Mary Whipple

 

Speeches

 

 

LEADERSHIP

She talks about how as the smallest member of the team, she learned what traits make an innate leader and how she could unify a group of strong individuals into a winning team.  She shares her experiences in building team identities, learning how to encourage and support each person as an individual while creating team unity, and how to recover from difficult challenges using the power of encouragement to win.    

 

 

LEAVING YOUR LEGACY – IT’S MORE THAN BEING AN OLYMPIAN

Mary shares what is most important about her legacy as an Olympian.  It’s more than the achieving gold, being a highly decorated athlete, breaking world records, she considers the opportunity to inspire others to work towards their dreams and sharing her insights leadership traits that can be applied every day her responsibility and her legacy. 

 

 

PURSUING YOUR DREAMS - AN OLYMPIC JOURNEY

Mary has a passion for engaging the youth in dreaming of what is possible because she started her rowing journey the summer before beginning high school and began to dream of the Olympics in college.   She shares her experiences in all 3 Olympics, how her perspective changed along the way and the important lessons she learned from achieving her dream.