A five time Olympian & Olympic Silver Medalist, Charmaine Crooks represented Canada for close to 20 years. The first Canadian woman to run under two minutes over 800 meters, Charmaine won gold medals in the Commonwealth, Pan American and World Cup Games. The current chair of Olympians Canada, the Vice President of the World Olympians Association and a board member for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Games Organizing Committee. Charmaine continues to be an active Olympic force serving on the executive Board of the Canadian Olympic Committee and on the Athletes and Press Commissions of the International Olympic Committee.

Generous with her time, Charmaine has lent support to several non-profit organizations, concentrating on issues concerning children and women's health.

She is the president of NGU Consultants, a marketing, communications and production company that provides strategic counsel to major corporations and Athletes on a global basis.

In 2004, she was acknowledged as one of the "Top 50 Women of Power" in Canada, and in 2006 was awarded with the prestigious "IOC Women in Sport Award" in recognition of her efforts towards gender equity in sport and leadership. This February, she was honoured with the Jack Diamond Award as "BC's Sports Personality of the Year".

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