Beatriz Álvarez Mesa is currently the President of the LPFF since June 2022. A former footballer for Oviedo Moderno, she was also the President of the club from July 16, 2009 until in September 2019, when she became the first woman to hold the position of General Director of Sports of Asturias in that province. Having played football since 12, she went through all the lower leagues with OM until reaching the first team in 2000, from which she retired at the age of 22. She later became a coach in the 2006/07 season, where she has held positions on the board of directors and on the sports commission of the club that created and promoted the Modern Oviedo Football School. She has a Diploma in Teaching, specializing in Physical Education from the University of Oviedo. She has also been a member of the board of directors of the Higher Sports Council that approved the statutes for the professionalization of Women’s football