Lisa Baird is an American businesswoman.
Career
Baird has worked for
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is ...
and the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...
(NFL). She was described as "helped secure broadcast, sponsorship, and licensing deals during her decade with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee". In 2020, she was appointed commissioner of the
National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional Association football, soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system#Women's leagues, United States soccer league system (alongside the USL Supe ...
(NWSL). She resigned from that position on October 1, 2021 in the wake of the
2021 NWSL abuse scandal
Players and former staff of teams in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) have leveled several allegations and formal reports of sexual abuse, harassment, misconduct, and manipulation, as well as weight-shaming, verbal and emotional abuse, ...
.
References
Living people
National Women's Soccer League commissioners
Year of birth missing (living people)
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