Tune in for an inspiring Dean’s Speaker Series with Cynt Marshall—President & CEO of Marshalling Resources, consultant, author, and former CEO of the Dallas Mavericks. A BA 81 graduate in HR Management, Cynt made history as the first Black woman to lead an NBA franchise, setting a new standard for inclusion and organizational culture. Previously, as Senior Vice […]

The Dallas Mavericks CEO shares her journey of becoming the first Black female CEO in the NBA.

Five years into leading the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association, Cynt Marshall laughs when discussing how she got there. In February 2018, Marshall was occupied with another conversation when she felt vibrations from persistent notifications on her phone. Believing it was one of her four children, and without checking, Marshall gave the phone […]

Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall discusses her new memoir, “You’ve Been Chosen,” which discusses how to thrive through unexpected challenges.

Cynthia “Cynt” Marshall was hired by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to take over as its CEO in 2018, becoming the first Black woman to ever head up an NBA team. In her new book You’ve Been Chosen she details the unlikely things for which she has been chosen, from a difficult and abusive childhood to a […]