Current Board Members
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Edwin C. Moses, Sc.D hc
Emeritus Chair
Track & Field icon, Edwin Moses, won Olympic gold medals in 1976 and 1984, three World Cup titles, two World Championships, and broke the World Record four times as a 400 meter hurdler. He remained undefeated in 122 consecutive races spanning a period of nine years, nine months, and nine days.
As a physicist with an MBA degree, he pioneered the development of anti-doping policies while Chairman of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s (USOPC) Substance Abuse, Research, and Education Committee (CSARE). Moses served on the International Olympic Committee as a member of the Athletes Commission, Medical Commission, and Ethics Commission, as well as on the Athletes Advisory and Executive Committees of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
Moses currently serves as Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, an association of sporting legends, which uses the positive influence of sport as a tool for social change around the globe. He was also Chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Education Committee. He attended Morehouse College, where he earned a BS in physics, and went on to receive his MBA from Pepperdine University and the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
She holds the following degrees: a bachelor’s in clinical audiology and speech sciences, a master’s in education-kinesiology, and a doctorate in public policy and administration. She serves as part of a system‐wide network of CDOs to support SUNY’s overall diversity goals.
Dr. Brown Clarke has experienced great athletic success. In the 400-meter hurdles event, she is a five-time national champion and silver medalist in the 1984 Olympic Games. She has also completed a term as Vice-President of the U.S. Olympians & Paralympians Association, was an International Women’s Forum: Women Athletes in Business Fellow, and Co-Chair of the Board Directors for USA Taekwondo.
Judi Brown Clarke, PhD
Chair
Dr. Judi Brown Clarke is the Chair of the Association of American Universities’ CDO Steering Committee, Chair of the National Fitness Foundation, Senior Fellow in the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, and a steering committee member for the Indigenous Geoscience Community.
She holds the following degrees: a bachelor’s in clinical audiology and speech sciences, a master’s in education-kinesiology, and a doctorate in public policy and administration. She serves as part of a system‐wide network of CDOs to support SUNY’s overall diversity goals.
Dr. Brown Clarke has experienced great athletic success. In the 400-meter hurdles event, she is a five-time national champion and silver medalist in the 1984 Olympic Games. She has also completed a term as Vice-President of the U.S. Olympians & Paralympians Association, was an International Women’s Forum: Women Athletes in Business Fellow, and Co-Chair of the Board Directors for USA Taekwondo.
Kara Goucher
Vice Chair
Kara Goucher is a three-time NCAA champion, two-time Olympian, winner of the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in the 10,000 meters, and a podium finisher at the Boston and New York Marathons. She created and cohosted the Clean Sport Collective Podcast which promoted fair play in sports and cohosts the podcast Nobody Asked Us with Des and Kara. She is also an author and has written three books: Kara Goucher’s Running for Women: From First Steps to Marathons, Strong: A Runner’s Guide to Boosting Confidence and Becoming the Best Version of You, and The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike’s Elite Running Team.
Goucher is a graduate of the University of Colorado and is currently the lead distance analyst for NBC, calling the Olympic Games, major marathons, road races, World Championships, and other track & field events. She also serves in an advisory role and designer for clothing company Oiselle and shoe company Altra. She continues to tell the stories of elite athletes and advocate for clean and safe sport.
Timothy Davis
Secretary
Tim Davis is the Bess & Walter Williams Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law, where he teaches and writes about Contracts and Sports Law. Along with numerous published law review articles, Davis is a co-author of a leading sports law casebook, “Sports Law and Regulation: Cases, Materials and Problems.” He is also the co-author of “The Business of Sports Agents,” which is published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, and has co-authored anthologies on sports law and on race and the law (both published by Carolina Academic Press).
As a leader in the sport law field, Davis has presented papers and lectures at academic conferences and continuing legal education seminars, and served on the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Review Board. He is also a member of the National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors and is a former chair of the Law and Sports Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Davis has served on the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Bar Association and as chair of the Sports and Entertainment Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. In 2018, he received the Association of American Law Schools’ Sports Law Section Lifetime Achievement Award.
Before joining the Wake Forest faculty in 1998, Davis taught at Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he was the recipient of two teaching awards. He has also taught as a visitor at the University of Colorado, the University of Illinois, and the University of North Carolina. In 2005-06, he was elected Teacher of the Year by the graduating class at Wake Forest University School of Law.
Lee Carosi Dunn
Board Member
Lee Carosi Dunn spent the last twelve years at Google in various roles. Most recently she led government relations and policy development for Google Cloud where she supported Google’s efforts to bring innovative enterprisesolutions, including AI and data analytics, to Federal, state and local governments. Previously, Lee served as Google’s Head of International Elections Outreach working closely with campaigns, candidates, voters and governments supporting them in using Google’s civics, security and advertising products, including Google search, YouTube, Workspace and other online tools. Lee has also served as Senior Counsel at Google focusing on technology legislation and regulatory matters before the United States Congress, the White House and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Prior to her work at Google, Lee spent close to ten years working for Senator John McCain (R-AZ) as his General Counsel and as counsel for the Senate Commerce Committee when Senator McCain served as Chairman. Lee assisted on issues related to technology policy, homeland security, and other matters including the committee’s oversight of clean competition in sports and efforts to establish a national boxing commission. She served on Senator McCain’s 2008 Presidential campaign and his 2010 Senate re-elect campaign.
Lee worked for former FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell and at the law firm Dow, Lohnes and Albertson before her time on Capitol Hill. She served as a judicial clerk in Alexandria, Virginia for the Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Virginia after graduating The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, cum laude. Before law school, she worked for four years at U S West Communications, a former Bell system phone company as an operations manager.
Lee has coached a number of recreational youth sports teams, from baseball to soccer, and sits on the board of the Alexandria Little League. She is also on the board of the Inova Alexandria Hospital Foundation, the US Capitol Historical Society, the Campagna Center and several other nonprofit entities. Lee graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and is married with three children who are her best achievement.
Alvin M. Matsumoto, MD
Board Member
Dr. Alvin M. Matsumoto is a professor emeritus in the Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a clinical investigator at the Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHS) in Seattle, Washington. He has also served on the Partnership for Clean Competition Scientific Advisory Board since 2008. Dr. Matsumoto further serves as president of the board of directors of the Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research at the VAPSHCS and previously served as: director of the Clinical Research Unit; associate director of the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center; acting chief of the Gerontology Section; and attending physician in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Dr. Matsumoto has written more than 210 peer-reviewed research papers, as well as more than 100 invited reviews and book chapters. His research has focused on physiological and clinical endocrine and intracrine effects of testosterone and its active metabolites in aging men, diagnosis and management of male hypogonadism, endocrine control of human spermatogenesis and testis function, male infertility and contraceptive development, and anabolic steroid abuse.
Dr. Matsumoto is co-chair of the Partnership for the Accurate Testing of Hormones and a member of the Endocrine Society Task Force for Clinical Practice Guidelines on Testosterone Treatment of Men with Hypogonadism. Currently, he serves as a section editor and author in Male Reproductive Endocrinology for UpToDate. Previously, Dr. Matsumoto served as an associate editor for the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2015-2019); member of the Population Research Subcommittee, NICHD (1996-2000) and Reproductive Endocrinology Study Section, NIH (1990-1994). He has additionally served on the Research Policy Advisory Committee (2005-2008) and Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee (2008-2019) for the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
Edward J. Merrens, MD
Board Member
Ed has a long-standing involvement in international sports, serving as team physician with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and medical director for the USA Biathlon from 1998-2014. He has served as team physician with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee for the World University Games in Beijing, China (2001) and Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, United States (2002), Torino, Italy (2006), Vancouver, Canada (2010), and Sochi, Russia (2014).
In his physician leadership role, he serves as the Chief Clinical Officer for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, overseeing clinical operations across the D-H system, from the academic tertiary care hospital to community group practices and member hospitals, as they work to deliver efficient, high-quality healthcare across Vermont and New Hampshire.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and holds a masters degree in Health Care Delivery Science from Dartmouth and the Tuck School of Business. He continues to practice clinically as a hospitalist.
David Plummer, MBA, MEd
Board Member
David Plummer is a two-time Olympic medalist from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. David missed qualifying for three consecutive Olympic Games, missing the 2012 team by just .12 seconds. In 2016 he became the oldest first-time Olympian on the U.S. Olympic Swim Team since 1904. Through his career, he won three World Championship medals and four U.S. National Titles and was named team captain of the 2015 World Championship team.
David is an advocate for athlete’s rights in the Olympic movement. He believes that sport is a vehicle for change and development, if it is managed well for those it serves. He believes that a strong anti-doping program is in the best interest of athletes and protects their reputation as clean athletes. David has served on numerous boards within both the Olympic and youth sports movements, taught university courses, and coached at the club and high school levels.
Plummer holds a master’s degrees in Business and Education from the University of Minnesota. He works as a marketer for Ecolab in Minnesota. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife Erin, a neonatologist at Children’s Minnesota, and their two sons, William and Ricky.
Tim Roemer
Board Member
Tim Roemer, former U.S. Member of Congress, 9/11 Commissioner, and U.S Ambassador to India, is Executive Director and Strategic Counselor at APCO Worldwide. He advises clients on government relations and provides strategy guidance. With his background in international trade, education policy, and national security, Ambassador Roemer is a trusted consensus-builder, problem solver and international expert.
In 2009, he was appointed by President Obama to serve as U.S. Ambassador to India, one of America’s largest diplomatic missions. He oversaw the signing of the Counterterrorism Cooperation Initiative, which broadened U.S. – India coordination in intelligence, homeland security, border security, money laundering, and terrorist financing. Ambassador Roemer strengthened U.S. cooperation with India in technology transfers and sales in the defense and space industries.
Ambassador Roemer was appointed by U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin to serve on the Board of Visitors of National Defense University National Defense University (ndu.edu). NDU is the nation’s premier institution of advanced training and education of senior military and civilian officers as they transition to strategic responsibilities at the highest levels within the US government and business and Industry.
Ambassador Roemer was an early endorser of President Obama and President Biden and actively supported both successful campaigns. He has participated regularly in TV interviews with CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg News, NDTV, IndiaToday, CNBC, Voice of America, and other outlets in which he has spoken on U.S. political issues and foreign affairs. He has contributed numerous articles and op-eds to the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and South Bend Tribune on domestic and international issues.
Earlier, Ambassador Roemer proudly served for 12 years in the United States Congress as Representative for Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District. Coming from a family of educators, he fought to improve access, standards, and achievement for American education. He was known for his bipartisan work on getting laws passed and for his insights on the Intelligence Committee. Ambassador Roemer was appointed to serve on the 9/11 Commission and helped pass the Commission’s recommendations into law. Later, he was a member of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Presidential Task Force on Combating the Ideology of Radical Extremism, the 21st Century National Parks Commission, the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, and the 9/11 FBI Review Commission.
Ambassador Roemer is a board member of the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (https://usispf.org/). He is also a strategic adviser to Issue One (https://issueone.org/ ), a non-profit organization working on a non-partisan basis to address the insidious impact of big money on American democracy. Ambassador Roemer is a member of the board of advisors of More Perfect, an initiative of the Partnership for American Democracy, a national campaign to align American citizens and institutions around a shared vision for our democracy. Since 2018, he has participated in annual U.S.-China Track II Strategic Dialogues, at which leading U.S. and Chinese experts discuss current political and economic issues of critical importance to the bilateral relationship.
He completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). He earned a master’s and a doctoral degree in American government from the University of Notre Dame, with his dissertation on: “The Senior Executive Service: Retirement and Public Personnel Policy”. Both institutions have recognized his achievements with distinguished alumnus awards, including the “WaveMaker” 2022 award from UCSD.
Ambassador Roemer is married to Sally Johnston Roemer. They have four children, Patrick, Matthew, Sarah, and Grace and live in Great Falls, Virginia and attend St. Thomas à Becket Catholic Church. The Roemers have a rescue dog named Willie. He collects first edition books and overpriced baseball cards.
Cathy Sellers
Board Member
Cathy Sellers recently retired from the United States Olympic Committee after 15 years. She served the last nine years as the Director of Paralympic Track and Field. She was a track and field coach and educator for over 40 years at multiple levels- High School level, Collegiate level ( Stephen F. Austin State and The Ohio State University) and Team USA.
Cathy’s last team was the Rio Paralympic track and field team which garnered 43 medals, more than any sport in Olympics or Paralympics in the U.S. since 1972. She also previously served as the Manager of the USOC Coaching program and editor of Olympic Coach magazine prior to the Paralympics.
Cathy was the Manager for Development Programs for USA Track and Field for eight years managing USATF Coaching Education program, Juniors, Men and Women’s Sport Development, Grievances along with initiating and directing the out-of-competition drug testing program for four years. She also received from United States Center for Coaching Excellence the 2019 Coach Educator and Coach Development Legacy Award.
Cathy lives in Colorado Springs and is an avid hiker with her dog Tucker. Recently, she built a camper van from a used cargo van and travels around the country. Her most memorable trip so far was driving to Alaska.
Stephen Starks
Board Member
Stephen Starks is no stranger to the mission of protecting clean athletes. After completing his post-law school clerkship with Indiana Supreme Court Justice Theodore R. Boehm (retired), he joined USADA as its Legal Affairs Director in 2008. During his time at USADA, Stephen participated in the resolution of more than 100 sports doping cases and was an advocate in at least 20 contested arbitration hearings before the American Arbitration Association and Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Since then, Stephen has continued his professional journey as an attorney and executive in the sports and entertainment industries. As an advisor, arbitrator, and qualified mediator, much of Stephen’s work has centered around complex transactions and dispute resolution involving commercial contracts, licensing, media rights, sponsorships and promotions, intellectual property, and policy compliance. Stephen also has represented professional athletes, including NFL players and professional soccer players, as an agent. Additionally, he has served as a legal advisor to music artists and producers.
Currently serving as Head of Business and Legal Affairs for Dude Perfect, Stephen manages the company’s legal department and leads key corporate and commercial initiatives for the popular global entertainment company. Prior to joining Dude Perfect, Stephen spent almost four years at Live Nation Entertainment, where, as Vice President of Legal Affairs, he drafted and negotiated artist agreements concerning tours headlined by the biggest acts in the music business and negotiated agreements with North American arenas and stadiums hosting major live events. Additionally, Stephen spent over six years as an attorney and executive in motorsports, having served as Deputy General Counsel for the company now known as Penske Entertainment Corp., which is the parent to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, INDYCAR, and IMS Productions, and as Vice President of Promoter and Media Partner Relations for INDYCAR.
Stephen received his law degree from Valparaiso University in 2006 and his undergraduate degree from Drexel University in 2001. While at Drexel, he was a four-year member of the school’s NCAA Division I basketball team. He was the America East Conference scoring leader and a unanimous first team all conference selection in 2001.
Stephen is married with two athlete children who he loves to coach and watch compete.

Founding Board:
- Frank Shorter
- Ralph Hale, MD
- Barry Axelrod
- Kate Hendrickson Borg
- Peter Breen, ATC/L, MSPT
- Lawrence S. Brown Jr., MD, MPH, FASAM
- Richard Cohen, MD
- Jean Fourcroy, MD, PHD, MPH
- Andrew Mecca, DR. PH, MPH
Board Chairs:
- Frank Shorter | 2000-2003
- Ralph Hale, MD | 2003-2010
- Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH, FASAM | 2010-2011
- Richard Cohen, MD | 2011-2012
- Edwin C. Moses, SC.D, HC | 2012-2020
- Philip Dunn | 2020-2022
- Tobie Smith, MD, MPH | 2022-2025
- Judi Brown Clarke, PHD | 2025-