E37: #WomenSportsDev – Ashlee Fontes-Comber, Former President of United Soccer Coaches

This is an episode of #WomenSportsDev, our ongoing series hosted by one of Africa's leading sports broadcasters, Shon Osimbo, which features insightful conversations with leading female sports executives, leaders and stakeholders about the development of women's sport in Africa and globally.

Dr Ashlee Fontes-Comber is an award-winning and history-making aficionado and the former President of United Soccer Coaches Ashlee transformed D.C. United Women into the NWSL’s Washington Spirit, creating significant infrastructural and financial progress in just three years.  Fontes-Comber was the first female of colour to be ‘first in charge’ of a professional soccer franchise in the US.

In this episode, Ashlee joins Shon Osimbo to discuss her career journey, her experience as President of United Soccer Coaches, how to inspire the next generation of female athletes and opening doors for increased female representation in boardrooms in sport.

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