Lisa Friedman

Lisa currently serves as Vice President, Principal Gifts & Board Relations for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation. She has worked in the Olympic and Paralympic movements for 18 years, including eight years with the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Foundation and more than a decade with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. She currently lives in Northern California with her husband and two daughters.

Lisa’s first Olympic memory was watching Mary Lou Retton—and her iconic stars and stripes leotard and radiant smile—at Los Angeles 1984. She still remembers holding her breath while Retton landed a perfect vault to become the first American woman to win the all-around competition.