Teresa Gould
Teresa Gould joined the Pac-12 in August 2018, bringing more than three decades of leadership experience across a variety of successful roles in Division I intercollegiate athletics, including time as a director of athletics, both a conference and campus senior administrator, and a television and media executive.
Gould oversees management of the Pac-12 women’s basketball and Olympic sports, including oversight of championship events, as well as compliance, governance and student-athlete engagement. Gould also serves as the Pac-12’s senior woman administrator and has previously led the conference’s diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) efforts, prior to the league’s appointment of its first-ever chief people and inclusion officer.
Prior to the Pac-12, Gould served in a variety of roles at the University of California, Davis, including interim director of athletics from 2015-16, associate executive director and chief revenue officer of the alumni association, and director of the UC Davis Partnership Program.
From 2001-14, Gould worked in the athletic department at the University of California, Berkeley where she served in a number of positions, including deputy director of athletics, external relations and chief of staff to the athletic director.
Gould also spent eight years at the West Coast Conference where she served as associate commissioner, as well as three years with ESPN in the role of conference coordination and rights acquisition.
Kaia W. Forget
Kaia W. Forgét is the Vice President of Community Impact & DEI for Orlando City SC and Orlando Pride. She joined the front office of the Club in 2015 as the former USL franchise played their first season in Major League Soccer, added a NWSL professional women’s team in 2016, and built a downtown soccer-specific stadium in 2017. She currently leads the Club’s corporate social responsibility strategy which is focused on creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture of belonging across the enterprise and beyond. She also serves as the Executive Director of Orlando Soccer Foundation, Inc., whose mission is to leverage the popularity and reach of professional soccer to support efforts that advance the well-being of youth, promote health and wellness, and assist, encourage, and enrich the lives of those in need in the Central Florida community.
Originally from New Hampshire, Kaia attended Canisius College in Buffalo, NY on a Division I soccer scholarship where she earned a B.A. in Communication Studies. After graduation she played one year for the Buffalo FFillies USL W-League team while completing an AmeriCorps service year working in the Buffalo community. Kaia moved to Orlando to attend the University of Central Florida where she earned an M.A. in Mass Communication. She spent seven years working for Orange County Public Schools, three years with the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, and seven years at the Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership (EBI), a Center of Excellence at Rollins College’s Crummer Graduate School of Business.
In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for The Institute, Kaia is a Member of the Institute for Diversity Certification (IDC), serves on the Corporate Equality Council for The Pride Chamber, is a Special Olympics Florida – Race For Inclusion Committee Member, 100 Women Strong – Central Florida Member, Heart of Florida United Way – Women United Member, and a WISE – Women in Sports & Events – Member & Mentor. Outside of her professional commitments, Kaia has two daughters, enjoys sports and the outdoors, and loves to travel.
