@leabolsen

As a parent, sports broadcaster and former collegiate athlete, Lea B. Olsen has experienced sports culture from every angle.

Since playing basketball for the University of Minnesota, where she studied journalism, Lea has worked for NBCSN, ESPN’s national WNBA coverage, as a game analyst for the Minnesota Lynx, and as a television sideline reporter for the Minnesota Timberwolves, along with numerous college and high school games.

Founder of Rethink the Win, Lea now champions young athletes as complete people and the positive impacts of sports beyond the game.

Lea has been a public advocate for promoting women in the media, served on the Minnesota Twins Community Foundation Board and served at the invitation of Gov. Mark Dayton on the Minnesota State High School League Board. She has also mentored African-American athletes at the University of Minnesota, moderated a civil rights discussion featuring U.S. Congressman John Lewis and interviewed Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Lea lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two teenaged children. 

Rethinkthewin.com

@jessiediggins

Jessie Diggins was raised in Afton, Minnesota, and became a professional skier at the age of nineteen. A two-time Olympian and four-time World Championship medalist, she is the most decorated U.S. cross-country athlete in World Championship history. She and teammate Kikkan Randall became the first Olympic Gold medalists in U.S. cross country history in the 2018 PyeongChang team sprint. She resides part-time in Stratton, Vermont, where she is a member of the Stratton Mountain School T2 elite team.

Carlin Anderson, Ph.D., LP, CMPC is a Licensed Psychologist who specializes in sport psychology. She is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and listed in the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Sport Psychology and Mental Training Registry.

Dr. Anderson is from Seattle, WA and earned her undergraduate degrees in Psychology (B.S.) and Communication Studies (B.A.) from UCLA. She went on to earn her MA and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in sport psychology from the University of North Texas (UNT). At UNT, she worked in the Counseling & Testing Center, the community mental health clinic and the Center for Sport Psychology & Performance Excellence. Dr. Anderson worked at Park Nicollet Melrose Institute from 2009-2011 with athletes and eating disorders. She contributed to the National Eating Disorder Association’s Coach & Trainer Toolkit. Dr. Anderson was a NCAA research grant recipient and studied female athletes & well-being in Division I colleges nation-wide. Her findings are published in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology and Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport. She currently helps direct the sport psychology services for the University of Minnesota Athletic department, St. Thomas Athletics and is the Sport Psychologist for the USA Curling National Team. Dr. Anderson assists with the national team’s High Performance Program at the Olympic Training Center in Blaine, MN.  She was a staff member of Team USA at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, where the US Men’s Curling team won gold.  At the Games, she received the United States Order of Ikkos Medallion from the team members honoring her contribution to their success. Dr. Anderson is a professional member of the American Psychological Association Division 47-Sport Psychology, the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, and the Academy of Eating Disorders.

Kitty Westin is the founder and former President of the Anna Westin Foundation which is now known as WithAll. The Anna Westin Foundation was started by Anna’s family after Anna died of anorexia in 2000. Kitty is currently the Board Chair of WithAll. She is the past president of The Emily Program Foundation and the Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy and Action and she currently serves on numerous other boards and counsels.

Since Anna’s death Kitty has spoken to millions of people about eating disorders through personal appearances and the media. Kitty has been an outspoken advocate for people who struggle with eating disorders, their families and friends, and professionals who work in the field. She is recognized as an authority on how eating disorders impact the person who suffers, family and friends, and the community. Kitty has contributed to several books about eating disorders and she freely tells her story in order to help others.

Kitty’s work as an advocate began 20 years ago and she has spent the majority of her time advocating for improved access to care and better education for health care professionals. Kitty was a founding member of the Eating Disorders Coalition and she has spent countless hours in Washington DC training grass roots activists and meeting with members of Congress to educate them and advance eating disorders legislation. On Dec. 13, 2016 she was present when President Obama signed the 21^st Century Cures Act that included the first bipartisan eating disorders specific bill to reach Congress in a decade, The Anna Westin Act. 

Kitty has received numerous awards for her advocacy efforts including the EDC Advocacy Award, the Redbook Mothers and Shakers Award, the AED Meehan/Hartley Leadership Award for Public Service and/or Advocacy, the Park Nicollet Community Service Award, the National Eating Disorders Association Inspiration Award and the Special Board Award for Outstanding Advocacy from NAMI Minnesota.