50 Years of Title IX Town Hall

Rosalie Fish is a 22-year-old Indigenous track & field star at the University of Washington. Rosalie is a Cowlitz tribal member from the Muckleshoot reservation and gained national attention for dedicating her races to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis. In 2022, she became the first Husky student-athlete to win a Truman Scholarship, awarded nationwide to students on the basis of leadership skills, demonstrated civic engagement, academic potential and a desire to pursue a career in public service. Now, Rosalie has given a TedTalk about her experience as an athletic advocate and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in social welfare and American Indian studies.

Catie Griggs is the President of Business Operations for the Seattle Mariners. Since joining the organization in 2021, Griggs has installed a laser-focus across the organization on serving Mariners fans, a commitment supported by data-driven decision making. Prior to joining the Mariners, Griggs spent four years helping build Atlanta United into one of the premier MLS franchises. There, she was Chief Business Officer overseeing attendance, matchday production and operations in and around Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the team’s support groups and broadcasting. She also directed the team’s community relations efforts. Before joining Atlanta United, Griggs spent time with Futures Sport & Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting. A North Carolina native, Griggs received her B.A. from Dartmouth College and her MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. 

A student athlete at the University of Kansas in the late 70’s, when the University cut funding for almost all women’s sports, Anne filed one of the nation’s first Title IX complaints, resulting in a settlement mandating that the University provide parity for women’s athletics. Those years of student activism led Anne to law school and a career of public service and fighting for social justice. She served as Deputy Mayor, Chief of Staff, and Legal Counsel for Mayor Norm Rice, was appointed by Governor Locke to chair the Utilities and Transportation Commission, and by Governor Inslee to the Public Disclosure Commission, where she also served as Chair. As a judge, she founded one of the country’s first mental health courts, and since leaving the bench has worked on strengthening laws and systems on campaign finance, police accountability, gun violence, domestic violence, child welfare, and juvenile justice. One of our state’s first openly LGBTQ public officials, she helped lead several efforts over the years that stopped attempts to roll-back laws providing rights and protections for LGBTQ Washingtonians. When the Seattle Storm was going to be moved to Oklahoma with the Sonics, she led the negotiations to secure the Seattle Storm’s future in Seattle, and put together an all-female ownership group. Anne was a founding board member for SGS, helping to launch the school. Inset: Erika Schultz, The Seattle Times

A former collegiate and professional athlete, Joy Hollingsworth is a small business owner, food justice advocate and community connector. During a stellar high school sports career, she helped lead the Seattle Prep Girls basketball team to their first state basketball championship earning Most Valuable Player and State Player of the Year Honors. Joy continued to earn honors as a collegiate student-athlete of the University of Arizona Women’s Basketball team where she graduated in 2007 and continued to play professionally in Athens, Greece. After returning home from overseas, She earned her Master’s in Education Intercollegiate Athletics Leadership from the University of Washington and has worked as an assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Seattle University. Currently Joy works at a local Non-Profit growing food justice through collective action by collaborating with schools, community organizations and groups to create access to healthy foods across the state of Washington.