Presenters for the 2024 Global Education Conference

Aditya leads the Education team at the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body that manages all integrity-related matters for the sport of athletics. The AIU was created as a part of the governance reforms of World Athletics in 2017.  

In a career spanning close to two-decade, Aditya has worked across several disciplines including education, public relations and communications in sports and media organisations in India, Dubai, Switzerland, and Monaco. He has developed and implemented engaging education programmes in sport integrity at multiple levels, including at the global level. He is a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Education Committee since 2019 and an observer at the Council of Europe’s Advisory Group on Anti-Doping Education. Mr Kumar holds master’s degrees in communications and sports management.   

As the Director of Education at Sport Integrity Australia, Alexis leads a team to develop innovative education programs on a range of sport integrity threats including doping, match-fixing, child safeguarding and abuse in sport.  

Alexis has a Masters degree in Bioethics from the University of Sydney, as well as a Bachelor degree in Communications, coupling her passion for communicating complex information in simple and engaging ways, with her interest in understanding why and how people make decisions. 

Alexis has worked at Australia’s NADO for eight years, and previously worked in science communication roles for the Chief Scientist of Australia and a range of national scientific institutions.

 She is a regular collaborator with other anti-doping organisations, and is a Member, Chair and Trainer in WADA’s Global Learning Development Framework program.  

Effective August 2019, Amanda Hudson joined WADA as Director, Education.  

Prior to joining WADA, Amanda was Head of Education at United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD), where she crafted and led their education strategy, making clean athletes her top priority and supporting UKAD’s aim to protect clean sport. She was the visionary and innovator, leading many UK firsts such as; the UK's Clean Sport Forum, Elite Athlete Support Policy, Education Delivery Network, University Accreditation Scheme, and author of the first UK-wide Clean Games Education Policy.  

Amanda’s focus has always been to harness the power of education and training, for people and system development. Starting her professional career as a teacher and lecturer in the post-compulsory education sector, she then transitioned to her other passion – sport. Her main expertise outside of education has been in creating and implementing strategies for organizations that impact culture, people and behaviour.  

She is a visionary, a system builder and people developer, capable of unifying stakeholders in a common agenda. She delivers and leaves a lasting impact. 

Ana Jelusic Black, a Croatian 3x Olympic skier (2002, 2006, 2010) and communication expert, transitioned from her skiing career to excelling in the sports communication sector. She is an anti-doping educator for the ITA and leverages her passion for events, media, and moderation to assist organisations in effectively communicating their initiatives. Ana has moderated events for notable entities such as the IOC, ITA, ThinkSport, and other major sports organisations. She is fluent in Italian, Croatian, and English and proficient in French and German.  

A Physical Education teacher by ‘origin’, Anna has amassed governance and management experience in educational institutions and sport governing bodies from national to international level. She has spent over 20 years to date serving in various capacities in the Olympic Movement, including 9 years as the first female appointed CEO/SG of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee from 2011-2020. She is a Member of the IOC Athletes’ Entourage Commission, serves on several Working Groups including - under the IOC, Women Sport International, and ANOCA Zone VI. In Zimbabwe she chairs the National Anti-Doping Coordinating Committee, a platform of collaboration between the Government and Sport Movement in Zimbabwe. Anna has a passion for service to sport and giving back to communities through training and knowledge sharing initiatives. She is currently engaged as a Development Manager for World Rowing, responsible for the management of development activities in Africa.

Anna delights in people, the world, and connection. She sees and is energized by complexity, enjoying the paradoxes of front-line relationships and big systems functioning.

Anna specializes in systems analysis and change processes. Her experience as a front-line social worker informs her work making her particularly sensitive to power dynamics and equity. Evaluation and design processes are her preferred disciplines for influencing change. Her strength lies in her strategic design capacity, pattern-finding and analysis super power, and group facilitation skills. Anna highly values utility, prioritizing practical and user-centered approaches to solicit meaningful action and change.

Anna holds a Master in Social Work from the University of Minnesota, with specializations in Community Advocacy & Organizing and International Development, and a Bachelors of Social Work from Saint Olaf College.

Annemarie is Senior Education Manager in Anti Doping Denmark (ADD). For 10 years she has been responsible for the development of the education and prevention program for sports in ADD. Besides that, she is member of ADD’s research committee, Deputy Chair of the Council of Europe T-DO Education Drafting Group and acted as co-chair of the technical working group (TWG) for I&I under the WADA Global Learning Development Framework (GLDF).  

Through education, dedication, and motivation Annemarie works to empower people and organizations in promoting clean sport. And through cooperation and sustainable partnerships with sports federations and other stakeholders, she has a specific focus on strengthening the core values of sport, fair competition and creating a level playing field for all athletes.  

Annemarie is dedicated to time with family and friends, to martial arts, sports in general, singing and a good laugh.  

Anne-Marie Elbe is a Full Professor of Sport Psychology at the Faculty of Sport Science at Leipzig University, Germany. She previously worked at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Northumbria University, Newcastle in the UK and at the University of Potsdam, Germany. She has led and participated in a number of research projects from various funding agencies that focus on doping prevention (e.g. World Anti-Doping Agency, International Olympic Committee, German Federal Institute for Sport Science, Anti-Doping Danmark, etc.). A focus of her anti-doping research is on ethical decision-making and values-based doping prevention programs. Anne-Marie Elbe has published over 120 peer reviewed journal articles, nine monographs and 25 book chapters. She is past President of FEPSAC, the European Federation of Sport Psychology and member of the Scientific Board of ECSS (European College of Sport Science).

Armony Dumur joined the French Anti-Doping Agency, AFLD (Agence française de lutte contre le dopage) in September 2020 as an intern while completing her Masters in Sport Management & Marketing. After two consecutive internships with the Education & Prevention team, she joined AFLD full time as a project manager in 2021. She’s mainly in charge of AFLD’s educators training and the communication and education plan for the RTP & TP athletes and ASP, although the past few months have been dedicated to coordinating the logistics around the GEC 2024.  

Prior to joining AFLD, Armony worked as a certified trainer and swimming coach, where she had the opportunity to guide people in reaching their health and fitness goals in a safe and effective manner.  

A former competitive swimmer, Armony won multiple NCAA titles while doing her B.A in English at Wingate University (USA). When not training in weightlifting or CrossFit, she enjoys a brunch with her friends and her twin sister.

Baptiste Boyer holds a Master's degree in “regulatory law” and “public litigation” and worked for nearly 6 years at the “Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel” before joining the AFLD as a legal expert. He is responsible for monitoring disciplinary proceedings and also works with the Agency's medical service (giving legal advice regarding TUE) and trainers of anti-doping educators.

Camila Ubillus Deur is an Associate Project Officer at UNESCO’s Section for the Elimination of Doping in Sport within the Social and Human Sciences Sector, host of the 2005 International Convention against Doping in Sport. With an academic background in international security, her focus within the Convention’s Secretariat is to facilitate the work of the governance of the Convention and its Fund, as well as to ensure the liaison with internal and external stakeholders. Through her work in the Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sport, she has been able to provide support to over 30 States Parties since

2021 in the conceptualization, drafting, submission, and implementation of projects focusing on education, capacity-building and policy advice, aiming to enhance their capacity to defend sport values, ethics and integrity.

Catherine Coley joined the French Anti-Doping Agency, AFLD (Agence française de lutte contre le dopage) in July 2018, to oversee the development and implementation of AFLD’s education plan and the launch of the Athlete Committee.

Prior to joining AFLD, Catherine worked at the World Anti-Doping Agency’s headquarters, in Montreal, where she had the opportunity to collaborate to raising awareness about anti-doping, including coordinating athlete outreach activities at Major Games.  

A huge sports fan and a competitive swimmer, when Catherine is not helping the French sporting community demystify the anti-doping rules she can be found in a swimming pool or on a tennis court.

Catherine is internationally recognised as an integrity in sport expert and has in-depth knowledge of the sport eco-system from multiple perspectives: athlete, legal advisor, event organiser, Government regulator, lecturer, media commentator, conference presenter, author, mentor, board/tribunal member and consultant. She is a sports lawyer with degrees from the University of Adelaide and a Graduate Diploma in Investigations Management from Charles Sturt University. Catherine also helped lead the evacuation of the Afghan women’s cricket team after the return of the Taliban in 2021.

Catherine has specialised in anti-doping policy since acting for the Australian Olympic Committee in the lead up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. She then lived in Norway, working for Anti-Doping Norway, and in Qatar on the 2006 Asian Games, before returning to work for the Australian Sport Anti-Doping Authority. Catherine won the 2002 WADA Legal Paper Prize for Legal Requirements for Blood Testing – Oceania, which was awarded at the WADA Conference in Denmark in 2003.

Catherine is an Associate Professor and Sport Integrity Research Lead at the University of Canberra and Senior Fellow at The University of Melbourne Law School. The University of Canberra has a Memorandum of Understanding with Sport Integrity Australia, which includes several co-funded projects, including a PhD scholarship for: Athlete experience in anti-doping. Catherine is on the International Cricket Council Independent (anti-doping) Review Board, Head of the World Curling Federation Anti-Doping Hearing Panel, the Asian Racing Federation Council on Anti-Illegal Betting & Related Financial Crime, and a member of the National Sports Tribunal (AUS).

Nkurunziza Charles is a consultant ENT Surgeon with 8 years of professional experience providing comprehensive Ear, Nose and throat services. He also as a background in sport, first as a national team volleyball player for 7 years and later as national volleyball team physician. He has served in various leadership roles within sport leveraging his medical expertise and experience as an athlete, particularly in the areas of doping in sport. He is currently the country representative to Africa Zone V Regional Anti-Doping Organization and member of Rwanda National Olympic and Sport committee Medical and antidoping Commission.

As part of the Education team Colin implements the Global Learning and Development Framework (GLDF) to deliver role specific standardized training for the anti-doping sector and to build a community of learning. He also leads and manages the GLDF Trainers who facilitate the delivery of the standardized training. This role includes GLDF Trainer recruitment, training, ongoing professional development, and deployment.  

Colin had previously spent 10 years working within the Education team at UK Anti-Doping spending most his time delivering Athlete/ASP clean sport education before taking a lead on the development of an Education Delivery Network.

As well as professional commitments Colin is actively involved in sport as a coach and competing as a recreational level athlete.  

Prof. Cornelia Blank is Professor and deputy head of the Institute for Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine & Health Tourism. She is an internationally published and cited researcher with

experiences in several international doping-related projects. With a background in economic, health sciences and psychology, her research focuses on prevention and health promotion in and by means of sport. Topics include the perception of doping prevention measures from an athletes’ and athlete support personnel perspective with a special focus on anti-doping education. She is furthermore interested in developing and evaluating current anti-doping education strategies, integrating the athletes’ and ASP perspectives. She is an expert in quantitative research methods with experience in applied mixed methods including qualitative approaches. She has led several national and international research projects as principal investigator funded by, for example, the International Skiing and Biathlon Union, the IOC, WADA and the EU.

Daniela Lux, MSc. holds a master’s degree in sport science (focus: sports therapy) from the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria. As PhD student she is currently employed at the Institute for Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine and Health Tourism at UMIT TIROL. After successfully coordinating the pilot-project “Life after Doping”, her research now focuses on exploring the life experiences and health impacts of anti-doping rule violations on athletes. Her research further includes collaboration with international sports organisations on the evaluation and development of doping prevention measures.

Started anti-doping career in 2002 joining UK Athletics as the Clean Athletics Manager at UK Athletics. Responsibilities there included the development of rules and procedures, athlete education and support, results management and the organisation of in-competition testing.  

 In 2021 joined the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022 as Head of Anti-Doping. Following the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games joined the Organising Committe of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games as Head of Anti-Doping, my current role.  

 Experienced Doping Control Officer with a track record of delivering major event anti-doping programs at Global and continental level.  

 Passionate defender of clean sport and a strong believer in the power of sport to unite, breaking down social barriers between people.  

Dr. David Müller is the head of the ‘Information and Education’ department of NADA Austria since 2008. He holds a master degree in education and a doctoral degree in sport science.  

David is an active part of the national and international anti-doping community, especially in the field of education. He is a member of the Advisory Group on Education of the Council of Europe and of its subgroup that worked on the International Standard for Education and the respective guidelines. Currently he is involved in WADA´s Global Learning and Development Framework as chair of a technical working group on Code Compliance and trainer for education managers / officers.  

In addition to his work with NADA Austria, he dedicated his scientific work as lecturer at universities and author of several publications on clean sport, e.g. his doctoral thesis ‘doping and doping-equivalent behaviour in and outside of sport’. 

Dr. Derwin Chan is a health psychologist with diverse research interests in the areas of health promotion, assessment of child mental and physical health, sport and exercise science, and behavioural medicine. He is an Associate Professor at Education University of Hong Kong. Derwin is a Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow with the British Psychological Society, and a Chartered Scientist with the British Science Council. He has over 100 publications of peer-reviewed articles related to the psychology of health, sport and exercise, and behavioural medicine. Derwin’s research primarily focuses on psychosocial, motivational, and social cognitive processes underpinning individuals’ health behaviours (e.g., physical activity, healthy diets, safety, and disease prevention). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Stress and Health, Advisory Editor of Social Science & Medicine, Executive Editor of Health Psychology Bulletin, and editorial board member of six other scholarly journals.

Diana belong to the PAN-RADO education department for 3 years now. At the educational level, she has a postgraduate degree in strategic planning focused on large organizations and macro companies. Additionally, she has a master's degree in business administration with an emphasis on human resources, accompanied by a diploma in sports planning, which allows her to work with both staff and athletes and the sports community. As an educator and also a certified doping control officer, it is a privilege for her to work with the entire sports environment and accompany her team in the fight against doping in sports.

Dora is a member of both WADA’s Athlete Council and Education Committee. She is also the Vice-President of the International Gymnastics Federation Athletes’ Commission. She is a former aerobic gymnast for Team Hungary who won a World Games silver and two bronze medals, the European Games gold and was the European and World Championships Vice-Champion. Dora has a Master of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences degree from and she is currently working as an international coach, judge and owner of a leotard company.  

Anti-doping expert with 6 years of professional experience working as external personnel with the Spanish Anti-doping Organization, who collaborates in the implementation of educational programs, management of digital content and carries out scientific research in the field of anti-doping. Currently PhD candidate developing research related to doping attitudes and behavior in competitive sport, funded by the World Anti-doping Agency. Former elite athlete, middle-distance and long-distance runner, who has competed several times with the national team. Marketing background in a multinational healthcare company focused on people affected by HIV/AIDS.

Erik Duiven is Director of Education at Doping Authority Netherlands. Together with his team Erik develops, implements and evaluates education programs for elite sports and fitness. Erik holds three Master’s degrees and a black belt in judo. He is also a qualified personal fitness trainer. Erik is chair of the Council of Europe’s T-DO ED Drafting Group and a member of WADA’s Education Standing Committee.  

Eva has a Master of Science in Education. She has worked for many years as a teacher and as a coach of youth athletes. Eva has been a consultant for over twelve years with the World Anti-Doping Agency. In her time there, she helped develop the Sport Values in Every Classroom toolkit and transform it into a digital version, Sport Values Online; she supported the development of the Guidelines for the International Standard for Education (ISE), the Athlete and Athlete Support Personnel (ASP) curriculums, as well as many eLearning modules for the Global Learning and Development Framework (GLDF). Since 2018, Eva has also helped to plan the program for WADA’s Global Education Conferences (GECs) in Beijing, Sydney, and now Cannes!

• PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology  
• 10 years as deputy director in Rome Antidoping Laboratory
• 3 years as Scientific and Administrative Manager in IAAF (now AIU)
• 10 years as Director in the Cycling Antidoping Foundation (the entity delegated by UCI to manage the cycling antidoping program between 2010 and 2020)
• Current position from 2020: AFLD Testing Director, coordinator of International Relationships and Science

Galiya Zhumabayeva - is an Education Manager in Kazakhstan NADO since 2018. In 2019 she started her Doctoral research in anti-doping education area in Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan (2019-2022). She participated as WADA Education Team in 17th Asian Games (Incheon, South Korea, 2014), as International DCO in Tokyo-2020 (Olympic and Paralympic Games), as International DCO in Beijing-2022 (Olympic Games). Currently she also is a scientific researcher in Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, and a lecturer in Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Gobi Nair graduated from the University of Oregon, USA with a Bachelor’s degree majoring in Physical Education and minoring in Coaching and Biology. He earned a Master of Science degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and post-graduate qualifications in Human Nutrition from Deakin University, Australia and Career Education Counseling for Elite Athletes from Victoria University, Australia.

Gobi brings more than 30 years of experience in organizations spanning the education, military, sports and corporate sector.

Presently, he serves as the Director-General, South East Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization; member of the OCA Medical and Anti-Doping Committee; and  member of the National Anti-Doping Advisory Board (NADAB) in Singapore. Over the years, he has introduced and implemented various initiatives and partnerships under his guidance and with the support of stakeholders.

Isaac Lockett is a PhD student at Kingston University, completing a research programme focussing on the legal and social position of doping-related sanctions under the supervision of Professor Andrea Petroczi and Dr Elizabeth Pummell.

Isaac’s PhD research programme is concentrated on understanding whether equality exists when considering the sanctions related to anti-doping rule violations across geographic boundaries. The first stage of his programme has started with generating an understanding of the global landscape of criminal legislation related to sports-related doping and the potential impacts of the further criminalisation of sports-related doping.

• Over 15 years of Anti-Doping experience with NADA India.
• Diverse expertise in Testing, Result Management, TUE, and Education.
• Served as International DCO during major global events in India and abroad.
• Key speaker in national and international Anti-Doping seminars.
• Currently leading the Education department at NADA India.

I am French and come from Brittany. I have studied at the University of Nice and did a master degree in Sport Law in 2018.  

In 2018 I started working for World Triathlon as a Legal Counsel in Madrid (cases in front of CAS, developing the Safeguarding Policy, GDPR regulation, Contracts, Sponsorships)

In 2021, I moved to Lausanne and work as World Triathlon Anti-Doping Manager. Among my various tasks in the Anti-Doping Department, I am in charge of the World Triathlon Anti-Doping Education Program.

Jules Woolf Ph.D. is an assistant professor in Recreation, Sport and Tourism in the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he serves as director for the Sport+Development lab. He completed his doctoral training at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on the management of sport and the development of human potential. This includes a focus on the ways in which athletes are influenced to use or abstain from the use of performance-enhancing drugs. His current research examines the social influence of close others on young athletes, and the design of educational programs to influence athletes’ knowledge of and attitudes toward doping.

Julia Cook is a PhD researcher in the field of sports ethics, integrity and governance at Swansea University, specialising in anti-doping. Additionally, Julia is the Anti-Doping Lead for Wales Lacrosse and a UKAD accredited Educator. Julia has also worked as a journalist, including at the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo and is a former athlete in skeleton and athletics. She is a fierce advocate for doping-free sport and athlete rights.

Juliana Soares has worked for over 20 years in favor of the Paralympic Movement, always seeking equal opportunities and rights for all athletes of all disabilities.

The MBA in Project Management and Specialization in Paralympic Sports, in addition to participation in several sport events, brought experience in different sports and athletes, thus learning the demands, and adapting to their specific needs.

Today, working in three International Federations (IBSA - visually impairment, Virtus - intellectually impairment and World Abilitysport - physically impairment), and always with an enthusiastic profile about the topic, she tries to bring more people to the Paralympic Movement and Clean Sport.

Julie Dirksen is the author of the books Design For How People Learn, one of the bestselling books on learning design, and her new book Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change. She is a learning strategy consultant with a focus on incorporating behavioral science into learning interventions. Her MS degree is in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University and she’s been an adjunct faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and is a Learning Guild Guildmaster.  She’s happiest when she gets to learning something new, and you can find her at usablelearning.com.

Julie Demeslay is a university professor at the University of Paris Nanterre (France), deputy director of the STAPS faculty, researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of Politics (ISP, UMR 7220), co-director of the UNESCO Chair "Studies and analyses of the fight against doping - for the protection of the health of all athletes". For more than fifteen years, the focus of her research has been on the process of harmonising anti-doping regulations, and in particular on the local conditions for implementing provisions and measures devised on a global scale.

I was born on the 4th of Jan 1989, in Nandi County Kenya. Attended local public primary school in Tinderet and later join Kapsabet boys high school for my secondary education.  

Joined the National police service after high school when they identify my talent. Started serious training after graduating from police college in 2008. Won gold in All Africa Games 2011 - first Kenyan to do so in field events. Trained in Finland after getting a scholarship from IOC in winter of 2012 and that helped me qualify for 2012 Olympics London. Placed 12th overall in those Games. 2013 came 4th at the World Championships in Moscow, a whisker loss to Tarabin in his last throw to overthrow me from bronze! 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion and later in 2 weeks won the African Champs 2nd title having won in 2012 gold in Benin just before Olympic 2012. 2015 World Championships champion in Beijing and incidentally African record to date 92,72m. 2016 silver at the Rio Olympics. 2022 bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. 6th overall in javelin all time.  

Bachelors degree from Kenyatta University in Public policy and administration in 2020.

Kady is an African Olympian who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a co-captain of the Malian women’s basketball team. She was a professional player in Europe and a five-time French National Junior Champion before completing her Marketing and Management degree from Fordham University in New York while competing with a full scholarship at NCAA division one level Basketball. Kady is a Master Trainer and Steering Committee member of the International Olympic Committee’s Career+ Program and the International Red Cross Committee's' Career Development Program for persons with physical disabilities. She has facilitated workshops in over 50 countries (over 40 in Africa), She is an Athlete Ambassador and an Education Expert for the International testing agency and has been chairing the WADA Education Committee since 2020.  

Kady is also the New Branding and communication Manager for Africa Greentec based in Senegal.

Kangeun leads the digital learning team within the Education Department. She is responsible for developing and implementing the Digital Education and Learning Strategy, managing stakeholder relationships on a strategic level and oversees development of education programs on the Anti-Doping Education and Learning (ADEL) platform. Before joining WADA in 2016, she worked for the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Sports, Culture, and Tourism, where she gained extensive international sports expertise and anti-doping knowledge.

Karen is the Deputy Head of Education at UK Anti-Doping (UKAD). She joined UKAD in 2020 with an initial remit for developing clean sport education programmes across the young people landscape. In her current role, she oversees the education elements of UKAD’s Assurance Framework, supporting and monitoring compliance for over 150 National Federations from across the UK.

Prior to joining UKAD, Karen worked across the sporting landscape in the UK for over 15 years. She worked in a range of organisations, focusing on the development of sporting opportunities for children and young people, including values-based programs.

Her research mainly examines the contributions of contemporary social-cognitive theories, with the aim to better understand the contribution of social psychological factors and the consequences on rule transgression and doping practices, prevention of health-risk behaviours, engagement in PA and promoting healthy and active lifestyles as well as the role of burnout, fatigue and recovery strategies, in different types of public (high-level athletes, adolescents, senior citizens, patients with chronic illnesses, people with disabilities). 

She is member of the Research unit: “Human Motricity, Expertise, Sport and Health” (LAMHESS), a multi-disciplinary laboratory promoting research at the interface between life and health sciences and human and social sciences. 

Karri Dawson is the Executive Director of Values-Based Sport at the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Sport Administration from Laurentian University and has more than 25 years of professional experience. Karri has managed corporate sponsorships, philanthropic donations, and community engagement programs at all levels of sport in Canada. She is most passionate about fostering a fair, safe, accessible, and inclusive sport experience that maximizes the personal and social benefits for all participants. Currently, Karri leads a diverse team that works to activate a values-based approach to sport through True Sport; examines ethical issues that threaten the integrity of sport; and develops education to support athletes and promote clean sport. Karri has been an active member of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Education Committee for six years and gives back to the domestic sport community through mentorship and volunteering on numerous workgroups and committees.

Kelsey has a Master's in Sport Policy, Management and International Development, from Edinburgh University. She joined WADA in 2021. She works in the education department specializing in social science research and policy. She is responsible for managing the Social Science Research Grant Program and the education component of the compliance review process of the World Anti-Doping Code and the International Standard for Education. Additionally acting as a liaison for the Social Science Research Expert Advisory Group and Collaboration Platform. In addition to her professional commitments, Kelsey is actively involved in sport as a volunteer official and now competing as a recreational level athlete in swimming, rugby and Australian Rules Football.

After qualifying as a Biokineticist (clinical exercise physiologist) Kim started her career at the Institute for Sport Research (University of Pretoria). Her career developed through various positions including clinician, researcher and lecturer. During this time she completed her Masters degree in Human Movement Science, with specialization in Biokinetics (Cum Laude). After being seconded to the South African Sports Commission her career focused mainly on the management and administration of High Performance Sport in South Africa. Later she was appointed as the Team Preparation Manager for the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC). She has a PhD in Human Movement Science. Kim has a passion for research and one of her focus areas is antidoping sciences.

My work for Be More and the UK Charity Frontline, sees me responsible for learning design and delivery.  I lead quality assurance of teaching and learning across a suite of training and leadership programmes delivered live online, asynchronously and via in-person events.  

My passion is sharing evidence-informed practice and making the science of learning accessible.  I am co-creator of the ASRI Framework developed by Be More which underpins our Train the Trainer skill development events.    

I bring experience of education, L&D and HR from working in privately-owned global logistics, public sector enterprises, schools and graduate training organisations along with collaborations with WADA and ADAK in the field of anti-doping education. I hold PGCE and CIPD qualifications.

Based in Strasbourg, France, I've been working for the Secretariat of the Council of Europe's Anti-Doping Convention since 2011. I ensure coordination between the 52 States Parties and more than 10 Observer States and organisations by managing monitoring activities and supporting the development of new standards to promote human rights in anti-doping, the latest project being gender equality in anti-doping. I am a sports physician from Latvia, where I have been involved in the national anti-doping programme since 1994.

Mairi is responsible for the Education Department at the ITA, delivering clean sport education programs and activities for International Federations and Major Event Organisers partners. Mairi joined the ITA in 2021.

Prior to joining the ITA, Mairi worked in the Athlete Department of the International Olympic Committee from 2017-2020.  

Mairi started her career in sport working in the fields of communications and press operations, with roles in organisations including UK Sport, London 2012 and Baku 2015.  

Meet Dr Mark Troxler DO MBA FACP FACSM, National Chair of Anti-Doping Education for USA Track & Field with over 20 years of Anti-Doping education and research experience and 30 years of Sports

Medicine medical practice experience. Dr Troxler’s is passionate for having a fair and effective anti-doping program that is vital to ensure that the rights of clean athletes and the integrity of competition is upheld. Dr Troxler is currently collecting Phase II data for our study Knowledge of the Prohibited lists that will continue to focus on the Athlete Support Personnel.

He is a Sports Scientist having attained a Doctor of Philosophy in Exercise and Sports Science from Kenyatta University. Has master’s degree in Sports Medicine from the United States Sports Academy (Alabama) and an Undergraduate Degree in Sports Science from Kenyatta University (Kenya). He educates athletes on Anti-Doping by giving them alternative acceptable ways of competing clean including but not limited to Injury prevention and rehabilitation. He’s also a renowned researcher on doping issues in Kenya. Martin previous worked as county director of sports and a high performance trainer for the National Rugy teams both Sevens and Fifteen’s in 2015, both teams exemplary excelled in performance during the period. He has been a sports medicine lecturer in four (4) universities in Kenya.  

Having been in the sports industry for the last 15 years, Martin prides himself on the skills acquired in management and administration, as well as organizational, dedication, and a positive attitude.

Matt was appointed by the ITIA in 2017 to lead the development of an education strategy and establish an education department within the organisation. Having previously worked at UK Anti-Doping, he has 14 years’ experience working in sports integrity within elite sport and prior to that taught Physical Education for five years. A trained DCO, Matt has managed doping control stations and conducted testing at a range of major games and international events.

At the ITIA, Matt is part of the leadership group and his team are delivering a strategic plan to broaden the scope and reach of the education and training programme across both anti-doping and anti-corruption. The program aims to inform, educate and protect players, support staff and officials across the global sport of Tennis.

Mike is an experienced anti-doping professional, who has been director of World Rugby’s anti-doping unit for eight years.  He has many years of service in the industry having previously managed testing and education programmes for UK Sport (now UK Anti-Doping), The Football Association and UEFA.  

Mike oversees the work of World Rugby’s anti-doping education team and its Keep Rugby Clean awareness campaign.  He is a previous member of the Council of Europe expert education group on Anti-Doping, a member of the WADA GLDF project team, and a current member of the WADA audit team.  

Mike is a junior football and rugby coach, and has qualifications in communications and social science research.  However, most importantly he is the offspring of two teachers - which means (i) clearly he was never going to grow up to be a teacher, and (ii) education is definitely in his DNA…

Mike McNamee is a pioneer of the field of sports ethics. A former President of the Intl Assoc Philosophy of Sport, he is currently Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics, Regulation nad Integrity in Sport (KU Leuven) Programme Director of two pan-European consortia: the Erasmus Mundus MA in Sport Ethics and Integrity (MAiSI), and also the Marie Sklodowska Curie Doctoral Training Network in Sport Ethics and Integrity (DAiSI). He is widely published in various sports ethics domains, but especially in ant-doping, and has secured more than 12M euros of funding for teaching and research in the field. He is currently Chair of WADAs Ethics Expert Group and Chair of UKADs TUE Fairness Committee.

Lecturer in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences at Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid, Spain) and scientific advisor in the Department for Doping Control of the Spanish Commission for the Fight Against Doping in Sports (CELAD). Doping Control Officer at Professional Worldwide Controls (PWC).

From 2020 PhD in Health Sciences. Conducted thesis on analysis of doping control test results in Olympic sports. My main research interest are: 1. Anti-doping education and outreach. 2. Doping Prevalence. 3.Prevalence and patterns of dietary supplement use in elite athletes.

Moonkyue Shin has been working for Korea Anti-Doping Agency(KADA) for over 5 years now. He is currently the education manager, and is in charge of developing and implementing Korea Anti-Doping Education Program(KADEP) with his colleagues. He has an academic background in physical education(BA) and anthropology(MA), and is passionate for the making governance for  sport integrity including doping prevention in national context.  

Since this year(2023), he has been a member of WADA Education Committee.  

Nina Makuc undertook her studies in the Faculty of Sport at the University of Ljubljana; graduating with her degree in Physical Training in 2003 and her PhD in Kinesiology Science in 2011.  

Nina joined Slovenian anti-doping Organisation in 2011. At first, she was responsible for both testing and education programs. With the growth of SLOADO she became solely responsible for education programs – developing and implementing doping prevention programs for children, young and elite athletes, and their support personnel.  

Nina was a project manager of Erasmus+ project “prePLAY” which was selected by EACEA as a success story and a model of best practise. At this point she is a project manager of Erasmus+ project “I Value” and a project team member at project “RESPECT-P”.  

Since 2022 she is a member of WADA Education Committee.

Born in Barcelona, Nuria Puig Brandes has a Bachelor (5 years degree) in Physical Education by the INEFC.

She started her professional career as the Head of the Physical Activities Department a sport services enterprise (SEAE) in Barcelona.

In 1989, she was hired by the COOB’92 where she was the Deputy Director of the Logistics Department. On the occasion of the Barcelona Games, she worked as the Deputy Director of the Sports Information Centre of the Olympic Village.

In 1993 she joined the IOC and from 1998 worked for its Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) as the Head of External Relations. In 2004, she worked at the Games Department as the Coordinator for the Summer Olympic Games before coming back to the OSC.

She is currently the Manager senior of external relations and academic programmes at the IOC OSC where she manages the collaboration with academic community, including the research grant programmes.

Effective July 2016, Olivier Niggli assumed the role of Director General.  

Olivier possesses extensive international experience in the anti-doping industry; particularly, in the areas of legal, finance and governance. He started his legal career with Carrard & Associés in Lausanne (Switzerland), where WADA was his client.  

In 2002, Oliver first joined WADA as the Agency’s Legal Director to which he added the title of Finance Director in 2004. In 2011, Olivier returned to Carrard & Associés as partner, where his practice focused on sport, arbitration and commercial law. In 2014, Olivier returned to WADA as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of WADA.  

Olivier holds a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics (England) and a Master of Business Administration from McGill University, in Montreal (Canada).

My research examines the psychosocial factor that protect and increase an athlete’s likelihood to dope and the ways in which anti-doping education programmes can best prevent doping. Commissioned by WADA and the International Olympic Committee, my research involved

designing, delivering, and evaluating the effectiveness of anti-doping education interventions. Currently, I am undertaking a projected funded by WADA to examine athletes’ with intellectual impairments experience of anti-doping and the challenges for ensuring harmonisation of the WADC. I work as a Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University and represented Great Britain at the 2015 European Championships.

Rebecca Lee has worked in anti-doping for 12 years, firstly at the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and, for the last 10 years, as a member of the UEFA Anti-Doping team.  

During her time at UEFA, with the support of the team, she has introduced the ABP in European football, launched a comprehensive sample storage programme, developed a fully integrated Paperless Doping Control system, and was responsible for the development and launch of UEFA’s new Education strategy.

Rebecca has been a member of WADA’s TUE Technical Working Group, and the CofE’s Advisory Group on Education and is currently a member of the CofE’s Working Group for Gender Equality in Anti-Doping.  

Outside of work, Rebecca can usually be found hiking in the Swiss mountains. She is also the manager of the FC UEFA Ladies football team where she has an undefeated record in the local league!

A Doctor of Law with a double specialization in international and European law, and a practicing lawyer. An Assistant Professor at the Management Faculty of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, the author of several dozen scientific publications in the field of international and European law, as well as sports law. One of her recent publications includes the Council of Europe Anti-Doping Convention and the World Anti-Doping Code within the framework of European Union law.

She has been a recipient of numerous national and international scholarships and research grants. Since May 2019, she has been a member of the Disciplinary Panel. Since 2019, she has been affiliated with ISF, currently serving as the Vice Chair of the ISF Health and Medical Care Committee. She was also a member of the legal committee of the University Sports Association's. Currently, she is a member of the "dual career for athletes" team in the Academic Sports Association.

Born in Kyoto, Japan. Olympic Weightlifter.

Working as Educator lead at JADA (Japan Anti-Doping Agency).

Rika began weightlifting when she was 15 years old. She has 13 years career as an athlete. Competed for over 10 years representing Japan, including the Beijing Olympic Games 2008.

A former member of the Athlete Committee of JADA 2009-2022.

Worked as a high school teacher and still enjoy delivering workshops to all generations.  

From her experiences as an athlete, she believes sport brings a wealth of benefits to one’s daily life and, therefore, she is passionately working for protecting and increasing the value of sport.

Ryan Murphy started as the Executive Director for the Partnership for Clean Competition in November 2021. In this role, he oversees organizational strategy and daily operations – including budgeting, fundraising, business development, grant administration, scientific outreach, and communication with the PCC Board of Governors and Scientific Advisory Board.

Prior to joining the Partnership for Clean Competition, he was a Program Officer with the Sports Diplomacy division at the U.S. Department of State from 2009 – 2021. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor for the Sports Industry Management Master’s program at Georgetown University. In this role, he has taught Corporate Social Responsibility and Globalization of Sport, as well as serves as a Capstone Advisor.

Murphy completed an MA in International Sports Law from Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford, England, as well as an MSc in Sport and Recreation Management from The University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England.

Dr. Sasha Sutherland manages teams in 18 Caribbean RADO member countries ensuring the rules, regulations, education and testing are maintained at international standards, which she anticipates will redound to the benefits of all athletes competing in sport.

She is a part-time lecturer in The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus’ and serves as a Director of the Barbados Olympic Association Inc. where she is Chair of the Education Commission and a member of the Governance Commission. Dr. Sutherland is also a member of the National Compliance Platform for Anti-Doping in Barbados.

She has published work on menstrual health and Sport for Development, sexism and sport impacts on girls and women, and race and gender in sport.  

She is a former triple-discipline athlete of Lawn Tennis, Football and Hockey and brings her knowledge of being athlete, administrator and academic together to inform the world in any way she can.

Dr Scott McLean is a Senior Research Fellow and research theme leader for Sport and Outdoor Recreation in the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Scott's research involves the application of systems thinking methods and complexity science to a broad range of areas including doping prevention, child protection in sport, match manipulation, sports science, artificial intelligence, road safety, and Defence.

Dr Shuge Zhang is a senior lecturer in University of Derby (UK) and known for his research on personality and individual differences in contexts of performance and health, with a specific focus on compassion, narcissism, and related psycho-behavioural factors. He is a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society, an editor for the Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, an associate/review editor for the Frontiers in Psychology, and a visiting/honorary professor in the Hunan Research Centre for Excellence in Fitness, Health, & Performance, Hunan University of Technology (China). His research interest is to explore and examine risk and protective psycho-social-behavioural factors that underpin human performance and health. Shuge are particularly keen on multi-country collaborative projects.

Professor Sue Backhouse is Director of Research in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. As an interdisciplinary researcher and behavioural scientist, Sue specialises in sporting integrity and athlete welfare, with a particular focus on doping and clean sport behaviours. Together with the team at Leeds Beckett University, Sue’s research portfolio is underpinned by a commitment to research coproduction: working with policy, practice and community partners to co-develop responsive research programmes that directly address real world problems. She serves as an expert advisor on the World Anti-Doping Agency Social Science Research Expert Advisory Group, the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES) Integrity Advisory Group, and the English Institute of Sport Technical Steering Panel. She convened the BASES Clean Sport Interest Group and is a founding member of the Clean Sport Alliance.  

I am a Ph.D. candidate as well as a Peruvian professional athlete. I worked at the Minister of Sport after retiring from the National Volleyball Team, and my most recent position was at the Pan American and Parapan American Games Organization, Lima 2019. During this time, I also represented South America at the first Global Athlete Forum in Canada in 2018. Since then, I’ve been involved in the value of fair play. Currently, I am conducting a thesis research about International sports organizations in France.

Tammy Hanson currently serves as the Elite Education Director at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), where she oversees day-to-day operations of USADA’s education and engagement initiatives, drives strategic planning, and develops effective, data-driven programs that focus on clean sport education. Tammy is recognized for her commitment to supporting global anti-doping partners and ongoing international research.

Since joining USADA in 2015, Tammy has overseen a nearly twelvefold increase in education reach highlighted by a significant rise in coach education and has contributed to the enhancement of audience-specific content and programs.

Originally from Wisconsin, Tammy earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 2006 and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Colorado State University in 2019.  Tammy has a passion for empowering athletes with the tools necessary to compete with integrity.

Thais Cevada is a former elite athlete, anti-doping education expert, and post-doctoral researcher in neuroscience of sports. Currently, Thais is member of the WADA’s social science research expert advisory group, ITA education ambassador, international clean sport educator (ITA), anti-doping consultant, and international doping control officer.

She has been working for almost 10 years in the anti-doping area, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Her main focus has been to protect the athletes’ careers and safeguard their health by providing them with the knowledge for better decision-making.

Previously, Thais was the office advisor of Brazilian NADO (ABCD), where she was the head of research and a member of the education team. Her role was to support the ABCD’s technical and governmental areas to protect clean sport. She has an athlete-centered approach, in which her top priority is the prevention of doping.

Thierry Zintz is professor of Sports Organisations Management at the Faculty of Sports Sciences of the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. He was the Dean of the Faculty between 2010 and 2016. He chairs the Olympic Chair in Management of Sport Organisations at the same university. In this framework, he works closely with the Louvain Research Institute in Management (LouRIM) as a senior researcher. He was also Vice-President of the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee from 2001 until 2017. From May 2010 until September 2021, he was the director of MEMOS, an Executive Master in Management of Sport organisations, organised by the International Olympic Committee. He is a member of the Olympic Education Commission of the International Olympic Committee (since 2015) and of the Standing Committee for Education of the World Anti-Doping Agency (since 2018). He is President of the board of directors of Special Olympics Belgium (since 2022).

Thomas is working at UEFA since 2018 and currently serving as an anti-doping coordinator overseeing the education strategy. Before moving into the education area of UEFA’s anti-doping unit, he was leading UEFA’s testing programme during his first 3 years at UEFA. During this period, he successfully obtained a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Anti-Doping for Sport from the University of Lausanne.

Prior to joining UEFA, Thomas gained diverse experience working in various hotels worldwide and earned a Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management from the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.

During his leisure time, Thomas can be found at the Judo-Jujitsu club Bussigny's dojo, watching Champions League games in a pub, or in a plane to explore new exotic destinations.  

Tony joined WADA in 2013. He now oversees the social science research program and education policy as part of the WADA Education Department. He is responsible for implementing the Social Science Research Strategy in cooperation with WADA’s Social Science Research Expert Advisory Group. Tony was the WADA lead in the development of the International Standard for Education which came into effect in January 2021. He manages the education component of the compliance review process of the World Anti-Doping Code and International Standard for Education. Before joining WADA, Tony was Head of Performance Planning with Sport Ireland (formerly Irish Sports Council) where he coordinated the funding program in close cooperation with the Irish Institute of Sport and Olympic National Federations. He has an MSc in Applied Social Science Research and an Executive Masters in Sport Organization Management.

Vanessa manages a comprehensive and WADA compliant anti-doping program that includes testing, education, TUEs, intelligence and setting standards of good practice for all the constituent national boards across international cricket.

With over 16 years’ experience within the discipline, Vanessa remains passionate about the welfare and well-being of athletes ensuring that they are well informed on anti-doping matters. Cricket is a global game and being alive to cultural nuances has been critical to informing Vanessa’s leadership, guidance and the effectiveness of the ICC’s anti-doping programmes, in particular education. She has embraced the challenge of making education programmes relevant and engaging to athletes across the spectrum of ICC’s Membership.  

To broaden her experience of international sports, Vanessa was the 2022 Commonwealth Games Anti-Doping Manager and a TUE Committee Member for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games.

Dr Barkoukis is a Professor at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research interests involve the study of the social-cognitive determinants of sport- physical activity- and physical education-related behaviours, with a specific emphasis on the promotion of clean sport and sport integrity. He has published more than 120 research articles and book chapters on these topics. He co-authored the first meta-analysis on the psychological determinants of doping and co-edited the first book on the psychology of doping. He served as coordinator, national coordinator or research associate in 30 European Union, 7 WADA and 4 IOC funded projects.

Venera Abdulla graduated from the National Medical University of the Republic of Kazakhstan, holding a qualification degree as a medical doctor. Her expertise extends to sports medicine, where she completed a residency.

In 2009, she entered the Anti-Doping community, starting as an International Doping Control Officer and contributing her expertise to major events like the Asian and Olympic Games.

Currently serving as the Director of the Central Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADOCA) and a member of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Anti-Doping Commission, Venera has been instrumental in shaping anti-doping initiatives in the region. Since 2013, she has collaborated with RADOCA member countries to establish robust anti-doping structures, particularly in nations where National Olympic Committees (NOCs) operated as National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs). Her efforts have led to the successful establishment of four additional NADOs in the region, a testament to her enduring commitment to promoting clean and fair sports.

Vladyslava is a two-time Paralympian and an award-winning Para sport advocate. In 2016 she became Malta’s first female swimmer, the first female athlete since 1980 to represent the country at the Paralympic Games, repeating the feat in Tokyo 2020.

Through her involvement with the European Paralympic Committee’s Youth Ambassadors programme she helped raise awareness about the Paralympic movement in Europe by visiting schools and speaking about the benefits of Para sport.

She assisted with the setup of Malta Paralympic Committee and Athletes’ Council. Vladyslava facilitated the implementation of I’mPOSSIBLE in Malta, the official educational programme of the Paralympic movement. She contributed to the National Para Sport Strategy and collaborated with the University of Malta on the introduction of Para sport into local coach education and development.

A member of the IPC’s Athletes’ Council, Vladyslava currently works as a consultant with Loughborough University on developing a Paralympic performance basics framework for UK Sport.

Effective January 2020, Witold Bańka commenced in his role as President of WADA. Prior to this, since May 2017, Mr. Bańka served as the European representative on WADA’s Executive Committee in his capacity as Minister of Sport and Tourism, Poland.

In November 2015, Mr. Bańka was appointed Minister of Sport and Tourism, Poland, to the cabinet of Prime Minister Beata Szydło; and, in December 2017, he was reappointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. In this role, Mr. Bańka initiated the amendment of the Act on Sport that’s main objective was to increase transparency of the work of Polish sports associations; and, to eradicate corruption and nepotism from sport. He is the author of the bill on the Fight Against Doping in Sport, which comprehensively regulates all matters relating to combating doping in Poland.

Prior to entering politics, Mr. Bańka worked in the public relations sector, delivering training courses in media relations and reputation management.  In this capacity, he also created advertising campaigns and built PR strategies with leading Polish companies.

As a 400-meter runner, Mr. Bańka represented Poland internationally from 2005 – 2012, with career highlights that included: silver medals in 2005 and 2006 at the Polish Athletics Junior Championships; a relay gold in 2005 at the European Athletics Junior Championships in Erfurt, Germany; a gold and a silver medal in 2007 and 2009 respectively at the Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand and those in Belgrade, Serbia; and, a bronze medal in 2007 at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan.

Mr. Bańka was born in October 1984 in Tychy, Poland; and, graduated with a degree in political science from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. While he retired from elite sport in 2012, he is still very active in sport, including running marathons.

A consultant with the World Anti-Doping Agency, Youmna has dedicated herself to the GLDF project since its inception, bringing to bear 30 years of combined experience in project management and human capital development learning solutions for the enhanced capability and developing professionalism of the global antidoping workforce. Extensive international experience across 3 continents, as well as a specialization in the field of DICE, allow her to understand, and advocate for, the entirety of the anti-doping workforce.

If a nomadic lifestyle were a competitive sport, Youmna would win gold. Although she currently resides in Paris, home will always be Montreal.