Penny is a Full Professor, University of Calgary, and served as Interim Provost and Vice-President (Academic) (2022-2024), and as Dean of the Faculty of Kinesiology (2012-2022. Her scholarly work is in the areas of life-long and social learning, particularly with high-performance coaches, women and men; leadership, particularly women’s leadership experiences and learning; psychological preparation for athletes and coaches, along with health and wellness; and heart rate variability biofeedback and neurofeedback for optimal performance in high performance sport. Werthner is a former Olympic athlete in Athletics and has worked with many Olympic and Paralympic athletes, coaches, and teams through summer and winter Olympic Games from 1988 to the present – sports such as Speed Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Athletics, Canoe/Kayak, Diving etc. She is a founder and current Chair of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association (CSPA/ACPS) and a founding member of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity, now called Canadian Women and Sport.