Business Consultant, EZ Negotiation Institute, Owner 2014 – Present Focus on contributing as a legal mind with a business/entrepreneurship background. Highly skilled as Corporate Speaker, Journalist, and Negotiator.• Launched and Served as Executive Director for: -US Women's National Soccer Team Players, 1996 - creating the first union, pregnancy leave clause, and group licensing deal with the Women's World Cup organization in 1998. -US Women's National Softball Team Players, 1996 - creating an association to protect player IP rights. -United Professional Skateboarder Association, 2000 - creating the first action sport association protecting boarders rights and negotiated better IP rights for X-Game and Gravity game boarders, bmxers, and inliners. -United Breakin Association, 2013, appointed to International World DanceSport Federation’s task force to get dancesport in Youth Olympics for 2018 USA Dance - appointed to NGB Task Force, focusing on moving USAD to NGB prior to break dancing debuting in the Paris 2024 Olympics.• Corporate Governance: Provide legal and non-legal guidance to senior level on business initiatives.• Business Development: Focus on growth and acquisition strategizing and identify alternative revenue streams. Advise on organizational models, assess risk, and connect potential partnerships.• Technology: Relevant experience in sophisticated legal environments, including solid experience in software development, intellectual property transactions (CR & TM) and counseling with a focus on software licensing, SaaS and e-commerce.• Commercial Contracts: Focus on non-profit, employment/labor, and business.• Global Speaker: Hired by Fortune 500 companies to speak on leadership, negotiation, career development and strategizing.• Arbitrator (technology, employment, business, transactional, and sports & entertainment)• Counsel for NCAA related matters.

Regular Contributing Journalist on the intersection of esports and the law for the Posts' esports focused section, The Launcher.

Editor-in-Chief of Esportsandthelaw, focusing on the intersection of esports and the law. Co-Founder of free publication.

Editor in Chief of an industry newsletter focused on sports and gambling (gaming). Co Founder of free newsletter https://mylegalbookie.com/

George Washington University and Law Schools (prior institutions: Baltimore, American, UDC, & George Mason Law Schools).• Winner of GWU Business School teacher award, Outstanding Master of Science Management Faculty Award• US State Department/U.S. Embassy of Cyprus - teach Enterprenuership and Leadership to youth• Launched: Concept owner of GWU Sports Philanthropy Certificate – 200% growth in 4 years. Industry changer.• Courses: Sports, Entertainment, & Non-Profit Law, Moot Court, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Negotiations & Marketing.• Technology: 1st department to develop GWU e-learning blended courses, professor from1988 to present.• Entrepreneurship Judge: GWU New Venture Capital Judge – awarded 1M+ to startups since inception.• Utilizing sports and entrepreneurship to bring conflicting cultures together - Instructor for US State Department and Embassy of Cyprus, teaching youth Cypriots about leadership and entrepreneurship.• A Preeminent Pitchologist - having a specialty in pitching and idea and getting it accepted by all. Developing a vision that all can connect to.

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Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, KMStandards, LLC 2011 - 2014Report to CEO and serve on senior management team for a patented contract drafting technology company.Provide legal counsel in driving strategies and initiatives to achieve company and operating business objectives. Maintained legal, financial, operational and business acumen while protecting the company’s interests. Separated from company upon acquisition of startup - acquired and departed. • Transactional: Handled a wide variety of business transactions such as joint ventures, while drafting agreements like vendor, professional service, SAAS cloud computing, software, content, partnering, distribution, application hosting, web-based services and technology development services. Lead team to develop due diligence and acquisition process to deal with firewalls and privacy matters within law firms. Designed and implanted contract execution process for sales force. • Intellectual Property: Licensing, technology commercialization, copyright, and patent oversight.• Business Development: Designed and implemented partnership strategy, increasing clients by 60%. Engaged Lexis Nexis as client.• Corporate: Filed newly formed corporation documents, developed bylaws, advised on corporate compliance, developed/engaged with Board.• Business & Marketing Development: Managed sales team (tripled staff), marketing/PR strategy and budgetary matters.

A non-profit trade association representing 55,000 in-house counsel globally. Reported to the VP of legal resources, served on the senior management team and oversaw/manage legal affairs of organization.Transitioned out with hiring ED, GC, and CLO.• Corporate: Update bylaws, advise on corporate compliance and HR matters, interact with board, policy and procedure drafting, interpreting, and implementing company-wide programs such as codes of conduct, contract management system, employment regulations, social media/website usage agreement, and record retention.• Transactional: negotiate, draft, and manage all significant company agreements, including vendors hotels, conference venues, exhibitors and create templates and process of execution. Designed and implemented contract management system, reducing turnaround time for contract review by 65%.• Governance: participated in internal and external meetings, as well as Board meetings, regarding association matters, including development of special educational projects/resources and growth within the global community. • Technology: Provide pragmatic counsel related to technology commercialization and IP. Substantive experience with drafting and negotiating agreements (SAAS technology, event, licensing, copyright, software, partnering, distribution, commercial leases, employment & labor, web-based services). • Business Development: Designed and implanted 9 tech-based educational resources, bringing in more than $7m since launch.Contract Management System, Green house Counsel. Oversaw launch of CLE e-educational portal, growing 20% yearly for 5 years, authored articles and developed and taught e-learning courses.• Business & Marketing Development: Manage staff attorneys/assistants, marketing strategy, sponsorship development and budgetary matters, monitoring project and dept. budgets, designed financial protocols and procedures to control costs and monitor.• Co-Created Sports & Entertainment Group – 1100+ members.

A plum internship at the NFL Players Association, a non-profit trade association, turned into a career of sports, including being the first female. NFL agent. Award winning career has included working/launching non-profit entities:• Launched US Olympic Gold Medal Women’s National Soccer Association (1995).• Launched US Olympic Gold Medal Women’s National Softball Association (1996).• Launched United Professional Skateboarders Association (2001).• 1st Commissioner of NCAA Division II Conference – Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (2001).• Co-Coordinator for Native Vision – Johns Hopkins/NFLPA Native American Non-Profit Program (1997).• Co-Coordinator for Heisman Foundation annual fund raising event(1997).Advocacy:• Testified for MD Legislation in support of K-12 Privacy Technology Act.• Testified for MD Legislation in support of College Privacy Rights Act for student athletes.• Testified for CA & DC Legislation in support of Worker Compensation for Prof. Female Athletes.PUBLICATIONS/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTSPrint Columnist:Street & Smith’s Business Journal, Brand MarketingEditor: WomensNewsLink.comAuthor: Authored chapters: Practicing Law Institute, American Bar Association, and Women’s Sports Foundation. Authored 50+Freelancer: Sports Illustrated, Street & Smith’s Pro/College Football & Basketball Annuals, PRO, NFL Insider, Pro FootballTelevision:Featured on TV (CBS, NBC, ABC, ESPN, CNN, HTS, Prime, etc.) as expertRadio: Regular expert on legal/business issues within sports’ industry (NPR)Speaker: (panel and keynote) to 400+ seminars• First female agent-attorney to represent NFL Players.• Court declared contract expert. Global speaker on negotiating skills.• First to organize unions for professional female Olympians, extreme athletes and break dancers.• Featured in 100+ publications (Sports Illustrated, USA Today, NY Times, etc.) covering career accomplishments.• GWU Sigma Nu Tau Entrepreneurship Society inductee

Worked in the Agent department and Legal departments. Returned to the NFLPA when serving as the Executive Director of the Women's National Soccer Players Association, Women's National Softball Players Association, and United Professional Skateboarder Association, between 1997 and 2000.