“As I've come into the role as commissioner of the WNBA, the vision is to run a very player-first agenda,” WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said behind the scenes at our Women and Worth Summit in March. “We have 144 of the most diverse athletes in sport and really use that women's leadership platform to drive change in society around how a women's sports league gets valued, how a woman gets valued, how she gets paid, how she gets a benefits package and how she gets travel upgrades and things like that.” Up until that point, Engelbert had spent her career at Deloitte, most recently serving as CEO for four years.

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