Sonia Bien-Aime

Sonia Bien-Aime (born 3 December 1971)[2] is a Turks and Caicos football administrator, the president of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association (TCIFA), a member of the FIFA Council, and the Executive Committee of CONCACAF.

Sonia Bien-Aime
Born
Sonia Bien-Amie Fulford[1]

(1971-12-03) 3 December 1971
NationalityTurks and Caicos
OccupationMember, FIFA Council

Bien-Aime grew up on Grand Turk Island. She has four sisters and one brother.[3] She represented her country in athletics, softball, and football, where she captained the Turks & Caicos Women's National Team.[3]

Bien-Aime became general secretary of the TCIFA in 2006, and was elected president of the Association in July 2014, succeeding Christopher Bryan.[4] She was the first woman to be elected president of the TCIFA.[5]

Bien-Aime has been a FIFA Council member since 2015.[6]

References
  1. FIFA.com. "FIFA Council Members - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. "CONCACAF Council". concacaf.com. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. "Turks & Caicos' Sonia Bien-Aime Player Honoured with S'Hero of the Month Award". Thebahamasweekly.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. "Bien-Aime elected as TCIFA President". concacaf.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. "BIEN AIME Sonia". fifa.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. Piers Edwards; CNN (24 February 2016). "FIFA: Could a woman fix world governing body?". CNN. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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