HOCKEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Has been involved in women’s hockey, as a player, coach or volunteer, since 1967
• Has been president and CEO of the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association since 1982
• Chairperson for the first women’s world hockey tournament in 1987
• Sat on the steering committee for the 1990 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Chairperson for the 1997 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Chairperson for the 2000 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Chairperson for the 2002 4 Nations Cup
• Chairperson for the 2006 4 Nations Cup
• Chairperson for the 2007 National Women’s Under-18 Championship
• Chairperson for the 2008 National Women’s Under-18 Championship
• Chairperson for the 2013 IIHF World Women’s Championship
• Was first executive director of the OWHA in 1975
• Has been involved with Hockey Canada’s Female Council since its inception in 1982
• Sat on the Ontario Hockey Association Board of Directors from 1982-95
• Has been a sitting member or alternate on the Ontario Hockey Federation Board of Directors since 1989
• Was a member of the Hockey Development Centre for Ontario Board of Directors for 11 years
• Spent four years as a member of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League Board of Directors
• Played an influential role in the addition of women’s hockey to the Ontario Winter Games
• Has served as chairperson for a number of Ontario provincial championships
• Spent 10 years as tournament director for the Dominion Ladies Hockey Tournament
• Has attended numerous women’s hockey events as a guest of the International Ice Hockey Federation
• Played in the Central Ontario Women’s Hockey League for 10+ years
• Wrote the foreword for “Proud Past, Bright Future: 100 Years of Canadian Women’s Hockey”

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND

• Born in Etobicoke, Ont.

HONOURS

• Invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015
• Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2015 (first female builder)
• Inducted into the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame in 2001
• First recipient of the Hockey Canada Female Breakthrough Award in 1998
• Received Ontario Ministry of Culture and Citizenship Contribution to Sport Award in 1998
• First female recipient of the Hockey Canada Order of Merit in 1994
• Received the OHA Gold Stick Award in 1992
• Runner-up team at Esso Women’s Nationals was presented the Fran Rider Cup