Transcending Sport: Lori Okimura: Giving Everyone A Sporting Chance

Lori Okimura has spent her professional career in a variety of areas from volleyball coach to sport’s governance. She has been a volunteer, sponsor, club director, facility manager and event organizer with extensive experience in sales, marketing and promotions of various major international sports organizations and events, primarily in Olympic and Paralympic sports. In 2019, she was appointed an Executive Board Member to the Board of Directors of Angel City Sports, an organization based in Los Angeles, California focused on providing opportunities through sport to adults, children and veterans with physical differences and impairments. Lori serves in the leadership of World ParaVolley, the international federation for sitting and beach para-volley. She has been a member of the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and since 2004 has been a technical delegate for the FIVB World Tour. Lori was appointed by World ParaVolley as an international technical official for sitting volleyball for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games and is certified as a technical delegate for sitting and beach para-volley events. Having been subjected herself to discrimination and harassment in sport including ageism, gender equity and racial injustice, Lori is passionate about helping others.  Her focus now is prioritizing athlete safety though her work with Safe Sport sharing her experiences in adaptive sport, and helping young people find their path in sports.Host: Chris StaffordRecorded: January 11, 2022For more information, links and resources and hundreds more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1500+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. We are ranked in the top 2% of more than 2.71 million podcasts worldwide. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected] a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wisp--4769409/support.