LeslieAnne Wade

LeslieAnne Wade is a multiple award-winning PR and marketing executive recognized for elevating the image and possibility for women in sports. After nearly 20 years as the first woman on the Chairman’s senior leadership team at CBS Sports, Wade is widely trusted and frequently engaged for strategic/crisis communications services across professional and college sports and media. She has recently managed and consulted players in professional golf, collegiate conference commissioners, professional team ownership, held a senior leadership position at Endeavor’s cultural marketing agency,160over90 and launched the American (Athletic) Conference brand in college sports. She is an adjunct professor of sports marketing at Seton Hall University and a graduate of Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana.