COVID-19 impacted sports "early and profoundly, and social injustice left an indelible mark both on and off the field," but still, many women "found ways to influence, innovate and raise the bar for their brands and for fans at a time when we needed sports most," according to ADWEEK's Most Powerful Women in Sports feature. Adweek's Erik Wander wrote of this year's 31 Most Powerful Women in Sports, "All of them are game-changers by any measure who come to play, no matter the circumstance" (ADWEEK.com, 11/15).
Adweek's Most Powerful Women in Sports '20 honorees:
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ADWEEK'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN SPORTS
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Renie Anderson
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NFL Chief Revenue Officer & Exec VP/ Partnerships
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Lisa Baird
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NWSL Commissioner
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Jessica Berman
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NLL Deputy Commissioner & Exec VP/ Business Affairs
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Lynne Biggar
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Visa CMO
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Melanie Boulden
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Stills Business Unit President & Coca-Cola North America incoming CMO
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Karen Brodkin
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WME Sports EVP/Content Strategy & Partnerships & Endeavor co-Head
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Heidi Browning
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NHL CMO
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Doris Burke
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ESPN NBA analyst & reporter
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Jeanie Buss
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Lakers Controlling Owner & CEO
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Marie Donoghue
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Amazon VP/Global Sports Video
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Cathy Engelbert
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WNBA Commissioner
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Johanna Faries
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Call of Duty Esports Commissioner
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Dany Garcia
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The Garcia Companies Chair & CEO;
Seven Bucks Companies co-founder; XFL Owner
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Jill Gregory
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NASCAR Exec VP and Chief Marketing & Content officer
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Jemele Hill
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Sports journalist and media personality for Spotify, Vice TV and The Atlantic
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Kate Jhaveri
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NBA CMO
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Micky Lawler
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WTA President
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Devi Mahadevia
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Facebook Dir of Emerging Sports, Fitness & Digital Publishers
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Barbara McHugh
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MLB Senior VP/Marketing
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Stephanie McMahon
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WWE Chief Brand Officer
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Sarah Mensah
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Nike VP & GM of Asia Pacific, Latin America
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Erika Nardini
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Barstool Sports CEO
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JoAnn Neale
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MLS President
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Kim Ng
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Marlins GM
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Naomi Osaka
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Tennis player
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Andrea Perez
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Jordan Brand VP & GM
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Elizabeth Rutledge
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American Express CMO
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Morgan Shaw Parker
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AMB Sports & Entertainment VP & CMO
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Stephanie Sherman
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DraftKings Senior VP/Marketing
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Molly Solomon
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NBC Olympics Production Exec VP & President and Golf Channel Exec Producer
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Julie Uhrman
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Angel City FC co-Founder & President
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IMPROVING THE GAME: BROADCASTING & CABLE's Stuart Miller wrote women this year "continued to make gains behind the scenes and in front of the camera, frequently shouldering the responsibility for making sure the transition from shutdown to partial reopening went as smoothly as possible." B&C honored ten such women for its Women in the Game feature (BROADCASTINGCABLE.com, 11/16).
Broadcasting & Cable's Women in the Game '20 honorees:
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BROADCASTING & CABLE'S WOMEN IN THE GAME
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Bess Barnes
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CBS Sports VP/Programming
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Judy Boyd
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Fox Sports Senior VP/Production & Coordinating Producer
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Andi Chu
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Tennis Channel VP & Editor in Chief
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Marie DeParis
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SNY Senior VP/ Marketing & Affiliate Relations
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Pamela Duckworth
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Head of fubo Sports Network
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Caroline Rebello
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Evolution Media Capital Managing Dir
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Susan Stone
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MLB Network Senior VP/Operations & Engineering
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Maria Taylor
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ESPN College Sports Host & Reporter and NBA Countdown Host
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Kaitlin Urka
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NBC Sports & Olympics Producer
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Sara Zuckert
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NBA Senior Dir & Head of Next-Gen Telecast
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BASKETBALL POWER BROKER: ESPN’s Rachel Nichols noted Suns G DEVIN BOOKER and T’Wolves C KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS were previously represented by current Knicks President LEON ROSE and will now be repped by a “trailblazer,” CAA’s JESSICA HOLTZ. Nichols: “She is the first woman to represent two max players. Those guys are in very good hands and I got to say, I love to see all the ways that the women of the NBA are making noise. We see women in the front office now, certainly on the bench to be coaches and in player representation as well” (“The Jump,” ESPN, 11/18).
