Flame Bearers: Keeping the Fire Burning spotlights women Olympians and Paralympians who sought to compete in the Tokyo Summer or Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In this season, we discuss what happens AFTER the Games, when the fans and cameras go home. We’re going beyond the glamour to see how these women stay focused when […]

Hosted by Boston University’s Questrom School of Business via The Women’s MBA Association, LOT Club, and Sports & Social Club. The Women in Sports Leadership Panel was hosted by Flame Bearers’ host, Jamie Mittelman with Susanne Lyons, Board Chair & President of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, and Lisa Borders, Founder & CEO […]

Flame Bearers: The Women Athletes Blazing the Trail to Beijing celebrates the journeys of unsung women Olympians & Paralympians and provides action-oriented analysis of the issues closest to their hearts. Flame Bearers spotlights the people, not the sports, sharing athletes’ rarely-heard stories and providing a microphone for women who are true masters of resiliency. Through […]

Flame Bearers: The Women Athletes Carrying Tokyo’s Torch celebrates the journeys of Tokyo’s unsung women Olympians & Paralympians and provides action-oriented analysis of the issues closest to their hearts. 2019 Women’s Afrobasket MVP, Ezinne Kalu plays for the reigning African champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigress. While most know Ezinne for her talent on the court, she’s also […]

Flame Bearers: The Women Athletes Carrying Tokyo’s Torch celebrates the journeys of Tokyo’s unsung women Olympians & Paralympians and provides action-oriented analysis of the issues closest to their hearts. Nicky is a middle blocker on the USA’s Sitting Volleyball team, and a Rio Paralympic gold medalist. She is an Afro Latina and an outspoken advocate […]

Flame Bearers: The Women Athletes Carrying Tokyo’s Torch celebrates the journeys of Tokyo’s unsung women Olympians & Paralympians and provides action-oriented analysis of the issues closest to their hearts. In this episode, we spotlight, Lea Davison, a 2X Olympic Mountain Biker and 2016 World Championship silver medalist looking to qualify for her 3rd Olympics. Lea […]

Flame Bearers: The Women Athletes Carrying Tokyo’s Torch celebrates the journeys of Tokyo’s unsung women Olympians & Paralympians and provides action-oriented analysis of the issues closest to their hearts. This summer, more than 7,000 women Olympians and Paralympians will compete in Tokyo* These will be the first Games in history that will have equal numbers […]