Honoring Blaine’s spirit of resilience, the Live Like Blaine team turned our 10th annual Captains’ Practice Leadership Conference into a virtual conference in 24 hours due to weather. Despite the challenges, our virtual conference was filled with inspiration, leadership and community. All of those in attendance were privileged to hear from our amazing female speakers, Alex Kahoe and Farnia Fresnel, and our panel of college athletes. Our Woman in Sports speaker, Alex Kahoe, is the Head Coach of Women’s Lacrosse at St. Joe’s and is an accomplished and award winning coach and athlete. Farnia Fresnel is the President of The Lenserf Group and a 5x marathoner and was our Women in Business speaker. Both of these distinguished women provided key takeaways for the high school athletes and shared their own experiences navigating challenges and setbacks.
A highlight of the conference every year is hearing from a panel of college athletes. This year’s panel included Angel Asaah (U Penn, track and field), Sara Fakhry (Haverford, crew), Marissa Lassiter (U Penn, gymnastics), Haley Lewinski (Swarthmore, soccer) and Jalen Tennyson (U Penn, volleyball). This exceptional group of women offered tactics for managing mental health and self-care and lessons learned from their experience as college athletes and the demands that requires. We are so grateful for their support of our organization and their example of leadership!
Live Like Blaine presents “Leading with Impact”
LLB hosts a unique leadership conference for high school female athletes. This annual event is held on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and offers an incredible opportunity for students to learn and engage in collaborative, leadership exercises, hear from inspiring speakers, and ask questions of our college athletes during an interactive panel. The inaugural conference was held in January 2016 at The William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia and brought together over 150 girls from 50 diverse high schools in the Philadelphia/New Jersey area. This year we are excited to host the 10th annual CPLC on Monday, January 20th from 10:00am – 2:30pm. Stay tuned for more details.
Our 2024 Captains’ Practice was inspiring!
We are so fortunate to have had the following inspiring college athletes share their leadership journeys on and off the field :
Sam Boyes – Swimming, Senior, La Salle
Jorden Concordia – Lacrosse, Senior, St. Joe’s
Joelle McElroy – Field Hockey, Sophomore, Haverford
Ashley McQueen – Lacrosse, Freshman, St. Joe’s
Liana Moli – Lacrosse, Junior, St. Joe’s
Click here to see some great event highlights from last year!
Past speakers include:
Leaders in Business
Shira Goodman, Executive Director, CeaseFirePA
Katlyn Grasso, CEO, GenHERation
Julia Haller, MD, Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Wills Eye Hospital
Jane Golden, Executive Director, Mural Arts Philadelphia
Grace Calhoun, Director of Athletics and Recreation, UPenn
Leaders in Sports
Jen Adams, Head Coach, Loyola Women’s Lacrosse
Chris Sailer, Head Coach, Princeton Women’s Lacrosse
Nicole Van Dyke, Head Coach, UPenn Women’s Soccer
Karin Corbett, Head Coach, UPenn Women’s Lacrosse
Courtney Banghart, Head Coach, UNC Women’s Basketball