Dawn Riley

As CEO and captain of America True, Riley was the first woman to manage an America’s Cup sailing team. She raced on four America’s Cup and two Whitbread (now Volvo Ocean Race) teams. She is the former president of the Woman’s Sports Foundation, serves on the board of US Sailing, and is an adviser to several public service organizations. Her newest challenge is creating and establishing Oakcliff Sailing Center, a completely unique training center that is raising the level of sailing and sailors in the US. The Acorn program at Oakcliff is an intensive on and off the water program whose graduates receive training in all aspects of running a racing campaign from technical to finance to marketing and strategy. Dawn believes that this center will prove to be significant in creating leaders inside and outside of the marine industry.