Eli Wolff

Director, Power of Sport Lab

Eli Wolff's Biography

Eli A. Wolff directs the Power of Sport Lab, a platform to fuel and magnify creativity, diversity, connection and leadership through sport. Eli is also an instructor with the Sport Management program at the University of Connecticut and is co-founder and advisor to the Sport and Society initiatives at Brown University. His work focuses on the intersection of research, policy and practice to advance sport and human rights, development and social change. Eli has co-founded Disability in Sport International, Athletes for Human Rights, the Olympism Project, and Mentoring for Change.

Wolff coordinated efforts to include sport within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He has also been active in Olympism and Olympic education, as well as in the area of athlete activism. Wolff has contributed to advancing sport and development through research, policy and practice.