Press Release :: Women's Basketball Coaches Association |
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| For Immediate Release Feb. 8, 2006 |
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Contact: Summer Thagard
WBCA Manager of Communications 770.279.8027 ext. 112 |
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Kai Williams Joins the WBCA Team
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Atlanta, Ga. - Kai Williams joined the WBCA in February of 2006 as
the company's first-ever marketing coordinator. Specifically, Williams will
be involved in sponsorship activation, assisting in the generation of leads
for new sponsors and assisting in all other marketing and branding efforts
at the WBCA.
Williams received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from William Paterson University located in Wayne, New Jersey. Currently, she is in the process of obtaining her Masters in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. In addition, Williams, along with other notable women from the Atlanta area, organized a chapter of a women's professional networking organization called W.I.S.E. (Women in Sports and Events) for which she is the former Vice President and Co-Founder. Most recently she was employed at NYC2012, U.S. Applicant City for the 2012 Olympic Games. Prior to working with NYC2012, Williams earned a position as a Public Relations Programs Department Intern with the prestigious United States Olympic Committee, (USOC) headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Finally, she began her career in sports as the Public Relations intern
at the Women's Sports Foundation in Long Island, New York. Her duties
included: constructing the department's newsletter, interacting with domestic
and international media outlets (print, broadcast), assisting in the marketing
strategies/promotions of the Awards and Grants given by the Foundation
and being point of contact for professional athletes during the Foundation's
Annual Award Dinner held at the Waldorf-Astoria. Founded in 1981, the WBCA promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches
at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster
and promote the development of the game in all of its aspects as an amateur
sport for women and girls. For more information about the WBCA, please
visit WBCA.org. |
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