Dawn Rogers, executive director and CEO, 2017 Phoenix NCAA Basketball Final Four

Before she was hired by the Phoenix Local Organizing Committee, Rogers spent nine years at ASU as senior associate athletics director and senior women’s administrator.

Advice: “Reach out to men and women you admire from across fields. I did not realize until I was an athletic director that there were women who shared my same challenges in business. I have learned so much from women around me. There are tremendous leaders who have become mentors and friends as well.”

Surprising fact: “I’ve run nine marathons, including the Boston Marathon twice.”

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