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DENVER (AP) — Benita Fitzgerald Mosley has stood at the top of the podium at the Olympics. She’s been part of fix-it projects and start-ups in that world, as well.
None of those roles have presented the challenges she’ll face in her new job — CEO of the U.S. Center for SafeSport. It’s a post she officially takes over Sunday in hopes of redirecting an organization charged with combating sex abuse in Olympic sports that has been bombarded with problems, both internal and external, over most of its nine-year history.
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“It’s a hard job,” Fitzgerald Mosley said in an interview with The Associated Press during a trip this week to agency headquarters in Denver. “On its surface, it probably would scare any normal human to death.”
But, she said, the center’s mission aligned with some of her personal goals involving everything from faith to helping people maximize their potential. And, she said, “I feel like it’s a calling.”
“The more I went through the interview process, the more I felt, ‘You should really do this job. This is you,’” she said.
Before the Olympics, a background in engineering
Her Olympic accolades include winning the gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, where she became the first Black woman to capture the 100-meter hurdles title. Yet perhaps the most relevant part of Fitzgerald Mosley’s resume is this: She earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee in industrial engineering.
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Ask AI what “industrial engineering” means and it spits back that it’s a field “focused on optimizing complex systems, processes, and organizations to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality.”
That, in a phrase, is exactly the project she’s undertaking at the SafeSport Center.
The center has struggled since its founding in the wake of sex abuse scandals that the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and its sports affiliates were unable to control.
Part of that is related to the scope of the assignment. It covers 11 million athletes — from the U.S. Olympic team heading to Italy next week to the grassroots and club players that dot every town across the…
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Author : EDDIE PELLS
Publish date : 2026-01-29 16:46:00
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