A Western New York native, Bridget Niland has excelled as an athlete, an advocate and an administrator. Currently serving as Dean of the College of Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management at Niagara University, Bridget is a graduate of the University at Buffalo Law School. She served in several management roles at the NCAA’s national office,…  Read more

A former Division I women’s lacrosse player at Georgetown University, Kristen Bandos has helped build a pro league from scratch. As Vice President, Partnership Marketing at the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) she is connecting brands to the sport, to athletes, and raising the profile of the game in the United States and globally. The following…  Read more

As Senior Vice President for Culture, Diversity, Equity, & Social Responsibility at the nonprofit New York Road Runners (NYRR), Erica Edwards O’Neal works to create an inclusive environment that benefits the entire organization – from employees to volunteers to the runners who lace up for its 60 adult and youth races, including the iconic TCS…  Read more

Cheri Kempf is a Senior Vice President at Athletes Unlimited, a network of professional women’s sports leagues that launched in 2020 featuring softball, indoor volleyball, basketball, and lacrosse. Kempf oversees broadcasting for all four sports, negotiating media rights deals and managing all aspects of production and game presentation. Prior to Athletes Unlimited, Kempf was Commissioner…  Read more

The Olympics may happen once every four years, but the work of athletes and reporters never stops. Currently the Olympics reporter for Sports Business Journal, Rachel Axon is preparing to cover her sixth Olympic Games at Paris in 2024. She spent more than 10 years at USA Today as an Olympics reporter and sports investigative…  Read more

Anchoring the sports desk. Decision-making in the executive suite. Jump shots from every angle—and distance. The last few years have seen big strides for women in all corners of athletics, but in 2024 we’ve seen this promise of the present—and more to come—illuminated like never before.  On April 19, The Martin Group accentuated this moment…  Read more

Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer in the area of social and behavioral sciences in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota where she is Co-Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport. She is program manager for the Tucker Center’s program, Coaching HER which aims to…  Read more

Technology can move quickly, and change dramatically, over the course of a career. When Courtney Jeffries graduated from the University of Washington in 2004, social media wasn’t even part of the conversation for most sports organizations. Building on her own curiosity toward emerging business trends and her resume of experience – including VP of Business…  Read more

In 2019 when the Super Bowl came to LaTonya Story’s city of Atlanta, she created The Sports Power Brunch: Celebrating the Most Powerful Women in Sports to recognize leading women who have made a major impact in the sports industry. Entering its fifth year, the annual event has become one of the hottest tickets during Super Bowl…  Read more