Moira Lassen, mother of Jeane Lassen, is the first woman ever elected to the International Weightlifting Federation Executive Board. Lassen, former Chair of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity also chairs the IWF Women's Commission. Lassen became involved in the sport of weightlifting in 1995 because of her daughter's court case, Lassen vs Yukon Weightlifting Association, when the younger Lassen's membership was withdrawn causing her to potentially miss both the Canadian Championships and the Junior World Championships. Lassen went onto become the President of Yukon Weightlifting Association and a member of the Canadian Weightlifting FederationBoard of Directors. Lassen held the position of Secretary General from 2000-2008. Lassen was Team Canada's weightlifting team manager at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and started officiating internationally in 2003. Lassen was appointed to the IWF Scientific and Research Committee and the IWF Technical Committee, the Doping Hearing Panel and the Constitution, Bylaw & Technical Commission where she played an integral role in revamping the Technical and Competition Rules & Regulations. In 2011, Lassen co-authored the IWF Technical Officials Roles andResponsibilities - A Guide to Competition. In 2013 Lassen made history by successfully winning her election to the IWF Executive Board becoming the first woman ever elected in the 108-year history of the sport federation. In 2015, Lassen was also Chair of the award-winning IWF World Weightlifting Championships 2015 hosted by the . On June 6, 2020 Lassen called for the to resign following the June 4 release of the discovery of corruption and vote buying. As an International Technical Official, Lassen has officiated at over 50 international events including Olympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, FISU, Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games and World Championships. After two decades of working within Canada's national sport community, at and , Lassen moved overseas and held positions at London 2012 Olympic Games and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and was International Games Advisor to the Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games Organising Committee chaired by the Prime Minister of SamoaTuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi and was the Executive Operations Lead at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Currently Lassen is the General Manager of the which was cancelled on March 7 2020 due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. As a practitioner Lassen has been involved in multiple research papers including Best Practices in Volunteer Management:An Action Planning Guide for Small and Rural Nonprofit Organizations and Promising Practices:Transitioning and Transitioned Athletes in Sport as well as an active arbitrator for .
