Innovation & Leadership in Sports with Val Ackerman

The Sportico and Sports Innovation Lab Ask Me Anything Series returned Thursday, December 17 featuring an interview with Val Ackerman, Commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference. Val Ackerman was named the fifth Commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference on June 26, 2013. She spent eight years as an attorney and executive at the National Basketball Association, was the founding President of the Women’s National Basketball Association, and is a past President of USA Basketball, which oversees the U.S. men’s and women’s Olympic basketball program. She also served for two terms as the U.S. representative to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Women Leaders in College Sports and the Board of Directors of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Check out the full conversation with Val below.

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