Lindsay Barenz is the President of Business Operations for the Washington Spirit. She joined the Spirit after serving as the Vice President of Business Development for the National Women’s Soccer League. At the NSWSL Lindsay led the sale of the league’s broadcast rights to CBS and Twitch. Lindsay also helped secure several league-wide partnership deals with companies including Google, Verizon, Secret Deodorant and Barkbox.
Prior to joining the NWSL’s front office, Lindsay served as the Vice President of Strategic Business Development and General Counsel for the Utah Royals FC, Real Salt Lake, and Real Monarchs. Additionally, Lindsay was Real Salt Lake’s Alternate Governor on Major League Soccer’s Board of Governors.
Coming to the Spirit is a return to the nations capital for Lindsay who previously lived in the Washington, D.C. area where she spent time as a union activist and later as a member of the Obama Administration in the White House Office of Management and Budget. Lindsay is a native of Centerville, Utah and a graduate of the University of Utah and Yale Law School.