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Laura Anderson, MS, RD, is a Sport Dietitian working with the Acrobat & Combat Sportfolio at the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). She received her Master's Degree in an Interdisciplinary Health and Exercise Science and Nutrition program at Colorado State University and has been a certified Health / Fitness Instructor through the American College of Sports Medicine since 2001. Outside of the USOC Laura serves as Director of Nutrition Programs for a parent and child based aqua fitness and nutrition program. She also works in private practice personal training and conducting nutrition counseling for young athletes, eating disorders and weight issues.
Alan Ashley was named Team Leader, Performance Services for the United States Olympic Committee in December 2006. Ashley is one of four Team Leaders in the Performance Services Division that integrates Sports Medicine, Coaching and Sports Science. The responsibilities of the four Team Leaders include establishing an integrated approach of performance support and service to athletes, coaches and NGBs.
Ashley came to the USOC after serving 16 years with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), most recently as Vice President of Athletics. As Vice President of Athletics, Ashley lead the organization in the area of sport performance by helping to establish successful performance pipelines in the skiing disciplines (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Jumping and Freestyle) as well as Snowboarding and the Paralympic sports (Alpine and Cross Country). Ashley's emphasis was on improving the quality of the athlete pipeline by building a strong, successful national teams supported by a sophisticated sport science and medicine staff and by establishing a partner based development program focusing on the expertise of the clubs and academies combined with a national coach's education effort. The scope of the program included 170 National Team athletes, 125 full time elite coaches and administrative staff, 320 USSA Clubs, 3000 club coaches and 20,000 USSA member athletes. Prior to his work at the USSA, Ashley served as the Director of Skiing for the University of Colorado at Boulder and was the owner/operator of the Jeremy Ranch Cross Country Ski Area in Park City, UT.
Coach Borkowski has been working as a Strength and Conditioning Coordinator with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) since May of 2002. Initially, Coach Borkowski designed, implemented, and oversaw the strength and conditioning workouts for a diverse group of resident teams, including U.S. Freestyle Wrestling, Tae Kwon Do, Short Track Speed Skating, Modern Pentathlon, Volleyball, Shooting and various others. Beginning in 2007, Coach Borkowski moved into the Acrobat and Combat Sportfolio, concentrating his efforts towards U.S. Boxing, Freestyle Wrestling, Modern Pentathlon and Synchronized Swimming, while continuing support of Women's Volleyball and other resident programs.
Prior to his tenure with the USOC, Coach Borkowski worked in collegiate athletics at the University of Mississippi and James Madison University. Coach Borkowski also held part-time and intern positions at the University of Miami, ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California and with the U.S. Women's Field Hockey National Team. Through prior work experience and Olympic support in Athens 2004 and the Torino 2006 Paralympics, Coach Borkowski has worked with athletes from almost every competitive sport in and out of the Olympic Movement. In conjunction with coaching Strength and Conditioning programs, he also assists coaches in the development of comprehensive annual plans as well as educational support to all levels of coaches and athletes through written articles and professional presentations.
A former high school and college lacrosse player, Patrick grew up in the suburbs of Washington D.C. He earned his B.S. in Exercise Science from James Madison University and his M.S. in Exercise Science, with a concentration in Biomechanics and Motor Learning, from the University of Mississippi. He is married to Kendell Bauer-Borkowski, a fourth grade teacher, originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Robyn Mason, B.S. Exercise Science, first joined the U.S. Olympic Committee Performance Services staff in the area of biomechanics in 2003. She later assisted the physiology staff at the Athens Olympics in 2004. In 2005 she assumed her current role as a sport technologist and currently works in the Acrobat and Combat Sportfolio.
Robyn provides consultation and training to create technology-based solutions for coaches and athletes. Her assistance includes software training, scouting system development and database building to directly support the coaches and athletes. She often works one-on-one with coaches to create sport-specific solutions that are practical and applicable. She has served in this role for the 2004, 2006 and 2008 Olympics and the 2006 Paralympic Games. She played a key role in developing and introducing Eye on Performance to the Training Centers. Robyn continues to seek out new ways to integrate technology for coaches to create user friendly technology solutions in a meaningful, practical manner for coaches and athletes.
Robyn is constantly seeking out existing technological innovations and applying then to sport. She then trains coaches to effectively integrate these technologies into their sport performance plans.
Kirsten Peterson, Ph.D., joined the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sport Psychology staff in 1996. She received her masters degree in sport psychology as well as her doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Illinois. Kirsten completed a pre-doctoral sport psychology internship with the USOC as well as a clinical internship at Pennsylvania State University's counseling center.
Currently, Kirsten provides sport psychology services as part of the Acrobat and Combat Sportfolio to individual athletes and coaches as well as various resident and off-site national-level teams, and manages contractor service provision to off-site sportfolio sports. Kirsten also conducts educational performance enhancement workshops with Olympic, Paralympic, and Pan American sports. Kirsten also manages the USOC Sport Psychology Registry, a database of qualified sport psychology consultants who serve as the primary referral source for athletes around the U.S. seeking sport psychology assistance. She has served as part of the USOC Sport Psychology staff for the 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006 Olympic Teams and has traveled with teams to numerous world cup and world championship competitions.
Kirsten is a licensed psychologist in Colorado and certified consultant through the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). Currently she is past-president of the American Psychological Association's sport and exercise psychology division, and also serves as a member of AASP's certification committee. She has written numerous professional sport psychology articles, book chapters, and instructional videos and recently served as editor and part-author of the USOC Mental Training Manuals for athletes and coaches. Her research and practice interests include athlete career development, intervention effectiveness, how athletes cope with injury, and innovations in teaching psychological skills.
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USOC Performance Enhancement Team
