Executive Director of the Dance Institute of Washington Kahina Haynes, who is the daughter of Guyanese business professor and accountant Floyd Haynes, was on Friday named among the 27 people that US President Joe Biden will appoint to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition.
The federal advisory committee, according to a release from the White house, will also include basketball star Stephen ‘Steph’ Curry and his wife Ayesha, University of Delaware men’s basketball coach Martin Ingelsby, Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim and Phillies baseball icon Ryan Howard.
“I am extremely honored to be appointed as a member of President Biden’s renewed Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition. My ongoing and evolving mission is about breaking barriers and changing mindsets to achieve a more equitable and just society—in this case through sports (including dance), fitness and nutrition,” she told the Stabroek News via phone.