With multiple international offices and some 250 employees located overseas, Kerry Chandler’s job as NBA executive vice president of human resources is increasingly global. “We are doing everything we can to support the NBA with respect to the huge global growth,” Chandler said.
Overseeing that growing global space as part of a job managing NBA human resources that total nearly 1,000 league employees is just one more challenge met by Chandler, who came to the NBA in 2007 from The Walt Disney Co. Over the past year, she has had to deal with human resources issues related to the lockout that delayed the start of last season. Among those issues: Some 400 jobs across the NBA’s 30 teams and its league office were cut over the course of the lockout. Chandler this year will be working to implement new management-level programs designed to further integrate overseas employees into the NBA’s brand. “It is a deep dive to help them understand our brand more,” Chandler said.
— John Lombardo
WHAT OTHERS
ARE SAYING
“Kerry is a fantastic coach and champion of our employees. She has brought to us an enormous amount of innovation and new ideas for our programs. She is a straight-talker who through her actions and policies has demonstrated unparalleled commitment to the diversity and development of our employees.”
- Adam Silver, NBA deputy commissioner
