While participation rates of women and girls in sport steadily grows, are women in leadership positions keeping pace?
She started out on the usual track, with a successful career as a state and international cricketer, including featuring in Australia's 2005 Women's World Cup victory.
"And I literally just fell into the board position with Mackay Cricket. If it hadn't been for that, I don't think I would have ever necessarily worked in a sporting role, either as a volunteer, or as paid employment." The Australian Sports Commission provides funding to 64 National Sporting Organisations and National Sporting Organisations for People with Disability , and member organisations are encouraged to have women make up at least 40 per cent of their boards.
Football has four women chairs, there are four women presidents in the AFL, and recently Kylie Rogers was acting chief executive of the AFL. "We've had a 32 per cent increase in female directors across state and territories as well as Cricket Australia in the last few years. And, in fact, a doubling of women in boardrooms in the last five years."Sport Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport have been trying to drive change in this area for decades.
Australian Sports Commission chief executive Kieren Perkins says it is crucial to have these programs in place, to accelerate the change needed in the industry. "Yes, there's a lot of amazing former athletes [who] we want, that we support through our programs, but we're also really interested in bringing in expertise and experience from outside sport to help grow the skills and diversity within the sector," she said.Sergeant Lou Broadfoot had a 20-year career in policing before moving into the sport sector.
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