Lois Elfman

Last week, the 2026 Sports Business Journal (SBJ) Game Changers conference brought women who work in sports together.

The two local Big East Conference WBB teams have solid spots in the Big East Women’s Basketball Preseason Poll.

UConn took the top spot in the Big East Preseason Poll. That did not dim the enthusiasm of the other conference teams.

After taking a break from track and field, Tiffeny Parker, 38, enjoyed a satisfying return at the World Masters Athletics Championships.

Chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Dr. Alberto J. Román sees himself in the students he serves — immigrants, first-generation college students and student parents — and works to bring them success.

Now in the ninth year of her presidency of Marymount University in Northern Virginia, Dr. Irma Becerra relishes her accomplishments while continuing to build for the future.

Dr. Marielena DeSanctis, chancellor of the Colorado Community College System (CCCS), describes herself as a woman of faith. “I believe very strongly that God gives us gifts, and we have the responsibility and obligation to use those gifts to do his will in the world,” says the woman who since October 2025 has overseen 13 community colleges at more than 35 locations educating over 130,000 students each year.

After taking a pause from track and field, Tiffeny Parker enjoyed a return at the recent World Masters Athletics Championships.

Brooklyn Basketball recently announced a significant expansion. It will be opening three new locations in Brooklyn in 2027.

"Georgetown brings together so many different parts of my personality and experience—my Catholic faith and my commitment to the Catholic intellectual tradition as well as my career at research institutions like Cornell and University of Chicago,” says Eduardo M. Peñalver, who became the 49th president of Georgetown University on July 1, 2026, the first Latino and second lay person to hold the position.