USA Swimming’s Lucinda McRoberts Recognized as a Game Changer by Sports Business Journal
Forty women in senior leadership roles across sports business have been selected for recognition next month as part of Sports Business Journal’s (SBJ) ninth annual class of Game Changers.
Lucinda McRoberts – Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel for USA Swimming – will be among those that will be recognized.
McRoberts joined USA Swimming in 2014 as an advisor to the executive director, senior staff and board of directors on legal matters. In her various roles, McRoberts led the organization’s programs for the National Board of Review and Appeals, Criminal Background Checks, Athlete Partnerships, National Team Selections, Sponsorships and Special Events and Civil Litigation and Risk Management.
A graduate of Yale University and University of Michigan Law School, McRoberts has extensive experience working with USA Swimming while a member of the Sports Litigation team at Bryan Cave.
Her career began with stints in the United States Senate, Missouri House of Representatives, Kroenke Sports Enterprises and the Athletic Departments at Yale University and University of Missouri.
McRoberts will be among 39 other women in sport that with be be featured in the Sept. 16 issue of SBJ and honored on Sept. 17 in New York at the Game Changers: Women in Sports Business conference. Swimming World would like to congratulate McRoberts on her recognition and achievements for the sport of swimming.
For more information about the conference and to read about previous Game Changers, visit www.game-changers-conference.com.
Game Changers Class of 2019
Naz Aletaha – Riot Games
Megan Hughes Allison- Genesco Sports Enterprises
Michelle Andres – Baltimore Ravens
Molly Arbogast – POV Sports Marketing
Christine Burke – New York Road Runners
Kim Damron – Paciolan
Kim Davis – National Hockey League
Jill Driban – The Montag Group
Wendy Fallen – Big Ten Conference
Julie Giese – ISM Raceway
Melissa Heiter – CAA Icon
Krista Hiner – ESG Law
Terri Jackson – Women’s National Basketball Players Association
Michele Kajiwara – AEG
Meredith Kinsman – Octagon
Thayer Lavielle – Wasserman
Melanie LeGrande – Major League Baseball
Michelle McGoldrick – The Madison Square Garden Company
Lucinda McRoberts – USA Swimming
Jamie Morningstar – Milwaukee Bucks
Sianneh Mulbah – Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx
Pamela Murrin – WWE
Laura Neal – PGA Tour
Gloria Nevarez – West Coast Conference
Moira O’Connor – Soldier Field – SMG
Nicolina O’Rorke – NBC Sports Group
Djenaba Parker – New York Red Bulls
Ana Shapiro Queenan – GMR Marketing
Caroline Rebello – Evolution Media Capital
Tracie Rodburg – National Football League
Carla Rosenberg – Lagardère Plus
Tara Gutkowski Schwartz – National Basketball Association
Carrie Skillman – Scout Sports & Entertainment
Maureen Smith – Minnesota United FC
Amy Sprangers – Seattle Seahawks
Neda Tabatabaie – San Jose Sharks
Tina Thornton – ESPN
Alisha Valavanis – Seattle Storm and Force 10 Management
Whitney Wagoner – Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon
Shelly Cayette Weston – Cleveland Cavaliers