Judy Sheldon, MBA '11, spent three weeks in September hosting China's Hongxia Wei as part of the Global Sports Mentoring Program—a newly launched collaboration between the U.S. Department of State and espnW. The program's goal is to connect international and American women to build capacity for sports programs that empower women and girls worldwide. Of the seventeen participating organizations, the University of Oregon was the only academic institution invited to take part. Thanks to her dual positions as director of the UO Athletics Department's O Heroes initiative and executive programs coordinator at the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center, Sheldon was uniquely situated to share her knowledge with Wei, who works as director of law and regulation at China's Ministry of Sport. Along with meeting representatives from key departments at the UO, the pair traveled to Portland where they met with Nike and USA Gymnastics--and even had a chance to meet gold medalist Gabby Douglas. Sheldon credits her experience in the Oregon MBA's Engaging Asia initiative for providing a solid foundation for her cross-cultural mentoring experience: "I was definitely better equipped to help Hongxia develop and implement a program that would work in her home country," said Sheldon. Read an interview with Sheldon on the UO Business Blog.