Cynt Marshall

Cynthia Marshall (born December 15, 1959) is chief executive officer of the Dallas Mavericks. In February 2018, Marshall became the first black female CEO in the history of the National Basketball Association.[1] Marshall was also one of her university's first African-American cheerleader at the University of California, Berkeley in the late 1970s. Marshall worked for AT&T for 36 years in leadership role focused on improving workplace culture and encouraging diversity/inclusion.[2]

Cynt Marshall
Dallas Mavericks
PositionChief Executive Officer
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1959-12-15) December 15, 1959
Richmond, California
Career information
CollegeUniversity of California, Berkeley

Marshall prefers to be called “Cynt” as she acquired the nickname with her high school track team — “Cynt the Sprint.” Marshall is a cancer survivor.

Early life

Marshall moved from Birmingham, Alabama to California when she was three months old. Marshall was raised in Richmond, California with three siblings.[3] She describes her childhood as being painful growing up in public housing projects with a family struggling to pay the bills. When she was 11 years old, Cynt witnessed her father shoot a man in the head in self-defense. In 1975, when Marshall was 15, her father broke her nose as she set out to save her mother from his domestic abuse. Her mother, Carolyn Gardener, was a high school executive administrator and resource librarian.[4]

Marshall received a full scholarship to attend the University of California, Berkeley to study business administration and human resources management.[5][6]

She married her husband Kenneth, and for 10 years they struggled to have kids. Marshall says she had four miscarriages, and the couple gave birth to a four-months-premature daughter who died six months later. Cynt and Kenneth have four children together.[7]

Dallas Mavericks

Mark Cuban hired Marshall following allegations claiming 20 years of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct within the Mavericks organization.[8]

References
  1. Medina, Mark. "Meet Cynt Marshall: From one of Berkeley's first Black cheerleaders to the first Black woman CEO in NBA". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  2. Scipioni, Jade (2020-02-21). "From the first black cheerleader at Berkeley to making history as Mavericks CEO: How Cynt Marshall did it". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. "Cynthia Marshall, NBA's first Black female CEO, helps transform culture of the Dallas Maverick franchise". The Official Home of the Dallas Mavericks. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  4. "Meet the Dallas 500: Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks". D Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  5. "Delta Gamma Blog - Delta Gamma". www.deltagamma.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  6. "Cynthia Marshall, CEO Dallas Mavericks". Cheetah Digital. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. Riggio, Olivia (2021-02-01). "Black History Month Profiles: Cynthia 'Cynt' Marshall, First Black Woman NBA CEO". DiversityInc. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  8. "How I Built Resilience: Cynt Marshall of Dallas Mavericks : How I Built This with Guy Raz". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.


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