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The representative group and voice of Team USA athletes.

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The Team USA AC, formerly the USOPC Athletes’ Advisory Council (“AAC”), serves as the representative group and voice of Team USA athletes. The Team USA AC is responsible for broadening communication between the USOPC and active athletes and serves as a source of input and advice to the USOPC board of directors. The Team USA AC consists of at least one athlete from each National Governing Body ("NGB") in which the United States is represented at the Olympic and Pan American Games, one athlete from Sports on the program at Delegation events that are governed and managed by the USOPC, six athletes representing the Paralympic Sport Organizations or NGBs designated to govern a Paralympic sport, and seven athletes elected by the Team USA AC to serve at-large, including a chair and two vice chairs.


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Leadership#

  • Leadership

    • Chair: Joel Rosinbum (Triathlon)
    • Vice Chair: Greta Neimanas (Para Cycling)
    • Vice Chair: Morgan Fuller Kolsrud (Artistic Swimming)

  • At-Large Leadership

    • Chuck Aoki (Wheelchair Rugby)
    • Zahir Carrington (Basketball)
    • Liezel Huber (Tennis)
    • Alison Tetrick (Cycling)

  • USOPC Board members:

    • Elana Meyers Taylor (Bobsled/Skeleton)
    • Adam Nelson (Track & Field)
    • Daria Schneider (Fencing)
    • Brad Snyder (Para Swimming)

  • Staff

    • Elizabeth Ramsey - Executive Director
    • Meryl Fishler - Manager
    • Briana Oyler - Program Coordinator

AAC History #


Before the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, U.S. athletes questioned the USOPC governance decision of the election of the team flag bearer. Responding to the inquiries, then-USOPC executive director F. Don Miller arranged for a meeting for the team captains to elect the USA flag bearer for an Olympic Games. Following the Games, a number of athletes expressed the need to have a voice in governance of sport in the USA, so Miller provided the resources for athletes to meet.


The first AAC meeting in 1973 pre-dated the passage of the Amateur Sports Act. It was a start-up council with no formal structure within the USOPC, no internal structure within its own organization and no vote at the board of directors meetings.


But in 1975, President Ford organized the President’s Commission on Olympic Sport, which led to legislation in 1978 called the Amateur Sports Act. This act gives athletes both voice and vote in the governance process of Olympic Sport.


In 1998, the United States Congress amended the Amateur Sports Act, renaming it the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act. The amended Act strengthened the role of athletes in the Olympic family and now includes the athlete commission and its voting strength.


With support of the USOPC, the AAC hired its first executive director in 2020.