Janet Evans is a three-time Olympic swimmer with four gold medals and one silver medal to her name. A key leader of Los Angeles’ bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Janet brings her firsthand experience as an elite athlete and her deep institutional knowledge of the global and U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movements to the LA28 Games. She’s spearheading the effort to ensure that athletes are at the heart of LA’s plans for the Games. Janet joined the team in September 2015. She earned her BA from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and received the USC Alumni Association’s Alumni Merit Award in 2010.