About

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President

Nicole is the Regional Director-Eastern Time Traffic for NBC Sports Boston and Philadelphia, covering the Celtics, Flyers, Sixers, and Phillies. She co-leads the Women's Network for NBC Boston Hub. 

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Vice President

Kati currently oversees the content development and integration group, which works internally and cross-departmentally to solidify the content strategy, launch, performance, and communication for all ESPN+ Original, ESPN Films, 30 for 30, and Special Projects series and films.

Secretary

Patty is the Director of Sports Administration at Boston College, prior to her time at BC she was a Sports Administration faculty member at University of Cincinnati for 5 years. Before making the switch to academia Patty worked in college athletics for 16 years at every level of the NCAA DI, DII, DIII, and NJCAA.

Treasurer

Alice is the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis for the Boston Celtics.

Co-Director of Mentorship

Joanna is the Director of Sales at New Tradition

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Co-Director of Mentorship

Susan is the Founder of Accelerate Your Changes, a firm specializing in Change Management Consulting Services.  Previously, she was VP of Change Acceleration and HR at Comcast Spotlight. 

Director of SOCIAL MEDIA

Co-Director of Sponsorships

Director of Communications

Kaila is currently the Creative Project Manager at Cascade Maverik.  She oversees the planning, execution, and delivery of all creative projects for the lacrosse brand, and specializes in bringing brand stories to life.   Before this role, Kaila worked at New England Sports Network (NESN), and at Kraft Sports + Entertainment as the Corporate Partnerships Coordinator.

Co-Director of Memberships

Kayla is a Member Experience Executive for the Boston Celtics working with Season Ticket Members through an account management role.  Prior to that, she worked at 3STEP Sports as an Account Manager for their apparel department.  Kayla also played basketball at the Division I level which led to her playing basketball professionally in Portugal.

Co-Director of PROGRAMMING

A former college soccer all American, Arsenal Ladies defender, high school and college coach, United Soccer Coaches national staff coach and 25-year professional in New England's youth soccer landscape, Felicity brings well rounded experience and guidance to the WISE board. She is a VP at Steel Sports where she started Women of Steel, an initiative to empower and advocate for the young girls who play for Steel teams across the country. When not running tournaments, directing soccer camps or coaching education courses, Felicity can be found with her husband and high school age kids at the beach, boating, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro or traveling for work and pleasure.

Co-Director of Programming

Krista Thomas joined DraftKings in 2019 within the Business Development organization where she is responsible for a team that handles all Market Access Partnerships. These partnerships are a key component for DraftKings to legally operate statewide mobile sports betting, iGaming, and retail wagering. She is a member of the Senior Leadership Team and co-chair for the DraftKings Women’s Business Group. Krista has a wealth of experience beyond her time at DraftKings and has held several leadership positions for companies such as Reebok, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and GTECH (now IGT). Krista graduated with a B.A. and M.B.A from Bryant University in Smithfield, RI.