Active Girls Healthy Women hosting panel on engaging girls and women in movement
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 31, 2025) — The University of Kentucky’s Active Girls Healthy Women Program is hosting a panel on Wednesday, Feb. 5 titled “From the playground to the playing field: Engaging girls and women in movement and sport.”
This event will tbe 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Zoom and is open to all university and community members.
Panel speakers will share successful strategies for creating positive and engaging experiences for girls and women in sports and physical activity. These individuals are working both in and outside of sports environments to highlight ways communities around the U.S. are supporting the active pursuits of girls and women.
Attendees can learn actionable strategies for increasing opportunities for girls and women to be active for life in their own communities.
Date: Feb. 5
Time: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom (Click here to register and receive Zoom link)
Panel Speakers:
Ami Hampole, D.O.
Ami Hampole, D.O., is a physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor who focuses on sports and neuromusculoskeletal medicine. She is also a U.S. figure skating triple gold medalist, former 8x Indian senior national figure skating champion, a World figure skating competitor and coach. As executive director of the Chicago Youth Foundation, Hampole works with a women-led team to provide Chicago youth with access to ice sports in a fun, safe and positive environment.
Peggy Stamps
Peggy Stamps is the founder and owner of The SquarePeg Group Inc., a New York City-based talent management company. The SquarePeg Group represents a select group of singers, dancers and actors. Her clients have appeared in more than 200 leading Broadway, Broadway tour, regional stage, cruise ship, and film and television productions.
Michelle Rayner, Women’s Sporting Director, Lexington Sporting Club
Michelle Rayner is currently the women’s sporting director for the Lexington Sporting Club. In this role, she oversees the United Soccer League Women’s pathway from the Professional Team through the Youth Club.
Kim Shelton, CEO, Lexington Sporting Club
Kim Shelton is the chief executive officer of the Lexington Sporting Club. Shelton was a member of the 1992 inaugural women’s soccer team at the University of Kentucky. She was captain of the team for five years and served as the assistant coach while completing her M.B.A.
As part of the Sports Medicine Research Institute in the UK College of Health Sciences, the Active Girls Health Women Program is a group of researchers, clinicians and professionals who are working together to improve the health of girls and women through research, outreach and educational efforts.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.