Dr. Donna Lopiano (born September 11, 1946) is currently the President and founder of Sports Management Resources [1] (SMR). SMR is a consulting firm that focuses on bringing the knowledge of experienced, expert former athletics directors to assist scholastic and collegiate athletics departments in solving growth and development challenges.
Dr. Lopiano was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of the Women’s Sports Foundation (1992-2007)and was recently named one of “The 10 Most Powerful Women in Sports” by Fox Sports. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator See also Fox Sports (Australia and Fox Sports Net. Fox Sports is a division of the Fox Broadcasting Company (part of The Sporting News has also listed her as one of “The 100 Most Influential People in Sports. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports ” She received her bachelor’s degree from Southern Connecticut State University and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Southern California. Southern Connecticut State University (alternately SCSU Southern is one of five state universities in Connecticut, and is located in New Haven Connecticut The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly She has been a college coach of men’s and women’s volleyball, women’s basketball and softball.
As an athlete, she participated in 26 national championships in four sports and was a nine-time All-American at four different positions in softball, a sport in which she played on six national championship teams. An All-American "team" is an honorary Sports team composed of outstanding Amateur players those considered the best players of a specific season for She is a member of the National Sports Hall of Fame, the National Softball Hall of Fame and the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame, among others. The National Sports Hall of Fame is a proposed sports Hall of fame in Harrisburg Pennsylvania, United States, which is scheduled for completion between National Softball Hall of Fame is a Softball museum located in Oklahoma City 's Adventure District In 2003, she was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. The Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame[http //wwwnassausportsorg/awdsdinner/halloffame
Dr. Lopiano served for 17 years as The University of Texas’ Director of Women’s Athletics (1975-92) and is a past-president of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships