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Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Cheryl Reeve, Head Coach/GM of the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx
This week’s episode comes with a big announcement from Bobbi-Sue followed by an interview with Minnesota Lynx Head Coach and General Manager, Cheryl Reeve. After playing collegiate basketball, Cheryl immediately started her career as an assistant coach with her alma mater. Not only is Cheryl one of the most successful coaches in our time, but she’s also one of the most outspoken. She is a strong advocate for women and all marginalized communities. These and other topics are discussed in this final episode of LTPF with Bobbi-Sue as host.
This week’s episode is pre...2019-03-031h 19Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Dari Passarello Herman, Owner of SparklySoul Headbands
This week’s guest is Dari Passarello Herman, former sports and entertainment attorney, who turned her love of running and disdain for existing headbands into a new business. She is the Owner/Creator of SparklySoul Headbands. Dari’s path is obviously unique given where she landed. Well before her entrepreneurial hustle started, however, she was blazing her own trail. As a law student, she chose to forego many of the typical steps (clerkships) and instead work directly with the those in sports and entertainment. She started out at Bob Woolfe and Associates in Boston, then she went to D...2019-02-131h 16Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Sarah Axelson, Sr. Director of Advocacy at the Women’s Sports Foundation
Our guest this week is Sarah Axelson, Sr. Director of Advocacy at the Women’s Sports Foundation. Sarah was an athlete all through college and wasn’t quite sure what to do near graduation when she was alerted to an internship by a friend. She’s been with WSF ever since. She talks about her career but also talk a lot about what WSF does and how people can get involved. Two things Bobbi-Sue and Sarah talk about in depth are National Girls & Women in Sports Day and the newly announced Scott Pioli and Family Fund for Women...2019-02-061h 16Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Stefanie Jewett, CEO/Founder of Activvely
Stefanie Jewett, CEO/Founder of Activvely – a fitness app that matches people together as workout buddies or activity friends – joins Bobbi-Sue on this week’s episode of LTPF. Stefanie was not a sports girl growing up and truly thought her passion was in broadcast journalism. She had many interesting internships in politics and advocacy before giving taking one more shot at broadcast journalism. Doing so landed her a gig at CNN, where she stayed for 5 years before turning her attention to her business idea. This conversation includes a lot of discussion on women supporting other women, what tech s...2019-01-301h 18Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Shelly Boyum-Breen, Author & Founder of the Foundation IX & Let Me Play Grants
This week, Bobbi-Sue speaks with children’s book author, Shelly Boyum-Breen. She is the author of the “Shelly Bean the Sports Queen” books. Growing up in MN, Shelly spent countless hours on the basketball court, neighborhood hockey rinks and local golf courses. She spent five years in the education field, coaching college and high school basketball and tennis. Boyum-Breen then worked with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx organization. Shelly served with the organization for four years and later moved into a sales consulting role serving the Lynx, the New York Liberty and the 10th Anniversary WNBA All-Star Game at...2019-01-231h 32Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Celeste Bell, MLB’s Senior Director, Talent Acquisition
Celeste Bell, the Senior Director, Talent Acquisition for Major League Baseball. is this week’s guest on the pod. Celeste’s career has been full of twists and turns much like other guests. While in school, Celeste thought she wanted to be an athletic trainer until an internship showed her maybe that wasn’t her path. She then had a couple of other internships, including one with the LPGA that lasted a year.
After that, she applied… and applied… and interviewed… and nothing. So, she became a flight attendant… as one does. She keeps interviewing until finally...2019-01-181h 04Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Former WNBA President & CEO of Generation W, Donna OrenderThis week’s guest is Donna Orender. Donna is a powerhouse in the sports world. Not only did she play professional basketball in the original women’s basketball league, but she also spent 18 years at the PGA, and was the president of the WNBA during one of its most pivotal moments.
During her time at the PGA and at the W, Donna helped create the way that professional golf and women’s basketball programming was created, packaged, and distributed. Her natural curiosity and propensity for asking “Why not?” have served her well. She is the CEO/Founder of Orender...2019-01-091h 00Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: America East Conference Commissioner Amy HuchthausenThis week’s guest is America East Conference Commissioner, Amy Huchthausen. She is the first woman to lead the conference and has received many industry accolades including being named to the Sports Business Journal’s “40 under 40” and “Game Changers.” Prior to being a Commissioner at the America East, she was with the NCAA and a few other conferences for various periods of time. Amy’s leadership has helped with America East grow its profile and serve its student-athletes in a new way.
This conversation goes through Amy’s career in college athletics, the amazing initiatives that the America East has...2018-12-121h 45Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Jaclyn Miller, Director of Marketing/Communications for Up2Us SportsThis week’s episode features Jaclyn Miller, the Director of Marketing & Communications for Up2Us Sports. Up2Us Sports is the nationwide leader in engaging, training, and supporting sports coaches to serve as mentors and role models to youth living in some of America’s most under served communities. Jaclyn’s commitment to giving back and working for nonprofits is evident in her career path and community work. She has worked for the Women’s Sports Foundation and served on the board of numerous organizations, most recently Athlete Ally. She’s also the first person from her school to graduate w...2018-12-051h 38Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Photographer/Author Kate T. ParkerThis week’s episode of Leveling The Playing Field is with Kate T. Parker. Kate is a photographer whose series of photographs titled Strong is the New Pretty went viral in 2015 after a failed gallery showing. The response was tremendous and she has since turned the series into a book called “Strong Is The New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves.” From there, she has released a guided journal for girls by the same name. In 2019, her next book, “The Heart Of A Boy: Celebrating The Strength And Spirit Of Boyhood,” will be released. Kate’s story is all at once...2018-11-281h 24Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Fatimah Hussein & Jamie Glover, Co-Founders Of AsiyaHappy Thanksgiving everyone! On this week’s show, Bobbi-Sue talks about some of the things/people she’s grateful for and she geeks out about the new planner she ordered for 2019. This is our first multi-guest episode and for really good reason. The co-founders of Asiya, Fatimah Hussein and Jamie Glover, join Bobbi-Sue to talk about the company they started to provide women with sports hijabs. Both women have fascinating backgrounds and by chance came together to create a company that has an immediate impact on young girls and women who want to participate in sport but maintain their mode...2018-11-211h 19Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Katie Lentz, Administrator for MLB’s B.A.T.This week’s episode is a special one just in time for Thanksgiving. It’s so important to take time to be grateful for the good things in our lives and to be grateful for what sport can do. Katie Lentz was in a head-on collision with a drunk driver just before her sophomore year at Tulane. She was in school in a pre-dental program and had planned on being a dentist. On multiple levels, surviving the crash was a miracle. Her recovery, and the way that sport played a part, was another. Soon after getting out of the hosp...2018-11-171h 27Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Janis Burke, CEO of the Harris County-Houston Sports AuthorityBobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard’s guest this week is Janis Burke, CEO of the Harris County–Houston Sports Authority. She became the third chief executive and first woman to hold the position. In addition to overseeing the billion dollars of bond debt service for Houston’s professional sports stadiums, under her leadership, Houston has been awarded major sporting events to include: U.S. Olympic Trials, collegiate tournaments, numerous National and World Championships, AAU Junior Olympics, and the Transplant Games of America. She sits on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Sports Commissions, and has also been recognized locally by Con...2018-11-071h 23Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field Bonus: VoteQuick “mini-sode” for LTPF listeners. You can now join the Leveling The Playing Field Group on Facebook. Bobbi-Sue also reminds y’all to go out and vote and, if you’re in Florida, vote “yes” on the voting rights amendment.
You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us your comments and thoughts. You can also email us at LTPFPod@gmail.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Tune...2018-11-0404 minLeveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Tracie Speca-Ventura, Founder/President Of Sports And The ArtsHappy 50th episode!! Bobbi-Sue celebrates by making a few announcements. Keep your eyes open for a private group on Facebook, merchandise, and a new website. And, of course, lots of gratitude to you, our listeners, and Jerry and Jason at Radio Influence. This week’s episode is with Tracie Speca-Ventura, Founder & President of Sports and the Arts. Tracie’s path includes nannying for… wait for it… Pete Rose. She tells the story of the day he found out he was banned from baseball. She continued to nanny for various celebrities and athletes while building her business. It was a tough be...2018-10-311h 15Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Anna Karefa-Johnson, VP of Events & Programming for RISEThis week’s episode starts with Bobbi-Sue talking about her experience at the Women’s Sports Museum Gala where trailblazers Donna Orender, Justine Siegal, the IAWA, and Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling were honored. She is so proud that the first event that the LTPF sponsored was this event. In addition, Bobbi-Sue shares about speaking on a panel at a legal conference this week and how it made her feel. While at said conference, Bobbi-Sue was “recognized” by a listener which was a first.
The interview this week is with Anna Karefa-Johnson, the Vice President of Events & Programming for the Ross Ini...2018-10-251h 50Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Jessica Muroff, CEO of the Girl Scouts of West Central FloridaAfter a really tough couple of weeks for a lot of women in this country, this week’s guest brings a lot of hope because she’s helping to empower young girls to be go-getters, innovators, risk takers, and leaders. Jessica Muroff is the CEO of the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida. As a former Girl Scout herself, Jessica truly believes in the mission driving the Girl Scouts organization. Her career began in marketing, particularly in the financial sector, and then after some time serving on the board of a non-profit, she took the leap to be CEO. When...2018-10-101h 18Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Christina Unkel, FIFA Referee, Attorney, & Board Member of the Women’s Sports MuseumThis week’s episode is with Christina Unkel, one of three American female FIFA referees. Christina began refereeing at the age of 10. She worked her way up the ranks (once she realized that there were ranks to climb) and now has a FIFA badge. You can find her traveling across the world to referee elite women’s soccer matches. Oh….and her day job is as an attorney. Not only that, but Christina has two other businesses that she has started and manages. Plus, she is on the board of directors for the Women’s Sports Museum. We talk about al...2018-10-031h 37Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Sports Psychologist/Author Dr. Caroline SilbyThis week’s episode starts with a bit of news! Our 50th episode is coming up! Tell us how we should celebrate. Help us get to 100 reviews on Apple Podcasts and 500 followers on Instagram! Also, we’re thinking of selling swag! Tell us what you want to see in the store. In addition, we’ve become “big time.” LTPF is a media sponsor for the 3rd annual Women’s Sports Museum gala being held in Sarasota on October 19, 2018. Check out womenssportsmuseum.org for info on how to get tickets, donate, become a sponsor, etc. Bobbi-Sue will be there and is excited t...2018-09-261h 48Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Jenna Byrnes, Senior VP of the Oklahoma City DodgersThis episode of Leveling The Playing Field starts with Bobbi-Sue talking about the launch of the Tampa Bay chapter of WISE. There were no less than six former guests and at least one future guest in attendance. Make sure you join the chapter if you’re in Tampa. If not, check out where the closest chapter is and join! It is a great way to network with women in the industry.
Our guest this week is Jenna Byrnes. Jenna is the Senior Vice President of the Oklahoma City Dodgers, the triple-A affiliate for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sh...2018-09-191h 20Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Kathy Burrows of Sold Out SeatingThis week’s episode of Leveling The Playing Field starts with Bobbi-Sue talking about the debacle at the US Open’s ladies finals and how mad she is about it. We move quickly to reminding everyone about the MLB Player’s Trust’s Michael Weiner Scholarship for Labor Studies. Go to Playerstrust.org to apply.
Our guest this week is Kathy Burrows, CEO (“Chief Energy Officer”) at Sold Out Seating. Kathy began her career as a nurse and quickly realized that wasn’t her true calling. By participating in a volunteer sales club with the Cleveland Indians, she realized s...2018-09-121h 31Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Melissa LudtkeWe are coming up on the 40th anniversary of the landmark victory of Ludkte v. Kuhn. Melissa Ludtke, at the time a 20-something sports reporter for Sports Illustrated, was barred from entering the Yankees clubhouse while on assignment during the World Series. MLB policies banned women from locker rooms at the time. Ludtke’s suit was about equal access. And the judge saw it that way. Melissa moved on from sports a few years later and focused on societal issues of women and children.
Melissa Ludtke is an author, filmmaker, and award-winning journalist. She’s reported for Spor...2018-09-052h 10Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Laura Okmin of Fox Sports & Westwood OneLaura Okmin is one of the most recognizable faces and voices in sports broadcasting. Her relationships with athletes, coaches, and front office staff are what make her one of the most respected in the business. As a sideline reporter for NFL on Fox and Westwood One, she has one of the most coveted broadcasting jobs in the industry. What she does off the field, though, is what she’s truly passionate about. That’s why she started GALvanize – to help young women navigate the crazy waters of sports broadcasting.
Bobbi-Sue and Laura go around the world in this c...2018-08-222h 06Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Jean Afterman, Assistant GM Of The New York YankeesJean Afterman is one of the most powerful women in baseball. As only the third female Assistant General Manager in the big leagues, Jean is a force. She did not come into this role through a traditional path. She was a history of art major at Cal Berkley, had an acting career, and found a loophole to bring Japanese baseball players to the US. All before becoming the Assistant GM of the Yankees! She is long rumored to eventually become the first woman in a GM role in MLB but if you ask her, she doesn’t want that gi...2018-08-081h 31Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Janet Marie Smith, Los Angeles Dodgers’ Senior VP Of Planning & DevelopmentJanet Marie Smith’s imprint on the sport of baseball is seen by millions of people each year. As the architect/planner behind the Camden Yards ballpark, Turner Field, and renovations of Fenway Park and Dodger Stadium, she brought that intimate feel back to the ballpark experience. Her entrance into the sport was part luck, part persistence. She had no ballpark experience but knew that she could provide a unique perspective to Larry Lucchino and his crew for the Camden Yards project.
This conversation covers her “non-traditional” entry into sport, the various projects she’s had the opportun...2018-07-251h 10Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Danita Johnson, Director Of Business Development For The LA ClippersDanita Johnson, Director of Business Development for the LA Clippers, joins Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard on this week’s episode. Danita’s career has always been in pro basketball but she bopped around from D-league (now G-league) teams to WNBA teams back to the NBA with the Clippers. Much of her time has been in sales but her new role takes into account marketing, sales, community outreach, and anything that can drive revenue. Starting in community relations, she was taught early on how important a skill set in sales would be to future success. Danita and Bobbi-Sue talk about these transitions, an a...2018-07-181h 13Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Nicole Pike, Managing Director of Nielsen eSportsWe have our first guest in the eSports space this week! Nicole Pike is the Managing Director of Nielsen Esports. Nicole went to school thinking she would go into international affairs and politics. Instead, she ended up at one of the largest market and product research companies in the world working on eSports. She has been with Nielsen for almost her entire career. Nicole tells Bobbi-Sue about her passion for figuring out what drives consumer behavior and how she landed in a space that didn’t exist just 5 years ago. The discussion captures a lot of the background info on...2018-07-111h 34Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Brenda Andress, Commissioner of the Canadian Women’s Hockey LeagueBrenda Andress is the Commissioner of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League and founder of the #SheIs movement. Brenda’s goal has been to grow the women’s game across all leagues. A hockey player herself, she fell in love with the game and knew she wanted to work in sports somehow. Her path included the unconventional route of parks and recreation and community facility development. Brenda has been making serious moves in sport since she was in college where she was the first female to play on a men’s collegiate team in Canada. Later in life, she would be...2018-07-041h 16Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Reno Aces General Manager Emily JaensonEmily Jaenson is the first woman in two decades to be named General Manager of a ball club in the Pacific Coast League of Minor league baseball. She is currently the only female GM in all of Triple-A and one of 5 total in MiLB. Her path to the GM role is one of Bobbi-Sue’s favorites thus far.
Emily started as a ticket sales intern with her hometown team, Chicago Bulls. After the program ended, she moved over to the Muscular Dystrophy Association where she worked on everything from fundraising to events for over 3.5 years. She has be...2018-06-271h 15Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Stephanie Jarvis, Principal of SJarvis ConsultingThis week, Bobbi-Sue sits down with Stephanie Jarvis, principal of SJarvis Consulting, a sports and events consulting firm, and lecturer at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Stephanie’s career started in compliance in collegiate athletics. She continued in that role for quite a while before moving over to the Fiesta Bowl and focusing on the legal work for large sporting event organizing committees.
Bobbi-Sue and Stephanie talk about what compliance is, how Stephanie took advantage of opportunities that arose, and what the heck a senior woman administrator is. In addition, they get in...2018-06-201h 41Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of Champion WomenContent Warning: This episode contains a discussion of sexual assault and child molestation. There is no detail provided, however, I wanted to let you all know beforehand.
Nancy Hogshead-Makar is an Olympic gold medalist, attorney, CEO, women’s advocate, and change maker. During the 1984 Summer Olympics, she brought home 3 gold medals and one silver medal. However, she has truly made her mark in her advocacy for girls and women in sport. Her career began as an intern at the Women’s Sports Foundation. She worked at a large law firm advocating for women’s rights to equal opport...2018-06-131h 30Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Nefertiti Walker of The University of MassachusettsBobbi-Sue is back! This week, she speaks to Nefertiti Walker, the Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Isenberg School of Management and Assistant Professor for the McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts. She is the co-chair of the Diversity Committee for the North American Society of Sport Management, a member of the espnW College Athletics Advisory Panel and the LGBT Sports Coalition Leadership Team. Nef has focused her research on Sport Organizational Behavior, Inclusion, and Equality (including intersectionality, gender issues) in Sport.
She is a former collegiate athlete having played basketball at...2018-06-061h 39
What's Next? PodcastS.1 Ep. 21: Landing Your Dream Job in Professional Sports | Kim MinerLineup:
Guest: Kim Miner, Club Counsel/SVP at Pawtucket Red Sox
Kim Miner is an in-house lawyer for the Pawtucket Red Sox, the Triple-A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. .
Kim formerly played softball at Tufts University before going on to earn her law degree at Harvard Law School. Kim spent her undergraduate and graduate years working towards a career in the sports industry (she was even the ball girl for the Boston Red Sox) and she has now landed her dream job as an attorney for a professional baseball organization.
Lets get into this awesome episode!
First, our...2018-05-1846 minLeveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Margaret Schlachter, Obstacle Course Race ExpertMargaret Schlachter is a bit of a renaissance woman. She was one of the first women on the scene of obstacle course racing. After 10 years in education and coaching, Margaret found herself at a crossroads. She discovered OCR (Spartan Race, to be exact), began a website to document her training for World’s Toughest Mudder, and became one of the top professional athletes in the sport. Margaret’s website, Dirt In Your Skirt, became the premier destination for all things OCR and was the impetus for her book, which is being re-released in September and is currently available for pre...2018-05-162h 04Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Susie Piotrkowski, VP of Sales for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)After our very tough episode last week, this week’s episode brings some much-needed levity. Bobbi-Sue chats with Susie Piotrkowski, VP of Sales for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).
Susie’s career began at IMG and then moved onto media buying and then Fenway Sports Management. Her next move, to Spartan Race, would be career changing. She finally got to test her chops at selling and she hasn’t stopped since. There are some f-bombs in this episode – more than usual because New Englanders talking do that.
Susie has great advice for people in school...2018-05-091h 28Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Morgan McCaul, Nassar SurvivorMorgan McCaul is so much more than just a “Nassar Survivor.” She is a dancer, student, advocate, organizer, sadly allergic to cats, friend, daughter, girlfriend, teacher, intern, change maker. At almost 20 years old, she has experienced more than I wish upon anyone. Imagine your first year of college. What were you doing? Morgan has been fighting for justice in court, and for change at Michigan State University and in the Michigan legislature. Morgan is one of over 300 “sister survivors” of Larry Nassar’s abuse and the systemic failure of the sports industry – at the junior, collegiate, and national levels – to protect ath...2018-05-021h 36Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Heather Martin, Integration Specialist at Heritage WerksOn this week’s episode, Bobbi-Sue speaks with Heather Martin, Integration Specialist for Heritage Werks. While her title and company don’t sound super “sporty,” her current role gives her access to some really cool sports history. Previously, she worked in the Athletics Department at Pepperdine University and the Detroit Pistons. The conversation goes from how hard it must have been to choose the most beautiful university in the US for college to how social media can make or break someone’s brand. Heather’s time at Pepperdine started just as the internet became a “thing” and continued until Twitter became c...2018-04-251h 23Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Darla Hall of In The Sports ZoneOn the pod this week, Bobbi-Sue speaks with Darla Hall, the owner of In the Sports Zone. In the Sports Zone is a company that puts out sports-themed activity and coloring books. Through licensing deals with colleges, MLB, NFL, and other brands, the company has grown year over year.
It all started with an idea to help one little kid kill time while in the hospital. Darla is a graduate of Ball State with a degree in journalism and marketing. She had a great career in marketing and advertising, including with her own company, when she made...2018-04-1859 minLeveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Claire Lessinger of the Tampa Bay Sports CommissionBobbi-Sue has another local woman in sports pop by her apartment for this week’s episode. Claire Lessinger is the Director of Special Events for the Tampa Bay Sports Commission. TBSC is the organization that attracts and puts on major sports and entertainment events in the Tampa Bay region such as the Super Bowl, Final Four, and College Football Championship. Prior to TBSC, Claire was head women’s volleyball coach at USF (and assistant coach before that). She was a student-athlete at UF where she met her mentor, Mary Wise. This episode is chock full of information as it rela...2018-04-111h 33Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Lawyer/Novelist Lauren StahlThis week’s guest is a little different than usual, Bobbi-Sue interviews someone outside of the sports world that she has been friends with since law school. Novelist and lawyer, Lauren Stahl, joins the pod to talk about her career path. She went from assistant district attorney to unemployed to author back to law with writing as her “side hustle.” She is the author of “The Devil’s Song” which Bobbi-Sue has raved about on the pod before. Lauren’s story is extremely interesting because while she was an ADA her father, the President Judge of their county, was federally indi...2018-04-041h 02Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Erika Brennan, USF Head Women’s Golf CoachOn this week’s episode, Bobbi-Sue interviews the Head Women’s Golf Coach at USF, Coach Erika Brennan. Coach Brennan was named to her current position in December 2017. Prior to USF, she was the Head Women’s Golf Coach at Southern Mississippi for three seasons. At Southern Miss, she led her team to six tournament titles.
Erika was a student-athlete at Western Carolina where she studied sport management. She shares a lot of insight on leadership, mentorship, and being a perpetual student. We even hear about her penchant for dancing around and the one time she did karaok...2018-03-281h 21Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Kathleen Scovel, Principle of The KAS GroupThis week, Bobbi-Sue chats with Kathleen Scovel, the principle at KAS Group. Kathleen has been in the advertising and marketing world for 20 years. She started off, though, in music video and commercial production. Casually, she mentions working with Prince. What!? After that, she was off to the races with advertising and experiential marketing.
She has worked with all of the everyday brands we all love and sports properties. One thing that Kathleen is heavily involved with at the moment is the #SeeHer movement. She discusses what this movement in the advertising world is all about and how...2018-03-211h 05Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Stacey May Fowles, Baseball WriterOn this episode of Leveling The Playing Field, Bobbi-Sue interviews award-winning novelist, journalist, and essayist, Stacey May Fowles. Fowles is the author of the Baseball Life Advice e-newsletter. She released a book by the same name this past year which is an essay collection that looks at topics ranging from bat flips to bandwagoners, from the romance of spring training to the politics of booing. Stacey May is not afraid to broach the subjects of mental health, sexism, and other cultural issues related to baseball in her writing. This is a wide-ranging interview that touches on all these topics...2018-03-141h 30Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Marina Carpenter, Associate General Counsel of the Arizona Coyotes LIVE From Michigan State UniversityThis episode of Leveling The Playing Field was taped live at Michigan State University’s College of Law. Bobbi-Sue spoke with Marina Carpenter, Associate General Counsel of the Arizona Coyotes, in front of a live audience. The women discuss their different paths to becoming in-house counsel for a professional sports organization. Marina’s path was more traditional with some time at a law firm. Listen in as they discuss what being in-house counsel for a team actually means and what they do on a day to day basis. This episode also provides a more of a peek into Bobbi-Sue’s care...2018-03-071h 03Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Former Raiders CEO Amy TraskThis week’s guest is Amy Trask, the former CEO of the Raiders, author, CBS football analyst, and current chair of the board for the Big3. She was the first female executive of any NFL team. Her book, “You Negotiate Like a Girl: Reflections on a Career in the National Football League,” details Amy’s experiences as the first female executive in the league. Amy is a prolific tweeter, engaging fans and sports professionals alike on a daily basis about the industry. She speaks with Bobbi-Sue about her time at the Raiders, the Big3, and ice cream, among many other to...2018-02-2852 minLeveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Legendary Marathon Runner Kathrine SwitzerThis week’s guest is one of Bobbi-Sue’s idols, Kathrine Switzer. Some of you may not recognize the name, but you will surely recognize the iconic photograph of her from the 1967 Boston Marathon when the race director tried to pull her off of the race course and her boyfriend blocked him. Yeah… THAT’S Kathrine Switzer. She was the first woman to run and complete the Boston Marathon as a registered participant with a bib number. Kathrine took her celebrity and worked her entire life towards the empowerment of women. First, she fought for the Boston Marathon to allow wo...2018-02-211h 01Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast Shannon MillerBobbi-Sue has a great interview this week with Shannon Miller, former Olympic gymnast and now a businesswoman. Shannon is the only woman, in any sport, to be inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame twice, as an individual and for her team.
With seven Olympic and nine World Championship medals, Miller is one of the most decorated American gymnasts, male or female. Today, she runs Shannon Miller Lifestyle, a women’s health and wellness business. In addition, Shannon is an outspoken advocate for research and prevention related to ovarian cancer as she is a survivor....2018-02-141h 18Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Bärí A. Williams, Former Head Of Operations North America for StubHubThis week, Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard talks with Bärí A. Williams, the former head of operations for North America for StubHub. Bärí is a business, technology, and startup attorney in California. She has worked in a variety of industries including risk management, insurance, advocacy, sports, and financial technology.
She is a 2015 recipient of the National Bar Association’s “40 Under 40” award, recognizing young attorneys excelling in achievement, innovation, vision, leadership and legal community involvement in their careers, as well as their “Excellence in Legal Innovation” award, and a 2015 recipient of the Digital Diversity Network’s “Top 40 Under 40: Tech Diversity” award.2018-02-071h 34Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Whitney Holtzman, President/CEO of Social VictoriesBobbi-Sue could not stop laughing during this interview. Whitney Holtzman is the President/CEO of Social Victories, a marketing and social media consulting company for those in the sports world. While the conversation is light and funny early on, the women get into a deep discussion regarding race towards the end.
Whitney has always taken the road less traveled when it comes to career choices. She started by interning with her local MLB team, moved on as a production assistant for Turner Sports and ESPN, parlayed the ESPN position into a position with the new ESPNW, and...2018-01-311h 42Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Morgan Skillman, NHL All Star Game Location CoordinatorMorgan Skillman is the NHL All-Star weekend Location Coordinator for the 2018 NHL All-Star Weekend in Tampa, Florida. Previously, she was the Volunteer and Staffing Manager at the 2017 World Rowing Championships. She has worked at Adidas in Germany and her next stop is the Super Bowl in Minnesota! A graduate of Liberty University, Morgan has a true love of working with people and logistics. Bobbi-Sue and Morgan talk about all things related to her time at Liberty, in Germany, and the World Rowing volunteer groupies.
A bright, up and comer, Morgan is a delight to speak with and...2018-01-241h 19Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: New York Times Best Selling Author Amy Jo MartinThis week’s guest on Leveling The Playing Field is the amazing Amy Jo Martin. She is the host of the “Why Not Now?” podcast where she interviews people about the moment they realized they should go for that thing they’ve been thinking of doing.
Amy Jo is a New York Times bestselling author, the woman who taught Shaquille O’Neal how to tweet, former CEO/Founder of Digital Royalty, keynote speaker, innovation advocate, and angel investor. She has been named the #3 most powerful person on Twitter by Forbes.
The conversation this week goes all over t...2018-01-171h 41
WiSP Sports RadioFriday Fun with Bobbi- SueChris is joined by Bobbi-Sue Doyle Hazard on The Morning Show to review today’s news in the world of women’s sport, which includes disagreements in transgender fairness, equality in rowing, off the tennis court controversy, and Princess Reema championing women in sport. Follow @Bobbi-Sue and @LTPFpod and @WiSPsports on Twitter.2018-01-1305 minLeveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Tera Black, COO of the Charlotte CheckersThis week, Bobbi-Sue speaks with Tera Black, the Chief Operating Officer of the Charlotte Checkers, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes. Her career in hockey is expansive and includes roles in everything from travel coordinator to athletic trainer to equipment manager. In 2016, she was named the first-ever female winner of James C. Hendy Award as the American Hockey League’s Most Outstanding Executive, an award that has existed since 1962. Also in 2016, she was named to the Sports Business Journal Game Changers class. This conversation covers everything from what it’s like to renovate a 60-year old hock...2018-01-101h 28Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Dr. Kelly DugganHappy New Year! By the time you hear this, it will be 2018. There are three times of year that I absolutely love: the beginning of the year, Boston Marathon time, and school starting time. Each feels like a new start. The Boston Marathon provides me with a kick in the pants. The start of the school year always makes me feel fresh and new. The beginning of the year is when I do all of my great planning and goal setting. Here are a few of my goals for LTPF in 2018: Consistently release new episodes of LTPF on a...2018-01-031h 25Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Michelle Price of the Washington NationalsThis week on Leveling the Playing Field, Bobbi-Sue chats with a classmate from UMass – Michelle Price, Director of Client Retention for the Washington Nationals.
Michelle has been with the Nationals for about eight months. Her career began as an intern for the UMass Athletic Department, blimp crew, and a stint as a customer service intern with the Hudson Valley Renegades, the Single-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.
After college, she worked with the Boston Celtics in a variety of ticket sales positions, eventually becoming #3 in group sales for the entire NBA. She moved over to...2017-12-061h 47Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Laura Moore of Girls On The Run Tampa BayBobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard speaks with the Executive Director of Girls On The Run Tampa Bay, Laura Moore. Girls On The Run is an organization that uses running to teach girls in 3rd – 5th grades life skills such as confidence, balance, and emotional control.
Laura has built the Tampa Bay council from 6 locations to 40 in just 4 years! With a master’s degree in non-profit management, Laura started off at a domestic violence transition program.
The women talk about non-profit management, running, domestic violence, and how people can get involved with a non-profit. Zoey (Bobbi-Sue’s youngest furbaby) makes...2017-11-221h 21
The Tao of Sports Podcast – The DefinitiEp. 829 - Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard (Asst GC, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard has initiated a sports business podcast focused on the advancement of women in the industry, called Leveling The Playing Field. Doyle-Hazard discusses some of the issues underlying the sports industry in terms of gender equity, then starts a discussion on privilege and the #MeToo social media movement. Doyle-Hazard then discusses her battles with depression. Twitter:@BobbiSue2017-11-1346 min
Tao of Sports PodcastEp. 829 - Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard (Asst GC, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard has initiated a sports business podcast focused on the advancement of women in the industry, called Leveling The Playing Field. Doyle-Hazard discusses some of the issues underlying the sports industry in terms of gender equity, then starts a discussion on privilege and the #MeToo social media movement. Doyle-Hazard then discusses her battles with depression. Twitter:@BobbiSue2017-11-1346 minLeveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Journalist Shireen AhmedBobbi-Sue speaks this week with Shireen Ahmed, a freelance sports journalist and one of the hosts of Burn it All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need.
She is an athlete, advocate, coach, mentor, and community organizer who works with Youth of Colour on empowerment projects. She and Bobbi-Sue discuss her life as a Muslim woman in sport, soccer, her advocacy work in social services, and cats…..of course.
You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at...2017-11-081h 08Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Keri Potts, ESPN’s Senior Director Of Communications (Part 2 of 2)Every 98 seconds someone in America is sexually assaulted. In this second part of the interview with Keri Potts, Sr. Director of Communications for ESPN, we discuss the sexual assault that Keri experienced in Italy, how she managed to jump down roofs to escape, and all the hoops she had to jump through in order to get justice from another country.
This may be a tough episode if you have experienced sexual violence. For resources, please visit RAINN at RAINN.org or call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE.
You can follow the podcast...2017-11-011h 12Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Keri Potts, ESPN’s Senior Director Of Communications (Part 1 of 2)Keri Potts is the Sr. Director of Communications for ESPN. Keri has been named one of PR Week’s 2016 40 under 40, Presidential Volunteer Service Awardee, and ESPN’s Volunteer of the Year. She is the driving force behind ESPN hits such as the 30 for 30 films, College Gameday, and the SEC Network. A Scholastic All-American from Syracuse where she played volleyball, she graduated with both her undergrad and master’s degrees in only 5 years. Keri is on the Atlanta Hawks’ diversity council and she serves on the board of Pathways to Safety International. She is also a sexual assault survivor, certified crisis c...2017-10-281h 24Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Rashida Gayle, Director of Talent Marketing for TLA WorldwideBobbi-Sue speaks with Rashida Gayle, Director of Talent Marketing for TLA Worldwide. Rashida is still at the beginning of her career. Her path to TLA included lots of internships and starting her own marketing agency with one player: Devonta Freeman. She and Bobbi-Sue discuss all of those internships, how she got Devonta as a client, and how important growth is from a personal and professional perspective.
You can follow the podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LTPFPod or check out the website at LTPFPod.com. Bobbi-Sue can be found on Twitter at @BobbiSue. Please send us...2017-10-111h 13Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Tracy West, Tournament Director of the PGA’s Valspar ChampionshipTracy West, Tournament Director for the Valspar Championship, joins Bobbi-Sue on this week’s episode to discuss her career path. Having started her professional career doing market research and economic forecasting for the furniture and insurance industries, Tracy found her true calling after she began volunteering for a junior chamber organization on their Championship Tour event. Since then, Tracy has been running events from exclusive charitable runs that end on home plate at Fenway Park to PGA tour events. Bobbi-Sue is fascinated by the ins and outs of running a PGA tournament and how fun it must be to ha...2017-09-271h 26Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Allison Gorrell, President of Plan A ManagementBobbi-Sue speaks with Allison Gorrell, the president of Plan A Management, a boutique full-service consulting firm. With experience in nonprofit management, public relations, and special event production, Plan A Management is capable of executing events, programs, projects and campaigns for both nonprofit and for-profit entities. Plan A Management services multiple charitable organizations for athletes, including the Ryan Nece Foundation and the Jackson in Action 83 Foundation. Allison’s career first began in public relations as an intern. The conversation flows from Allison’s early career to making the leap to start her own business. Allison isn’t afraid to discuss the ge...2017-09-201h 15Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Terri Jackson, Director of Operations for the WNBAPATerri Jackson, the Director of Operations for the WNBA Player’s Association, joins Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard on this week’s Leveling the Playing Field. Terri was with the WNBPA for just a few weeks when the “hot summer” in America of 2016 occurred. Through her leadership and the leadership of the PA’s executive team, the athletes of the WNBA accomplished something never seen before in history, a unified front on hot button social issues.
Terri takes Bobbi-Sue through that time period and gives great insight into how the athletes came to the position they did and how Terri backed the...2017-09-061h 39
The Sports Law Biz Podcast31: Leveling the Playing Field with Bobbi-Sue Doyle-HazardIn this episode, Peter speaks with Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard, assistant general counsel for a professional sports franchise and host of the Leveling the Playing Field podcast. They discuss Bobbi-Sue’s career trajectory as well as her new podcast, which features women in sports. You can find the iTunes link for her podcast here and you can reach her on twitter here. You definitely don’t want to miss out on her wisdom on twitter, both personally and professionally!
You can listen to this podcast at the bottom of this blog post or through iTunes or Stitcher. Make sure to subsc...2017-09-0500 minLeveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Denise White, CEO of EAG Sports ManagementIn the third episode of Leveling the Playing Field, Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard speaks with Denise White, CEO of EAG Sports Management. EAG Sports Management has been servicing the PR, Marketing, Personal, and Business needs of high profile professional athletes for almost two decades.
Denise’s professional career began as a traffic reporter and then on to being a production assistant in Hollywood. It was during her time working on the show “Sparks” when she met the man who would give her the nudge to open her own shop. That man is the one and only Samuel L. Jackson. Denise...2017-08-301h 32Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Dr. Jen Welter, The NFL’s First Female CoachThis week’s Leveling the Playing Field was recorded in person as Bobbi-Sue interviews Dr. Jen Welter, the first female coach in the NFL, former professional football player, sports psychologist, and author. Jen is one of the best women’s football players in the world. She played professionally for 15 years, won 4 championships, was on Team USA when the team won the first and second gold medals in the sport ever and went to 8 pro bowls. As if that wasn’t enough, Jen went on to make history in the men’s game 3 times.
Dr. Welter’s journey from tenni...2017-08-232h 01Leveling The Playing FieldLeveling The Playing Field: Sally Bergesen, CEO & Founder of OiselleOn this week’s Leveling the Playing Field, Bobbi-Sue interviews Sally Bergesen, CEO & Founder of Oiselle. Sally is known in the running world as a loud voice for change, whether it be regarding how female athletes are sponsored or the rules regarding brand recognition during high profile events.
Sally grew up in Berkley, CA during the 70s in a progressive family. Her father was a civil rights and prisoner’s rights attorney in Mississippi and then San Francisco. The family encouraged the outspoken and activist nature that is Sally’s calling card. Bobbi-Sue and Sally discuss the curren...2017-08-161h 47Leveling The Playing FieldSports Attorney Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard is “Leveling The Playing Field” on Radio InfluenceRadio Influence is pleased to welcome sports attorney and advocate for women in sports Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard and her new podcast, “LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD,” to the Radio Influence family beginning Wednesday, August 16, 2017.
Each Wednesday, Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard interviews women in all stages of their careers in the sports industry about their lives, career paths, and passions. While women have been making advances in sports since Title IX was passed, there is still more work to be done. Bobbi-Sue’s goal with each interview is two-fold: Highlight women making their mark on the industry and provide young women with a resou...2017-08-0805 min
Black Girls Talk SportsWomen Working in Sports: Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard Host: Rekaya Gibson Host: Angela Spears, Dream Living Coach Sponsored by: Cuisine Noir Magazine - a food, wine, and travel magazine for African Americans Special Guest: Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard, Assistant General Counsel for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Bobbi-Sue Doyle-Hazard is Assistant General Counsel for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bobbi-Sue started her career as General Counsel and Director of Human Resources for the...2017-08-0541 min