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Experienced COO, lawyer, public speaker and sports and business strategist focused on practical solutions. Formerly: Chief Operating Officer at HBO Properties, SVP Business Affairs and General Counsel at Time Warner Sports, TVKO and TVKO Entertainment, General Counsel and Athlete Agent, Advantage International (now Octagon); currently, President of Lester Sports and Entertainment Inc. Experience in athlete representation, sports marketing, entertainment and sports licensing and merchandising, broadcast media, and all sorts of negotiations. A strategic problem solver who sees the big picture and builds consensus. First woman President of the Sports Lawyers Association, and first woman to chair both the American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and its Sports Division. First recipient of the SLA Women in Sports Award recognizing her pioneering and mentoring role for women sports lawyers, a recipient of The Ed Rubin Award, presented by the ABA Forum on the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Industries for excellence in the entertainment and sports industries and service to the Forum, and a recipient of the Professional Sports Law Award presented by Fordham University School of Law. Created business plan for HBO Properties and implemented the inaugural licensing programs for The Sopranos and Sex and the City, worked on Steinbrenner investigation, 1987 NFL strike, television, sponsorship, endorsement, and licensing and merchandising deals for some of the biggest names in professional and Olympic sports, in addition to Wimbledon, LPGA, World Cup Soccer, pay-per-view boxing, concerts, special events, and other sports and entertainment properties. Interested in all uses of technology in sports, including virtual reality, artificial intelligence and applications in the metaverse.