Renee' Brown

Renee' is now Head of Executive Engagement at Ready Team, a diversity-equity-inclusion consultancy, following her 20 year leadership role establishing the Women’s National Basketball Association.

She strategizes with organizations to advance cultural change through inclusion, and building effective teams, a passionate role Renee' has played throughout her executive, coaching and playing careers. Her WNBA years were preceded by assistant coaching positions at a pair of basketball powerhouse universities, Kansas and Stanford, and as a player at UNLV. She chaired the 2004 and 2008 women’s basketball Olympic committee.

In addition to SportsEdTV, she shares wisdom and counsel on the boards of Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, Multiplying Good, eWomen Network, and Leadercom. Renee' is a member of the Naismith Hall of Fame’s WBB Nominating Committee and the Leadership Council of Community in Schools.

She received the Black Women in Sports Foundation’s Legends Award, and is among Network Journal’s 25 Influential Black Women in Business.