Experience
Our team members come to Active Policy with experience obtaining results. For example, our team members have:
- Designed and executed a strategic policy initiative that led to the Department of Education creating new guidance on rights of individuals with disabilities to access school physical activity and sports programs.
- Procured a government contract for a youth sports organization to deliver obesity intervention programming for at risk youth.
- Secured a Government Accountability Office study to examine the state of physical education and athletic opportunities for students in secondary and post-secondary educational institutions.
- Hosted a Congressional Briefing and White House Roundtable Discussion on the state of physical activity and health for youth with disabilities.
- Organized a Washington DC Advocacy Day for a coalition of 500 sports based youth development organizations, including two Congressional briefings, a roundtable discussion with agency officials, and advocacy visits to members of Congress.
- Orchestrated passage of the Fitness and Athletic Equity Act for Students with Disabilities in Maryland, groundbreaking legislation that for the first time clarifies the obligation of schools to provide sports and physical activity opportunities for students with disabilities.
- Developed and executed a strategy to create a new collegiate and high school sport for women. Within the next year, this sport will exist in over 50 colleges and universities and in over five high school athletic associations.
- Organized in collaboration with White House staff a White House roundtable discussion to celebrate the anniversary of Title IX, featuring Obama Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali, and legendary female athletes such as Billie Jean King and Dominique Dawes.
- Led a coalition of organizations and advocates that successfully lobbied for new guidance from the Department of Education around athletic opportunities for women and girls.