CEO/Founder/Owner

Administration

Mr. Bee

C.E.O/Founder/Owner

Mr Bethea is bringing his concept of the Women's National D-League (WNDL )as a platform for competitive play that connects professional female basketball players and sports-related marketing opportunities for small businesses. Basketball has always been his passion. He conceived his concept for Women's National D-League in 2015 while working with The Westchester Knicks. He realized and understood the business aspect in 2017. He modeled the organization after the NBA, while building his own developmental league for female players. Approximately there are 30 million undrafted professional female basketball players in the United States due to only 3% are drafted to the WNBA. The league also offers a financial literacy program which are entreprenual opportunities. The woman are encouraged to market and brand themselves with a team for financial security after basketball while being able to continue their dream of playing here in the United State. Mr. Bethea (Mr. Bee) launched the WNDL in his hometown of New York City., and has expanded to Eleven (11) more cities.

Staff

Administration

Michelle Olds

President

Michelle Olds facilitates the building and expansion of the Women's National D-League. As the league's top official, she also educates interested players, coaches, interns, trainers and officials about the organization and its operations. On a daily basis, she also assists in the league’s administration, meetings, deadlines, budgets, event planning, marketing strategies, communications, community outreach and media relations.

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Staff

Administration

Glenndon Taitt

National Liaison Director

Glenndon Taitt works in conjunction with the President to implement the organization’s core initiatives. He also serves as second in command for the league at meetings and events.

In addition, Glenndon is responsible for the overall success and growth of the league. He leads meetings and ensures that all board and staff members continue to uphold the organization’s mission, vision, and values.

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Jamel Bradford

Director of Marketing & Promotions

Duval Medley

Intern Coordinator

Direct and supervise program activities and interns • Assist with recruiting, training, and coordinating volunteers • Ensure implementation of volunteer/intern training procedures carried out thoroughly. • Establish new programs and expand current programming at The Women's National D-League and within the community to support strategic objectives • Create a procedure manual for booking organizations for the WNDL Program. • Develop SOPs to execute processes and procedures • Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with community leaders and organizations • Work in cooperation with other interns and staff to market programs, distribute program information, and register program participants • Create campaign to book coaches, communicate with non-profit partners • Monitors and evaluate program performance and participation • Manage and maintain school resource list qualifications