TEAM
A world-class coalition
Board and Advisory Board Members
Norman Lamb MP Member of Parliament and former UK health minister. Leading mental health reformer. Co-founder of Equality 4 Mental Health. |
Dr. Mike Johnson University of Arkansas Director of Clinical and Sport Psychology. Former WADA consultant, NCAA D1 swimmer and coach. |
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 400m Olympic bronze medalist and 3x UK champion. Chairman of GB Olympians' Association and founder of Sporting Colours. |
David Elliott International business, immigration and health attorney with a vast portfolio of advocacy for those in need in Chattanooga, USA. |
Diana Cruz Vice President of Operations for Cambia Health. Financial analysis and HR expert. Selected for Menttium's Top 100 women. |
Erika Mueller Brown University softball player. Sport for development expert. Currently at Peace Corps, formerly of Blaze Sports International. |
Roger Draper Former Chief Executive of Sport England and the Lawn Tennis Association. Current chief commercial officer at Rugby League. |
Tim Chakwin Co-founder of Chattanooga Lacrosse. Lacrosse coach, English teacher and dean of residential life at McCallie School |
Jennifer Hoff President of Skye Strategies. Grant-writer and former PR director at WTCI-PBS. Co-founder of Chattanooga writer's guild. |
Eli Wolff US Olympian. Global leader in Olympism and athlete activism. Co-director of Inclusive Sports Initiative and Power of Sport Lab. |
Our Core Team
Founder and CEO of The True Athlete Project. Mindfulness teacher and USPTA tennis professional. Former athletics director. |
Mentoring Program co-director. 35-time USA national sprint canoe champion. President of WomenCAN International. |
Mentoring Program co-director. Olympian and European silver medalist. High performance director at Team Copenhagen. |
Clinical psychologist. Research associate at Catholic University. Co-developer of Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement. |
Alli Dimich Sport and development specialist with a focus in sport and education. Experience with Special Olympics, Outdoors for All and Seattle Sounders. |
Cloie Hamilton Former dancer. RN for under-served communities in the USA and South America. Pursuing counselling and psychotherapy MSc. |
Dr. Zibin Guo Wheelchair tai-ji pioneer. Cultural anthropologist spec. in mental health. Author of "Ginseng and Aspirin" Former Harvard lecturer. |
Yong Oh Acupuncturist and mindfulness teacher currently participating in the Community Dharma Leaders program at Spirit Rock in California. |
Nicole Gabana AASP-Certified Sport Psychology consultant. Research focuses on the relationship between gratitude and athlete wellbeing performance. |
Alex Richmond Sport for development expert with special focus on gender issues. Experience working for Street Soccer and the Edinburgh Marathon. |
Our Mentors
Hannah Peacock Professional basketball player for Caledonia Pride, Scotland. Former GBR captain. MSc Strength and Conditioning coach. 
Paul Pisani 10 times New York State cycling champion and professional tennis coach to the likes of Sam Querrey, Robby Ginepri, and Ashley Harkleroad. |
Caryn Davies Harvard's most successful Olympian. Two-time Olympic gold medalist. Attorney with a J.D. from Columbia Law School. 
Anna Bentley British Olympic fencer. Three-time British national champion - from 2008-2010. Guide runner for blind athletes at Park Run. |
Lewis Hatchett Professional cricketer for Sussex CC and yoga teacher. Defying the odds of Poland syndrome to play professional sport. 
John Herbert Commonwealth gold medalist. First black Briton to compete at the Summer and Winter Olympics. Coach to Philips Idowu. |
Frances Houghton First British female rower to compete at five Olympic Games. Three time Olympic silver medalist and four time world champion. 
Florence Schelling Four-time Olympian and Olympic bronze medalist. Ice hockey goalkeeper for Switzerland completing her master's degree. |
Anna Turney Paralympic ski racer at Sochi 2014 and Vancouver 2010. World Cup silver medalist. Ted X Speaker: "A Crash Course in Resilience" 
David Brown Our first mentor. The fastest blind man in the world. First T11 to run under 11 seconds. World and Olympic gold medalist. |
