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Donna Orender, who succeeded founding president Val Ackerman in April 2005, will resign effective Dec. 31. She will be a consultant to the league.

The Early Lead - WNBA President Donna Orender to step down at end of year

Update from the WNBA release: "The search for Orender’s successor will begin immediately, and NBA Senior Vice President, Team Marketing and Business Operations Chris Granger will oversee the league’s operations on an interim basis."

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Renee Brown not being the interim honcho suggests to me that she’s not a serious candidate for the top job. It will probably be someone from the outside, like Donna O was. It’s too much of a step down for Heidi Ueberroth. I doubt the W can pull someone like Donna Goldsmith (her NBA ties notwithstanding). A year ago I would have said Jeffrey Pollack, but since he just made a move like this he’s not likely to be in the mix.

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by pilight on Dec 3, 2010 2:42 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah - it would seem like Pollack is out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Pollack#cite_note-0

But I completely agree with you that they should at least look outside of WBB for people with experience helping a small league establish itself. And, given the circumstances, I don’t think people should be opposed to having a male successor…

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by Nate Parham on Dec 3, 2010 3:43 PM EST up reply actions  

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