Nancy Lieberman Instagram – Congratulations to this year’s Nancy Lieberman Women of Inspiration Awards: Community Woman Opal Lee, Trailblazer Cynt Marshall, and Businesswoman Monica Paul!
The Nancy Lieberman Women of Inspiration Awards celebrate women who are making an impact in basketball, the greater sports community, and in the United States as a whole.
Opal Lee, often referred to as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” is a teacher, counselor, and activist known for her work to get Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday – something she achieved in June 2021 when President Biden signed S. 475 into law, making Juneteenth the 11th official federal holiday. She is also heavily involved in the organization Unity Unlimited, a nonprofit that seeks to provide educational activities and resources to people and to foster unity and harmony within the world regardless of race, culture, or denomination.
In 2018, Cynt Marshall became the first black female CEO in the history of the NBA, taking up the mantle of CEO of the Dallas Mavericks. Worth then named Marshall as one of the 21 Most Powerful Women in the Business of Sports. Prior to 2018, she dedicated 36 years in the Telecommunications industry to focusing on improving workplace culture and encouraging diversity/inclusion. She is also the author of “You’ve Been Chosen.”
Monica Paul, the Executive Director of the Dallas Sports Commission, has an extensive career in the sports industry, including numerous other past and current Director positions, a BS in physical education and a Master of Arts in sports administration, and a teaching position at Southern Methodist University. She was selected as the DCEO Non-profit and Corporate Citizenship Award Winner in Leadership Excellence in 2023, DCEO’s Dallas 500 in 2022, Women in Business honoree by Dallas Business Journal in 2020, and in 2015 she was honored as one of Connect Sports’ Top IX Women in the Sport Tourism Industry.
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