Like many of my other guests, Gen Dohrmann has had a lifetime in and around sport. She is now CEO of Table Tennis Australia and President of Women Sport Australia and has held numerous roles in her career, predominantly in sport. The gold in our interview is the work Gen is doing in her role at Women Sport Australia. Firstly how WSA has proactively taken the role to connect people in sport, across Australia, with each other to share information about how to advance women and girls in sport. Fragmentation is the enemy of change, and fortunately, Gen and the WSA board saw a need to perform this connecting role so that people in sports were not reinventing the wheel when it comes to gender equality in sport. Secondly we talk about the annual WISPPA awards, an outstanding initiative by WSA to showcase women athletes in all their glory, rather than in the sexualized, airbrushed way that women have traditionally been portrayed. We also have a discussion about mentoring and sponsorship, how it has enabled Gen’s career, and how she is now giving back through her volunteer work on the WSA by mentoring those coming after her, and advocating for the mentoring program that WSA runs year in and year out. There is a lot to like about the way Gen thinks and acts at a system level to level the playing field for women and girls in sport. About Gen Gen Dohrmann (nee Simmons) is the President of Women Sport Australia and the CEO of Table Tennis Victoria. With 10 year’s experience working as a sports administrator across a variety of sports, Gen has developed strong skills in the areas of marketing, communication, commercial, digital, event management and participation. With experience working in traditionally male dominated sports of horse-racing and rugby union as well as leading female sports of netball and gymnastics, Gen is well aware of gender inequities in sports which motivated her to get involved with Women Sport Australia (WSA). After completing the WSA Mentoring Program in 2017, Gen joined the Board in the same year and became President in 2020. In the last two years as President of Women Sport Australia, Gen led a voluntary board of 11 directors to increase the organization’s visibility to new heights. This has been achieved through the continued delivery of mentoring programs, running the Women in Sport Photo Action Awards competition, launching a Gender Equity in Sport Pledge, conducting Virtual Roundtables for Women in Sport advocacy groups and partnering with Cadbury to facilitate $150,000 of uniform grants for grassroots clubs across Australia. Links https://www.womensportaustralia.com.au/ https://twitter.com/auswomensport https://twitter.com/gen_dohrmann https://www.facebook.com/womensportaustralia https://www.facebook.com/genevievedohrmann/ https://www.instagram.com/auswomensport https://www.instagram.com/gendohrmann https://www.linkedin.com/company/womensportaustralia https://www.linkedin.com/in/gendohrmann/
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