentlessly and without fear. Graceann is passionate about using her voice to advocate and create visibility for all, hoping to to uplift girls and women to compete unapologetically. Graceann has been part of the VIS Advocate Leadership team since 2021 and has been an integral part of the team as we continue to activate on the ground in Washington DC.
Logan SMITH
VIS Advocate
Logan Smith is a Division 1 soccer player at Stanford University. She grew up in Boise, Idaho and played a variety of sports but ended up competitively running, cross-country skiing and playing soccer. Logan is passionate about uplifting girls and women in sport, especially in issues regarding Title IX, as well as injury prevention and recovery. Logan wants to help educate girls in sport so they are better equipped to advocate for themselves and their well-being.
AUDRA KOOpman
VIS Advocate
Audra Koopman is a former track and field athlete at Penn State and a dedicated activist and academic from Fort Collins, Colorado. She previously served as an executive board member of College Athlete Unity, and was the Vice President of the newly founded Black Student Athletes Association at Penn State. Currently, Audra is working on her Master’s degree in Prosthetics and Orthotics at the University of Washington. She continues to speak on discussion panels and at events focusing on racial and social injustice, athlete identity, and women’s rights.