Aimee’s film debut was a starring role in the highly acclaimed film by contemporary artist Matthew Barney, Cremaster 3, first presented in the US at the Guggenheim Museum in 2003. Cremaster 3 is "an astonishing work of creativity," and was lauded by The Guardian as "the first truly great piece of cinema to be made in a fine art context since Dali and Bunuel filmed Un Chien Andalou in 1929. It is one of the most imaginative and brilliant achievements in the history of avant-garde cinema."
Currently starring as Isis, she continues her work with Barney in Ancient Evenings, an adaptation of Norman Mailer’s novel of the same name. Chronicling the seven stages of a soul’s journey from death to rebirth, each chapter, while filmed, will also be accompanied by a one-time only live performance. They recently performed “Khu,” the second chapter, in October 2010 in Detroit.
Aimee first received worldwide media attention as an athlete. Born without fibulae in both legs, Aimee's medical prognosis was discouraging; she was told she would never walk, and would likely spend the rest of her life using a wheelchair. In an attempt for an outside chance at increased mobility, doctors amputated both her legs below the knee on her first birthday. The decision paid off. By age two, she had learned to walk on prosthetic legs, and spent her childhood doing the usual athletic activities of her peers: swimming, biking, softball, soccer, and skiing, always alongside “able-bodies” kids.
After graduating high school with honors, Aimee was one of three students in the US chosen for a full academic scholarship from the Department of Defense, and at age 17 became the youngest person to hold a top-secret security clearance at the Pentagon. She worked there as an intelligence analyst during her summer breaks.
It was at this time that she rediscovered her love of competitive sports. While a dean's list student at the prestigious School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, she set her sights on making the US Team for the 1996 Atlanta Games. She enlisted the expertise of Frank Gagliano, one of the country's most respected track coaches. Through this partnership, she became the first amputee in history, male or female, to compete in the NCAA, doing so on Georgetown's nationally-ranked Division I track team. Becoming the first person to be outfitted with woven carbon-fiber prostheses that were modeled after the hind legs of a cheetah, she went on to set World Records in the 100 meter, the 200 meter, and the long jump, sparking a frenzy over the radical design of her prototype sprinting legs. The essential design of those legs are now the world standard in sports prosthetics.
After a profile in Life magazine showcased her in the starting blocks at Atlanta, the world took notice. Aimee soon landed a 10-page feature in the inaugural issue of Sports Illustrated for Women, which led to her accepting numerous invitations to speak at international design conferences. This introduction to a discourse relating to aesthetic principles fueled her interest in issues relating to body image, and how fashion advertising impacted societal notions of femininity and beauty. In 1999, Aimee made her runway debut in London at the invitation of one of the world's most celebrated fashion designers, Alexander McQueen.
Walking alongside the supermodels of the world, Aimee's groundbreaking, triumphant turn captured the attention of the fashion media, propelling her onto the magazine covers of ID and Dazed and Confused. After making her mark in such fashion magazine standards as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, W, Glamour, and Elle, she was also named as one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World." In February 2011, she was named as the new Global Brand Ambassador to the world's largest beauty brand L’Oreal Paris, another cultural milestone.
An influential voice in today's culture, she is regularly invited to share her ideas at various corporations and global conferences like TED and TEDMED, and she has been named as one of Esquire's "Women We Love," one of Jane magazine's "10 Gutsiest Women," one of Sports Illustrated's "Coolest Girls in Sport," and was celebrated as the "Hottest Muse" in Rolling Stone's annual Hot List. In addition to her professional career, Aimee serves on numerous boards and spends much of her time assisting various non-profit organizations, most notably the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF). After serving as a Trustee for the WSF, founded by Billie Jean King, she was elected as the foundation's President, a position she stewarded from 2007 to 2009. Aimee served for years as Vice-President for J.O.B., the nation's oldest non-profit employment service for persons with disabilities, founded in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt, Orin Lehman, and others. She is a founding member of the Leadership Board to SPIRE Institute, the world’s largest and most diverse athletic development center.
Already at a young age, Aimee's impact on modern society and her influence on future generations is undeniable. Her likeness has been immortalized in exhibits at institutions such as the Smithsonian, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the NCAA Hall of Fame, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Tate Modern, the Track and Field Hall of Fame, and the Women's Museum, where she is honored for her contribution to sport among the "Greatest American Women of the 20th Century."
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2012 – Named by Secretary Clinton to the Council to Empower Women & Girls Through Sports
2012 – Named as a Young Global Leader, Class of 2012 by the World Economic Forum
2012 – Storyteller, The Moth Mainstage for “USA Network: Characters Unite,” Pacific Design Center
2011 – Named as Global Brand Ambassador for L'Oreal Paris
2011 – Named by USOC as "Chef de Mission" for Team USA 2012
2011 – New Horizons Jury Member, Abu Dhabi Film Festival
2011 – Trustee, Women’s Sports Foundation
2010 – Actor, “Khu,” Ancient Evenings (Matthew Barney)
2010 - Guest of Honor, L’Oreal Foundation, Global Women’s Forum, Deauville, France
2010 - Storyteller, The Moth Mainstage for “USA Network: Characters Unite,” New York Public Library
2010 – Presenter, Opening Ceremonies, 2010 Winter Paralympic Games, Vancouver
2010 – Founding member (w/ Michael Johnson), Leadership Board, SPIRE Institute, Geneva OH
2010 – Trustee, Women’s Sports Foundation
2009 – Guest Editor, Gizmodo.com
2009 - Speaker, TEDMED Conference, Coronado Island, CA
2009 – Recipient, Gold Medal of the Italian Republic
2009 – Speaker, TED Conference, Long Beach, CA
2009 – SHOWstudio Retrospective, Somerset House, London UK
2009 – International Jury Member, Taormina Film Festival, Sicily (Ari Folman & Laurent Cantet)
2009 – Guest Lecturer, MIT Media Lab Master Class on New Identities
2009 – Ambassador, Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival
2009 – Speaker, Young President’s Organization Global Leadership Conference
2009 – Contributor, 100,000 Years of Beauty, Gallimard Press
2008 - Jury Member, Kars Film Festival, Turkey w/ Dan Fainaru, Kutlug Ataman, Fred Kelemen
2008 - School of Visual Arts (SVA) Masters Class Project
2008 - Ambassador, Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival
2008 - Featured in "25 Years of Non-Uniform Thinking" campaign for Kenneth Cole
2008 - Wrote and Directed "Cut Out,"short film commissioned for SHOWstudio.com Political Fashion
2008 - President, Women's Sports Foundation
2007 - Named to Board of Annual Review of High Performance Coaching and Consulting
2007 - Actor, Into The Woods (Jennifer Elster, Independent)
2007 - MIT Media Lab H2O Speaker
2007 - President, Women's Sports Foundation
2006 - Founding Trustee of National Sports Museum, opening 2008. (Hank Aaron, Bob Cousy, Janet Evans, Rod Gilbert, Boomer Esaison)
2006 - Actor, Quid Pro Quo, (Carlos Brooks, HDNet Films Mark Cuban/Todd Wagner)
2006 - Actor, World Trade Center (Oliver Stone, Paramount)
2006 - Actor, Marvelous (Siofra Campbell, Independent)
2005 - Named to Board of Trustees, Women's Sports Foundation by Billie Jean King
2005 - Selected for book of "Fashion Icons" by Rizzoli Press
2004 - NCAA Hall of Fame Honoree
2004 - Pirelli Calendar by Nick Knight
2004 - Named to the United States Track and Field Hall of Fame, New York, NY
2003 - Collaborated on Sir Elton John's Lifeball for HIV/AIDS research
2003 - Named to Rolling Stone Magazine's annual "Hot List"
2003 - Actor in Agatha Christie's Poirot drama series (A&E/Granada), David Suchet, Toby Stephens, Aidan Gillen
2003 - Star of Matthew Barney's film entitled "Cremaster 3" presented by the Guggenheim Museum and Palm Pictures
2001 - Included in Smithsonian Museum presentation of "Gameface: What Does A Female Athlete Look Like?"
2001 - Named as one of Sports Illustrated's "Coolest Girls In Sports"
2001 - Named to Board of Trustees, Vice President, for non-profit organization "Just One Break" (JOB), founded by Eleanor Roosevelt, Orin Lehman, Adm. Howard Rusk, and Bernard
2000 - Received honorary PhD, Doctor of Humane Letters, from St. John Fisher College
2000 - Included in permanent exhibit of The Women's Museum (Dallas, TX) as one of the "Greatest American Women of the 20th Century"
2000 - Named to Advisory Board for Oxygen-Markle Pulse by Ms. Geraldine Laybourne (CEO, Oxygen Media) and Ms. Zoe Baird (President, Markle Foundation)
2000 - Named one of the "Top 100 Irish-Americans" by Irish-America Magazine (1999, 1998 also)
1999 - Named one of "The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People Magazine
1999 - Contributing writer to Harper's Bazaar Magazine, US and 12 international editions
1999 - Named one "The Year's 10 Gutsiest Women" by Jane Magazine
1999 - featured speaker at International Design Conference, Sydney, Australia
1998 - Presented with the Tiffany & Co. "Shining Star" Award for raising social awareness of diversity issues
1998 - Collaborated on award-winning interactive design project with San Diego Children's Museum to promote non-traditional thinking
1998 - featured speaker at International Design Conference, Aspen, CO
1998 - TED Conference Speaker
1998 - TEDMED Conference Speaker
1998 - Special Achievement Award, National Rehabilitation Awareness Foundation
1998 - "ESPY" Finalist, Arthur Ashe Award, ESPN Awards Show
1998 - Featured in Esquire Magazine's "Women We Love" issue
1997 - "Woman of Distinction" Award Recipient, National Association of Women in Education
1997 - "Disabled Female Athlete of the Year," USA Track and Field
1997 - "Top 40 Under 40" list, Irish-Echo Magazine
1997 - Finalist for "ARETE" Awards, ESPN
1997 - Named to Disabled Sports, USA Advisory Council
1997 - Nominated to President's Council on Physical Fitness by U.S. Senator Max Cleland
1996 - Member of Georgetown University Women's Track team
1996 - First amputee athlete to compete in NCAA in US History
1996 - First bilateral below-the-knee amputee to compete on an NCAA Division I track team
1996 - World Record Holder, 100 meters
1996 - World Record Holder, Long Jump
1996 - World Record Holder, 200 meters
1996 - Olympian, competed in Paralympics, Atlanta, GA
1993 - Awarded full academic scholarship from U.S. Department of Defense
Speaking and Appearances
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General Electric
Pepsi
Whirlpool
Merrill Lynch HQ
Merrill Lynch Training Facility (multiple)
Merrill Lynch Global Bank Group (multiple)
Merrill Lynch Private Client Group (multiple)
Pfizer, Global R&D (multiple)
Bloomberg
Sanofi-Pasteur
Bank of America
Stryker Instruments (multiple)
Brookfield Properties
American Insurance Group (AIG)
Janney Montgomery Scott
Jefferson Wells
Instrumentation Laboratories
Adidas Design Group
NCH Corp. (multiple)
MassMutual (multiple)
Oppenheimer Funds (multiple)
Crystal Cruise Lines
LeadDog Marketing Group
Boone Bank, MI
Aramex Global Shipping
Jostens Renaissance
TransAmerica Insurance
Conferences:
TED Conference (multiple)
TEDMED Conference (multiple)
Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit, Istanbul, Turkey
Global Women’s Forum, Deauville, France
International Olympic Committee (IOC) “Women in Sport” Dead Sea, Jordan
USOC “Developing Amazing Leaders” Conference, Colorado Springs
NCAA Leadership Conference
H2.0: New Minds, New Bodies, New Identities (MIT Media Lab)
Serious Play, Pasadena Art College
Leaders of the Future Forum, Lake Como, Italy (Ambrosetti House)
Emerging Technologies: Puglia Region (Ambrosetti House)
Aspen Design Conference
Future Home Design Conference, Helsinki
ISDA Design Conference, Boston
Canadian Seating and Mobility Conference, Toronto
Make A Difference Forum, Institute of Contemporary Culture, Hong Kong, China
GAMA Annual Leadership and Management Conference, Washington DC
Clockwork Home Services Annual Conference, Las Vegas NV
Organizations:
United Nations
The White House
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Young President’s Organization (YPO)
World President’s Organization (WPO)
The Annenberg Space for Photography
US Dept of Commerce
Pio Manzu Center for Research, Italy
The Moth Literary Society
Ontario Library Association
National Sports Museum
VSA, Kennedy Center
Women’s Business Networks (numerous chapters nationwide)
The Women’s Sports Foundation
Women’s National Law Center
Girl Scouts
The Morristown Museum
The Guggenheim Museum
Boston Children’s Museum
Edinborough Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Athens Film Festival
Cairo Film Festival
NYC 2012 Olympic Committee
New York City Columbia/Presbyterian Hospital
Happiness House, Fingerlakes region
National Association of Women In Education
Goalition! (Business Network, Dallas, TX)
Leadership Training Conference, Fairfield, CT
East Coast Conference (NCAA)
Julie Foudy Leadership Academy
Ladies’ Auxiliary Luncheon, Greenwich, CT
VIA of the Lehigh Valley
No Barriers Festival, Miami
The Intrepid Museum, NYC
The Chanda Plan, Denver CO
Serious Business, New Orleans
Fundacion CIREC, Bogota, Colombia
Cleveland City Club
Educational Institutions:
MIT Media Lab
Choate Academy
The Lawrenceville School, NJ
The Ross School, East Hampton, NY
The Foxcroft School, Middleburg, VA
Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, MI
Pune Women's Medical College, India
Pelham School
Purdue University
Penn State University
University of Connecticut
University of Indiana
Indiana State University
University of Washington
Rochester Polytechnic Institute
University of Oklahoma
Lehigh University
Butler University
St. John Fisher College
University of Missouri WIN network
Lock Haven University
Midwestern State University, TX
UC Sacramento
Kutztown University
Macomb Community College
St. Mary’s Hall, TX
Drexel University
Purdue University
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