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WSPECW Presidents and Conferences 

Listed in order of date, president, theme and location

2023-24

Claire Williams

Momentum Not a Moment: Women’s Sports Are Just Good Business

Oakland, CA

2022-23

ZáNean McClain

Embracing Hope Through Movement

Asilomar

2021-22

Laura Petranek

All that Glitters in Not Gold: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

Asilomar

2020-21

Nicole Bolter

Leadership is Not Just a Title: Learning, Listening, and Living

Remote (due to COVID-19)

2019-20

Nicole Bolter

No conference (canceled due to COVID-19, awards given)

2018-19

Emily Houghton

Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Claiming Space in Sport

Asilomar

2017-18

Melissa Mache

Rising Up: Reflecting on the Past to Revolutionize the Future

Asilomar

2016-17

Maria Veri

Nevertheless, She Persisted: Embracing Social Justice in Kinesiology and Sport

Asilomar

2015-16

Michele Barr

Play It Forward and Giving Back: In Classrooms, Labs, and Fields of Play

Asilomar

2014-15

Ann Fran Maliszewski

Countdown to 100: A Decade of Change

Asilomar

2013-14

Sonja Lilienthal

Ground Breakers, Rule Breakers, and Record Breakers

Asilomar

2012-13

Diane Higgs

Active Girls, Empowered Women

Asilomar

2011-12

Laura Chase

Title IX at Forty

Asilomar

2010-11

Alison Wrynn

Instant Messages: Women’s Sport and Physical Activity In the Face of New Media

Cambria Pines

2009-10

Maureen Smith

Alive & Kicking: Committing to Community

Asilomar

2008-09

Camille O’Bryant

Moving Matters … Global Perspectives

Asilomar

2007-08

Cathy Buell

Talkin’bout a [R]evoltion

Asilomar

2006-07

Rita Liberti

Weighing in on the Body

Asilomar

2005-06

Emily Wughalter

Inclusive Excellence

Asilomar

2004-05

Elaine McHugh

Mapping Our Way – Signposts to Strength, Courage, Wisdom and Happiness

Asilomar

2003-04

Margaret Elliott

She Said, We Said: Engaging in Difficult Dialogues

Wonder Valley, CA

2002-03

Sharon Guthrie*

Women on Women: Claiming Power, Space and Community in the 21st Century 

Asilomar

2001-02

Sandy Cottle

Making a Difference

The Resort at the Mountain, Welches, OR

2000-01

Ellen Carlton

Oh the Places You’ll Go with Western Society

Asilomar

1999-00

Gail G. Evans

Pastport to the Future Cruise: San Pedro, CA to

Ensenada, MX

1998-99

Elizabeth Glover

Roads Less Traveled – Celebrating 75 Years

Asilomar

1997-98

Janie Threadgold

A Mosaic of Bodies

Templin’s Resort, Post Falls, ID

1996-97

Sally Ayer

Quilted Messages – Threads Through Our Lives

Asilomar

1995-96

Dixie Grimmett

Beyond the Backlash: Strategies for the 21st Century

Long Beach, CA

1994-95

Terry Coblentz

Pushing Our Boundaries

Asilomar

1993-94

Marilyn Mowatt

Windows and Doors

Templin’s Resort, Post Falls, ID

1992-93

Diane Ross

Courage to Change

Asilomar

1991-92

Karen M. Johnson

Difficult Dialogues: Physical Education in a Changing Society

Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn, San Diego, CA

1990-91

Jo Zwanziger

Say Yes – I Will: Personal and Professional Commitment in the ‘90s 

Asilomar

1989-90

Roberta Rikli

Staying in the Game

Coeur d’Alene Resort, ID

1988-89

Karen DePauw

In Different Voices

Asilomar

1987-88

Bonnie Jo Bevans

Risk to Grow: Adventures in Change

Asilomar

1986-87

Barbara Franklin

Making Waves

Miramar Hotel, Santa Barbara, CA

1985-86

Mary Mott

Beyond All Expectations

Alderbrook Inn, Union, WA

1984-85

Virginia Scheel

What You Are is What You See – Where

Asilomar

1983-84

Doris White

The Revolution Around Us – High Tech/High Touch

Kellogg West,  Pomona, CA

1982-83

Reba Lucey

The Olympic Games: The Ideal & The Reality

Asilomar

1981-82

Reba Lucey

Personal Power in the Professional World

Asilomar

1980-81

Roberta Bennett

Women, Physical Education and the ‘80s

Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR

1979-80

Eula Stovall

The Emerging ‘80s

Asilomar

1978-79

Charlotte Lambert

Safe Harbors or High Seas

Vacation Village, San Diego, CA

1977-78

Edith Betts

We’ve Come a Long Way … Maybe

Asilomar

1976-77

Joan Johnson 

Wings and Roots

Sun River Lodge, Sun River, OR

1975-76

Arlene Morris

Future Shapes

Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA

1974-75

Patricia Thompson

Beyond the Looking Glass

Asilomar

1973-74

Frances McGill

We’ve Come a Long Way, Ladies, but…

Tanque Verde Ranch, Tucson, AZ

1972-73

L. LaVonne Stock

Identity – Involvement: Who are we? What are we doing? Why and How?

Salishan Lodge, Gleneden, OR

1971-72

Elizabeth Ann Stitt

Shards and Shadows

Ahwahnee Hotel,  Yosemite National Park, CA

1970-71

Elaine Mason

Perspectives

Park City, UT

1969-70

Bonnie Purdy

Four Square in a Circle

Monte Corona, Lake  Arrowhead, CA

1968-69

Dorothy Deatherage

Listen to The Now

Asilomar

1967-68

Mary Bowman

Today’s Speculation – Tomorrow’s Reality

Ponderosa Hotel,  Reno, NV

1966-67

Janice Carkin

In Focus and Perspectives

Asilomar

1965-66

Carol Gordon

Puget Soundings

Alderbrook Inn,  Union, WA

1964-65

Frances Cake

Of Time and Tide

Asilomar

1964 July-October

Lenore Smith

Dynamic Dimensions Squaw Valley, CA

1963-64

Mildred Wohlford

In Search of Self: Our Potentials, Our Talents, Our Resources

Asilomar

1962-63

Mabel Locke

El Tiempo del Desafio (A Time of Challenge)

Arizona Inn, Tucson, AZ

1961-62

Leona Holbrook

New Insights

Asilomar

1959-60

Leona Holbrook

All About Students

Asilomar

1958-59

Marian Penney

The Courage to Lead

Timberline Lodge,  Mt. Hood, OR

1957-58

Marian Penney

It’s Time to Communicate

Asilomar

1956-57

Anna Espenschade

Shake Hands with Tomorrow

Asilomar

1955-56

Anna Espenschade

Gearhart Hotel, Oregon

1954-55

Eva Seen

 Sonoma Inn

1953-54

Eva Seen

1952-53

Ruth Wilson

1951

Marie Nogues 

Timberline Lodge,  Mt. Hood, OR

1950

Marie Nogues

Asilomar

1947-50

Ruth Weythman

1946-47

Martha Dean

1944-46

Caroline Hodgdon

1941-44

Maud Knapp

1939-41

Elizabeth Kelley

1937-39

Margaret Swift

1935-37

Violet Marshall

1934-35

No Record

No Conference

1932-34

Florence Alden

1930-32

Rosalind Cassidy

1929-30

No Record

No Conference

1928-29

Ruth Atkinson

1923-28

Mary Gross

1921-23

Ruth Elliott

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