Denise White, EAG Sports Management

Twenty years later, not only do people take White seriously, but actress Jennifer Aniston has been tapped to play White in a movie about her life.

White manages about 35 athletes on a full-time basis. Tony Gonzalez, former Chiefs and Falcons tight end, was her first client. Current clients include Antonio Gates, Tyrann Mathieu, Patrick Peterson, DeSean Jackson and, in the NBA, Joe Johnson.

“There is no agency out there, run by a woman, that represents the stature of clientele that we do,” White said. “There just isn’t.”

White is known in the business as being tough. (“If I was a man, I’d be called a straight shooter,” she said.) She also notes that her work goes beyond securing deals for her clients.

“Most of my biggest and best bodies of work are often unseen, as they are typically surrounding crisis management,” White said. “Helping a handful of athletes recover from crisis situations is definitely at the top of the list of this year’s accomplishments.”

In December 2014, a profile of White published in Men’s Journal caught the eye of “Dallas Buyers Club” screenwriter Melisa Wallack. It was earlier this year when the Hollywood trades announced that Aniston would star in the film, which is currently being called “The Fixer.”

White notes the screenplay is still being written. “They are in the middle of writing the script right now,” she said. “People know about the movie because it was all over the news, but because it hasn’t come out yet, my life hasn’t changed much.”

— Liz Mullen