proprietary data, software, and a team of analysts and strategists. Prior to Sports Innovation Lab, Ruggiero was a Senior Management Associate with Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world. Ruggiero is a keynote and motivational speaker and has spoken at over 200 schools, businesses, and organizations including the United Nations, International Olympic Committee, KPMG, Nike, Coca-Cola, Liberty Mutual, and Johnson & Johnson, and the Small Business Association Annual Congress. She has contributed to The New York Times, Huffington Post, Detroit Free Press, Hartford Courant, Hockey Weekly, Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, and USA Today. She currently hosts “The Fluid Fan” podcast alongside producer Jack Barlow, for Sports Innovation Lab. Volunteer experience Angela was the former director of the New York Islanders' Project Hope, as well as the New York Islanders Children's Foundation. Ruggiero was a member of a goodwill tour of Olympic athletes that traveled to Afghanistan. After her senior year at Harvard, she spent the summer in Uganda with the Right to Play program. The objective was to implement a sporting program for children. Ruggiero has spoken several times at the UN, representing the IOC and women in sport. Sports administration and boards Ruggiero was a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Olympic Committee (10-18), Foundation Board Member of the World Anti-Doping Agency (14-16), and the former president and board member/trustee of the Women's Sports Foundation (08-17). As a Member of the International Olympic Committee (10-18), she served on the IOC's Executive Board (16-18), Member then Chair of the Athletes’ Commission (10-18, 16-18), the IOC's Olympic Channel (16-18), the 2018 Pyeongchang Coordination Commission (11-18), IOC's Evaluation Commission (‘11), and the Entourage Commission (10-15). She was the Chief Strategy Officer for the Los Angeles 2024/2028 successful Candidature Committee, the group organized to help bring the Olympics to Los Angeles in 2028. She was also the Chair of the IOC's Athletes' Commission and the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. She currently serves on the boards of the Boston Athletic Association (BAA), the Harvard Varsity Club, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Titletown Tech, the NFL Players’ Association One Team Collective, and is an Executive Board Member of World Rugby. She is a current member of the IOC's Digital and Technology Commission, the IOC's Nomination's Commission, and the IOC's Ethics Commission. Awards and honors 1998 Olympic gold medalist 2002 Olympic silver medalist 2006 Olympic bronze medalist 2010 Olympic