Paula Scanlan is a courageous advocate for women’s sports and free speech, widely recognized for her principled stand as a former NCAA swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania. A 2022 graduate, Scanlan competed on the women’s swimming and diving team, where she experienced firsthand the challenges posed by policies allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports. In 2023, inspired by her fellow female athletes, she broke her silence and shared the emotional and psychological toll of these policies and the attempts by university administrators to suppress dissent. Her testimony has galvanized a national conversation about fairness, safety, and protecting women’s spaces. In her role at APP, Scanlan will focus on advancing policies safeguarding women’s sports and private spaces, defunding the woke transgender agenda, and countering ideological pressures in education and public life. She will also contribute to APP’s research, public outreach, and coalition-building efforts to amplify the voices of those advocating for fairness and freedom.