2022 Greater Des Moines Partnership Annual Dinner - Featuring Mia Hamm
Name:
2022 Greater Des Moines Partnership Annual Dinner - Featuring Mia Hamm
Date:
January 27, 2022
Time:
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM CST
Registration:
Sorry, public registration for this event has been closed.
Event Description:
The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced that its 2022 Annual Dinner will feature Mia Hamm as the headline speaker. The Dinner will take place on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center.
Hamm is a retired professional soccer player, two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Hamm was the world’s most outstanding woman soccer player in the first years of the 21st century, attracting more attention to the game in the United States than any player, male or female, ever had. During her spectacular career she scored 158 goals in international competition, more than any other player in history. A forward and midfielder for the U.S. Women’s National Team, she was instrumental in the World Cup victories in 1991 and 1999 and Olympic Gold Medals in 1996 and 2004. Hamm was named FIFA’s Women’s World Player of the year twice (2001 and 2002) and the U.S. Soccer Federation Female Athlete of the Year five years in a row (1994-1998). In 1997 Hamm created the Mia Hamm Foundation to raise funds for bone marrow research inspired by her brother Garrett, who died in 1997 from complications with aplastic anemia, a bone marrow disease. Hamm is a co-owner of Los Angeles FC, a minority owner of Angel City FC, a global ambassador for FC Barcelona and is on the board of directors of Serie A club A.S. Roma. She is the author of “Go For the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life.”
