2020 HOSTS & FEATURED SPEAKERS
Malika
Andrews
NBA Reporter
Kelley
Carter
Senior Culture Writer, The Undefeated
Chelsea
Clinton
Author, “She Persisted in Sports”
Antonietta
Collins
SportsCenter anchor
Ayo
Davis
Executive Vice President, Talent & Casting, ABC Entertainment & Disney+
DeMar
DeRozan
NBA All-Star & Olympic gold medalist
Glennon
Doyle
Founder, Together Rising, best-selling author, and activist
Elle
Duncan
SportsCenter anchor
Cathy
Engelbert
WNBA Commissioner
Julie
Foudy
espnW Writer & ESPN Commentator, World Cup champion
Dany
Garcia
Chairwoman and CEO, The Garcia Companies; Co-Founder, Seven Bucks Companies and Co-Owner, XFL
Laura
Gentile
Senior Vice President, ESPN Marketing & Founder, espnW
Gracie
Gold
Professional figure skater & Olympic medalist
Kate
Johnson
Head of Global Sports & Entertainment Marketing, Google
Flora
Kelly
Senior Director, Strategic & Brand Insights, ESPN
Suzy
Kolber
Monday Night Countdown Host
Jewell
Loyd
Professional basketball player, WNBA Champion
Simone
Manuel
Professional swimmer & Olympic gold medalist
Alison
Overholt
Senior Vice President, Multiplatform Storytelling & Journalism, ESPN
Gunnar
Peterson
Professional Trainer & Director of Strength and Endurance, LA Lakers
Shelley
Pisarra
Executive Vice President, Global Insights & Strategy, Wasserman
Jimmy
Pitaro
Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content
Natalie
Portman
Actress, filmmaker, and Angel City FC Co-Owner
LaChina
Robinson
Women's College Basketball and WNBA, Analyst and Sideline Reporter
Monica
Rustgi-Mody
Vice President, Marketing, Budweiser
Molly
Seidel
Professional distance runner, NCAA Champion
Sarah
Spain
espnW Columnist, ESPN Reporter and Radio Host, and Summit Co-Host
Sage
Steele
SportsCenter anchor and espnW Summit Host
Carol
Stiff
Vice President, Women's Sports Programming, ESPN
Shiz
Suzuki
Assistant Vice President, Sponsorships and Experiential Marketing, AT&T
Maria
Taylor
College Sports Host & reporter, NBA Countdown Host
Abby
Wambach
Soccer legend, best-selling author, and activist
LaChina
Robinson
Women's College Basketball and WNBA, Analyst and Sideline Reporter
LaChina Robinson began working for ESPN in 2009 as a college basketball analyst and reporter. In addition, Robinson works WNBA games and the WNBA Draft. During the 2012-13 season, Robinson was an analyst on ESPN2’s women’s basketball Sunday telecasts, made her fourth consecutive appearance as a game analyst during ESPN’s coverage of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship, and her first as a reporter in the regional round. She has also been a sideline reporter on select college football telecasts.
Robinson appears on NBA TV as a studio analyst for its WNBA coverage and as a social media correspondent during the NBA Playoffs. She also works as a game and studio analyst for the Big Ten Network and for the last two years was a reporter at the Women’s Final Four for NCAA.com. Robinson started her career with the Atlanta Dream, both on radio and television for Fox Sports South, while also serving as the color analyst on the Georgia Tech women’s basketball radio broadcasts.
Robinson was a four-year starter on the Wake Forest University women’s basketball team, and a member of the 1999 ACC All-Freshman Team. Born in Boston and a childhood native of Alexandria, Va., Robinson graduated from Wake Forest in 2002 with a bachelors degree in sociology. Over a seven-year span (2003-10), Robinson held several positions with the Georgia Tech women’s basketball program, including administrative assistant of recruiting, director of basketball operations and special assistant to the head coach.
Over the years Robinson has been a part of several NCAA development and leadership forums, including: the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Females, from which she graduated in 2007; several NCAA Regional Leadership Conferences; NCAA National Student-Athlete Development Conference; and presided over the WBCA (Women’s Basketball Coaches Association) and NCAA “So You Want to be a Coach” program until 2011. She also started a consulting company, Stretch Beyond, in which she implements student-athlete development curriculum, team-building activities and people-building strategies for collegiate sports programs.
An avid public speaker at conferences and symposiums, Robinson was the recipient of the 2009 Atlanta Dream Women of Inspiration Award and named the H.A.U.T.E Power Woman of the Month in June 2011. She has volunteered in community programs such as Go Girl Go with the Women’s Sports Foundation, where she served in various capacities including their Grant Allocations Committee.
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