Black leaders in sports share insights with students – The Brock News

As part of Brock University's Black History Month/African Heritage Month program, the Office of Human Rights and Equity and the Department of Sport Management co-hosted a live podcast with Marsha Gaye-Knight (left), founder, on Friday, February 9 by Black on the Sport Business Podcast and partnership marketing manager at CBC Sports and Olympics, and Julian Franklin (right), vice president, partnership development and strategy at Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (MLSE). Gaye-Knight also participated in one of several panel discussions held that day with sports management students. Other panelists included Barry Alexander, Chief Marketing and Diversity Officer, Canadian Marketing Association; Shauna Bookal (BSM '05), president and CEO, Inclusion in Canadian Sports Network; Fitriya Mohamed (BSM '19), founder and executive director of the Muslim Women's Summer Basketball League; Madeleine Mungal (BSM '23), Global Partnerships, National Basketball Association; Shawn Small, Founder and President, RISE Integrated Sports and Entertainment; Jordan Smalling (BSM '21), member sales and service representative, Toronto Blue Jays; Anika Taylor, Community Engagement Coordinator, MLSE LaunchPad; O'Neal Taylor, information technology manager, Golf Canada; and Angela White, Senior Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, MLSE.