Cynt Marshall

Cynt Marshall
Dallas Mavericks
PositionChief Executive Officer
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1959-12-15) December 15, 1959 (age 64)
Richmond, California
Career information
CollegeUniversity of California, Berkeley

Cynthia Marshall (born December 15, 1959) is chief executive officer of the Dallas Mavericks. In February 2018, Marshall became the first Black female CEO in the history of the National Basketball Association.[1] Marshall was also one of her university's first African-American cheerleaders at the University of California, Berkeley in the late 1970s. Marshall worked for AT&T for 36 years in leadership role focused on improving workplace culture and encouraging diversity, equity and inclusion.[2]

  1. ^ Medina, Mark. "Meet Cynt Marshall: From one of Berkeley's first Black cheerleaders to the first Black woman CEO in NBA". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  2. ^ Scipioni, Jade (2020-02-21). "From the first black cheerleader at Berkeley to making history as Mavericks CEO: How Cynt Marshall did it". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-04-21.