Mr Luis MEJIA
OVIEDO

DOM
Entry in the IOC

2017

Born

4 September 1953

Education

Economics Graduate, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo; Communication Courses, Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra

Career

Publicist; Television and radio personality; Credit Supervisor at the Ministry of Agriculture (1973-1976); Under-General Administrator of Textile Fabric Los Minas (1979-1981); Accounts Executive at Extensa Publicitaria (1981-1982); General Director and Executive Vice-President of Publicitaria Nandy Rivas (1982-1996); Producer and Conductor for Television and Radio of Public Opinion Programmes (Telecable Nacional, Channel 10, Hoy Mismo, Color Vision and Telefuturo Channel 23) (1996 to present); Member of the Board of Directors of Banco de Reservas de la Republica Dominicana; President of the Compliance Committee, Banreservas and Member of the Board of Directors, Seguros Banreservas (2004-); President Productora Sin Limites (2007-); President Productora LMO (2012-)

Sports practised

Baseball, Basketball, Softball

Sports administration

President of the Aborigen Sports League (1977-1978); Vice-President of the National District Softball Association (1979-1981); President of the National District Softball Association (1981-1986); Secretary General of the Organising Committee for C&C Softball Championship (1981); President of the Dominican Softball Federation (1983-2009); Vice-President of the International Softball Federation (1988-1990); Secretary General (1991-2003) then President (2003-) of the Dominican National Olympic Committee; Secretary General of the Organising Committee of the Pan-American Games, Santo Domingo 2003 (2003)

IOC History

Member of the following Commissions: Women in Sport (2017-2018); Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport (2018); Olympic Channel (2019-2021); Future Host Commission for the Games of the Olympiad (2019-); Digital Engagement and Marketing Communications (2022-)