Lara Mussell Savage

Leading up to 2010, Lara was a part of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) as Project Manager for Aboriginal Sport and Youth.

[8][5][2] As a youth athlete she competed in several sports such as track & field, golf, basketball, curling, gymnastics, and later, Ultimate.

In 1997, Mussell Savage joined Vancouver based touring team Goo (later known as Prime, then Traffic) that played in both American and Canadian tournaments.

Career highlights include 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,[9] serving on the organizing committee (VANOC) as Project Manager for Aboriginal Sport and Youth.

[1] Since 2010, she has been a part of the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council (ISPARC) and was also Chef de Mission for the Team BC for the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) for the 2014, 2017 and 2020 program [1] and has become an ambassador for ViaSport’s #LeveltheField campaign promoting gender equity in sport.

[11] In 2022, Mussell Savage was invited to work with the Four Host First Nations, being the Lil'wat, Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee as part of the BC 2030 Feasibility Team to lead community engagement work on the prospective Indigenous-led bid for BC to host the 2030 Winter Games.

[12][13] While the bid ultimately did not go forward due to lack of provincial support, the Indigenous-led project was groundbreaking and presented a new way of approaching major Games hosting and conducting business within a spirit of reconciliation.