Originally posted from Forbes, this list includes the most powerful women in American Sports in 2018. Scroll through their slideshow article here.
We’ve listed them out below:
- Michele Roberts – Executive Director, National Basketball Players Association
- Lesa France Kennedy – CEO, International Speedway Corporation
- Serena Williams – Women’s Professional Tennis
- Christine Driessen – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, ESPN
- Val Ackerman – Commissioner, Big East Conference
- Billie Jean King – Women’s Professional Tennis
- Condoleezza Rice – Member, NCAA’s Commission on College Basketball
- Jeanie Buss – Co-Owner and President, Los Angeles Lakers
- Michelle Wilson, Co-President, World Wrestling Entertainment
- Kim Ng – Senior Vice President for Baseball Operations, Major League Baseball
- Dawn Hudson – Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, National Football League
- Pamela El – Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, National Basketball Association
- Sandy Barbour – Athletic Director, Penn State University
- Amy Brooks – President, Team Marketing & Business Operations and Chief Innovation Officer, National Basketball Association
- Sheila Johnson – Co-Owner, Washington Mystics, Wizards and Capitals
- Katrina Adams – CEO, Chairman and President, United States Tennis Association
- Lisa Borders – President, Women’s National Basketball Association
- Lisa Friel – Special Council for Investigations, National Football League
- Angela Ruggiero – CEO and Co-Founder, Sports Innovation Lab; Olympic Gold Medalist
- Becky Hammon – Assistant Coach, San Antonio Spurs
- Jessica Mendoza – Broadcaster, ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball
- Laura Gentile – Senior Vice president, espnW
- Katie Blackburn – Executive Vice President, Cincinnati Bengals
- Kathy Carter – President, Soccer United Marketing
- Erika Nardini – CEO, Barstool Sports
- Heidi Browning Pearson – Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, National Hockey League
- Joni Comstock – Senior Vice President of Championships and Senior Woman Administrator, NCAA
- Doris Burke – TV Analyst, ESPN and ABC
- Mary Ann Turcke – President, NFL Digital Media and NFL Network
- Angelina Lawton – CEO, Sportsdigita
