Director, WINTER Sport
Patricia Chafe is the Director of Winter Sport at Own the Podium. Chafe brings two decades of management experience working at all levels in high performance sport. Prior to joining OTP as a High-Performance Advisor with the Summer Team, she played a critical role with Skate Canada as Chief Sport Officer from 2013-2017. She was also the Director of Planning and Analysis for Skate Canada from 2002 to 2005.
Chafe ventured on her own (2005-13) to run a high-performance sport consulting business where she provided analytical support for the development and implementation of a long-term athlete development model and podium pathways for national and provincial sport organizations, performance analysis for Olympic performance and facilitated strategic planning for many sport governing bodies.
Chafe has a PhD in mathematics and has previously been an Assistant Professor/ Sessional Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics at various Canadian universities.