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MORNING PLENARY SESSION 9:30 - 11:10AM

9:30AM - WELCOME REMARKS - MORNING PLENARY SESSION (SHRIVER AUDITORIUM)

• Greg Olsen, Fox Sports Broadcaster and Former NFL Pro Bowler

9:40-10:00AM - BALTIMORE AS BEACON

Football’s a team sport. So is rebuilding a proud but challenged city. The Under Armour founder shares lessons learned since his pledge to revitalize Baltimore with the help of sports programs.

SPEAKERS:

• Kevin Plank, Founder and CEO of Under Armour

• Moderated by Greg Olsen, Fox Sports Broadcaster and Former NFL Pro Bowler

10:00-10:30AM - HEALTH EQUITY IN YOUTH SPORTS

The Children’s Bill of Rights in Sports recognizes the need for safe and healthy environments. How to address health disparities facing underserved populations of students? How to get more schools, programs and coaches to adopt basic protections?

SPEAKERS:

• Mike Locksley, Head Football Coach, University of Maryland & Founder, National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches

• Mayrena Hernandez, PhD,  Director of the Healthy Activity Toward Promoting Injury Reduction (HAPIR) Lab

• Tyrre Burks, CEO and Founder of Players Health

• Marci Goolsby, MD, Medical Director of Women's Sports Medicine, HSS

• Moderated by Vincent Minjares, PhD, Program Manager, Aspen Institute Sports & Society

10:30-11:00AM - THE KEY TO 63

SPEAKERS:

• Christina Hixson, Director, Partnerships, UCHealth

• Kim Hegardt, President, Names Family Foundation

• Kevin Martinez, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship, ESPN

• Moderated by Tom Farrey, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Sports & Society

11:00AM - REMARKS FROM MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT

11:05AM - Meet the Champions

Afternoon PLENARY SESSION 3:00 - 4:30pm

3:00 - 3:20PM CATCH HER IF YOU CAN

Flag football’s Diana Flores is elusive. She offers insights into ways to engage among the most elusive, and underserved, populations of youth in sports: girls from Hispanic families.

SPEAKERS:

• Diana Flores, Captain and Quarterback of Mexico’s World Champion National Flag Football Team

• Moderated by Christine Brennan, Sports Columnist, USA Today and Commentator CNN and ABC News

  
  

3:20 - 3:40PM SERVICE LEARNING THROUGH SPORTS

Learn from high school students who are part of a new mentorship program by Aspen and the Allstate Foundation on how to empower youth to drive access to sports for their peers.

SPEAKERS:

• Josephine Portell, High School Student Athlete

• Rishan Patel, CEO and Founder of Alley-Oop Kids

• Moderated by Christine Brennan, Sports Columnist, USA Today and Commentator CNN and ABC News

3:40 - 4:10PM BUILDING A YOUTH SPORTS POLICY AGENDA

Project Play is creating the nation’s first-ever policy agenda for youth sports. How to create a politically durable framework to improve safety, access, and governance?

SPEAKERS:

• Tatyana McFadden, Paralympic Medalist

• Jeremy Goldberg, PLAY Sports Coalition founder 

• Katrina Piercy, Director, Division of Prevention Science, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

• Moderated by Dr. Ashleigh Huffman, Policy Consultant, Aspen Institute Sports & Society

4:10 - 4:30PM STATE OF PLAY

How leading states are supporting and organizing youth sports to improve lives.

SPEAKERS:

• Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland

• Moderated by Greg Olsen, Fox Sports Broadcaster and Former NFL Pro Bowler

• Introduction: Elliot Gerson, Executive Vice President, Aspen Institute

Event Emcee

GREG OLSEN

FOX Sports Broadcaster and former NFL Pro Bowler

Keynote Speakers

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