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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Nate Parham
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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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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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