My Greatest Accomplishment: Providing legal counsel in connection with Philly’s Bike Share System “Indego” and being one of many people who helped bring it to the city — until I started working for the Dallas Mavericks. With the leadership of team owner Mark Cuban and CEO Cynthia Marshall, the organization underwent a transformation into what is now the standard in the NBA (and I would argue for all of professional sports team) for diversity and inclusion and workplace culture. To play a role in that change and to continue to serve a great employee force who embraced such a change, is my greatest accomplishment.
How Drexel Helped: I definitely honed my presentation skills during the research week poster sessions, which fostered my love of science communication. Drexel provided so many opportunities to showcase our research to the university community and beyond. I still collaborate with colleagues from my time in graduate school, on physics projects and others. Drexel supported me to attend conferences on the edge of my area of research, where I made many connections to other institutions.
Where I’ll Be in Five Years: Hopefully celebrating the Dallas Mavericks having won the 2024–2025 NBA Championship.
“If I live to be 100, the change I’d most like to see in the world is…
more diversity at the partnership level at mid-size and major law firms, as well as at in-house senior levels.” — Sekou Lewis