WSPECW Presidents and Conferences
Listed in order of date, president, theme and location
2023-24
Claire Williams
Momentum Not a Moment: Women’s Sports Are Just Good Business
Oakland, CA
2022-23
ZáNean McClain
Embracing Hope Through Movement
Asilomar
2021-22
Laura Petranek
All that Glitters in Not Gold: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX
Asilomar
2020-21
Nicole Bolter
Leadership is Not Just a Title: Learning, Listening, and Living
Remote (due to COVID-19)
2019-20
Nicole Bolter
No conference (canceled due to COVID-19, awards given)
2018-19
Emily Houghton
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Claiming Space in Sport
Asilomar
2017-18
Melissa Mache
Rising Up: Reflecting on the Past to Revolutionize the Future
Asilomar
2016-17
Maria Veri
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Embracing Social Justice in Kinesiology and Sport
Asilomar
2015-16
Michele Barr
Play It Forward and Giving Back: In Classrooms, Labs, and Fields of Play
Asilomar
2014-15
Ann Fran Maliszewski
Countdown to 100: A Decade of Change
Asilomar
2013-14
Sonja Lilienthal
Ground Breakers, Rule Breakers, and Record Breakers
Asilomar
2012-13
Diane Higgs
Active Girls, Empowered Women
Asilomar
2011-12
Laura Chase
Title IX at Forty
Asilomar
2010-11
Alison Wrynn
Instant Messages: Women’s Sport and Physical Activity In the Face of New Media
Cambria Pines
2009-10
Maureen Smith
Alive & Kicking: Committing to Community
Asilomar
2008-09
Camille O’Bryant
Moving Matters … Global Perspectives
Asilomar
2007-08
Cathy Buell
Talkin’bout a [R]evoltion
Asilomar
2006-07
Rita Liberti
Weighing in on the Body
Asilomar
2005-06
Emily Wughalter
Inclusive Excellence
Asilomar
2004-05
Elaine McHugh
Mapping Our Way – Signposts to Strength, Courage, Wisdom and Happiness
Asilomar
2003-04
Margaret Elliott
She Said, We Said: Engaging in Difficult Dialogues
Wonder Valley, CA
2002-03
Sharon Guthrie*
Women on Women: Claiming Power, Space and Community in the 21st Century
Asilomar
2001-02
Sandy Cottle
Making a Difference
The Resort at the Mountain, Welches, OR
2000-01
Ellen Carlton
Oh the Places You’ll Go with Western Society
Asilomar
1999-00
Gail G. Evans
Passport to the Future Cruise: San Pedro, CA to
Ensenada, MX
1998-99
Elizabeth Glover
Roads Less Traveled – Celebrating 75 Years
Asilomar
1997-98
Janie Threadgold
A Mosaic of Bodies
Templin’s Resort, Post Falls, ID
1996-97
Sally Ayer
Quilted Messages – Threads Through Our Lives
Asilomar
1995-96
Dixie Grimmett
Beyond the Backlash: Strategies for the 21st Century
Long Beach, CA
1994-95
Terry Coblentz
Pushing Our Boundaries
Asilomar
1993-94
Marilyn Mowatt
Windows and Doors
Templin’s Resort, Post Falls, ID
1992-93
Diane Ross
Courage to Change
Asilomar
1991-92
Karen M. Johnson
Difficult Dialogues: Physical Education in a Changing Society
Humphrey’s Half Moon Inn, San Diego, CA
1990-91
Jo Zwanziger
Say Yes – I Will: Personal and Professional Commitment in the ‘90s
Asilomar
1989-90
Roberta Rikli
Staying in the Game
Coeur d’Alene Resort, ID
1988-89
Karen DePauw
In Different Voices
Asilomar
1987-88
Bonnie Jo Bevans
Risk to Grow: Adventures in Change
Asilomar
1986-87
Barbara Franklin
Making Waves
Miramar Hotel, Santa Barbara, CA
1985-86
Mary Mott
Beyond All Expectations
Alderbrook Inn, Union, WA
1984-85
Virginia Scheel
What You Are is What You See – Where
Asilomar
1983-84
Doris White
The Revolution Around Us – High Tech/High Touch
Kellogg West, Pomona, CA
1982-83
Reba Lucey
The Olympic Games: The Ideal & The Reality
Asilomar
1981-82
Reba Lucey
Personal Power in the Professional World
Asilomar
1980-81
Roberta Bennett
Women, Physical Education and the ‘80s
Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR
1979-80
Eula Stovall
The Emerging ‘80s
Asilomar
1978-79
Charlotte Lambert
Safe Harbors or High Seas
Vacation Village, San Diego, CA
1977-78
Edith Betts
We’ve Come a Long Way … Maybe
Asilomar
1976-77
Joan Johnson
Wings and Roots
Sun River Lodge, Sun River, OR
1975-76
Arlene Morris
Future Shapes
Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA
1974-75
Patricia Thompson
Beyond the Looking Glass
Asilomar
1973-74
Frances McGill
We’ve Come a Long Way, Ladies, but…
Tanque Verde Ranch, Tucson, AZ
1972-73
L. LaVonne Stock
Identity – Involvement: Who are we? What are we doing? Why and How?
Salishan Lodge, Gleneden, OR
1971-72
Elizabeth Ann Stitt
Shards and Shadows
Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park, CA
1970-71
Elaine Mason
Perspectives
Park City, UT
1969-70
Bonnie Purdy
Four Square in a Circle
Monte Corona, Lake Arrowhead, CA
1968-69
Dorothy Deatherage
Listen to The Now
Asilomar
1967-68
Mary Bowman
Today’s Speculation – Tomorrow’s Reality
Ponderosa Hotel, Reno, NV
1966-67
Janice Carkin
In Focus and Perspectives
Asilomar
1965-66
Carol Gordon
Puget Soundings
Alderbrook Inn, Union, WA
1964-65
Frances Cake
Of Time and Tide
Asilomar
1964 July-October
Lenore Smith
Dynamic Dimensions Squaw Valley, CA
1963-64
Mildred Wohlford
In Search of Self: Our Potentials, Our Talents, Our Resources
Asilomar
1962-63
Mabel Locke
El Tiempo del Desafio (A Time of Challenge)
Arizona Inn, Tucson, AZ
1961-62
Leona Holbrook
New Insights
Asilomar
1959-60
Leona Holbrook
All About Students
Asilomar
1958-59
Marian Penney
The Courage to Lead
Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR
1957-58
Marian Penney
It’s Time to Communicate
Asilomar
1956-57
Anna Espenschade
Shake Hands with Tomorrow
Asilomar
1955-56
Anna Espenschade
Gearhart Hotel, Oregon
1954-55
Eva Seen
Sonoma Inn
1953-54
Eva Seen
1952-53
Ruth Wilson
1951
Marie Nogues
Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR
1950
Marie Nogues
Asilomar
1947-50
Ruth Weythman
1946-47
Martha Dean
1944-46
Caroline Hodgdon
1941-44
Maud Knapp
1939-41
Elizabeth Kelley
1937-39
Margaret Swift
1935-37
Violet Marshall
1934-35
No Record
No Conference
1932-34
Florence Alden
1930-32
Rosalind Cassidy
1929-30
No Record
No Conference
1928-29
Ruth Atkinson
1923-28
Mary Gross
1921-23
Ruth Elliott