Anita L. DeFrantz

Anita L. DeFrantz - USOC Board Member International Olympic Committee Member

Anita L. DeFrantz was elected to the International Olympic Committee in October 1986 and currently serves as the Vice President of FISA, the International Rowing Federation. A 1976 Olympic rowing bronze medalist and 1980 U.S. Olympic Team member, she was a member of the USA National Rowing Team from 1975 to 1980, winning six national championships and a silver medal at the 1978 World Rowing Championships.

First elected to the IOC's Executive Board in July 1992, DeFrantz is the chair of the IOC's Women and Sport Commission, and the IOC Athletes' Commission Election Committee. She is a member of the IOC's Juridical Commission, the Finance Commission, the Coordination Commission for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and the Sport and Law Commission. She received the Olympic Order Medal of Bronze in 1980.

DeFrantz graduated from Connecticut College in 1974 with a degree in political philosophy and earned her law degree at the University of Pennsylvania Law School (1977). From 1981 to 1984, she was Vice President of Olympic Villages for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. In 1985, DeFrantz joined the staff of the LA84 Foundation (formerly Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles), the organization established to manage the surplus from the 1984 Olympic Games. She has served as the LA84 Foundation's President since 1987.

DeFrantz is President and a member of the Board of Directors of Kids in Sports in Los Angeles. She is a member of The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, steward of the Women's Sports Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors for Western Asset Trust, Inc., the Juvenile Law Center, Institute for International Sport, Santa Monica College Foundation and Los Angeles Sports Council. She is a member of the NCAA Leadership Advisory Board, the Advisory Board Sports Business Institute, and the USRowing Task Force on Access, Affordability and Diversity.

DeFrantz was born in Philadelphia and now resides in Los Angeles.