Anita DeFrantz, a former President/CEO of LA84 Foundation, is considered by many as one of the most influential women in all of sports. In 1981, she became a member of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1984 Games. DeFrantz is a former Olympian, and was appointed to the International Olympic Committee in 1986, and became the first woman to serve on the IOC executive committee in 1997.
