The Athletic Business Podcast: Black Leaders Offer Perspective on Fitness, Athletics Industries

Feb 18, 2021

In this bonus episode, we speak with two leading Black voices in the athletics and fitness industries. First, a conversation with Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association commissioner Jacqie McWilliams on her work amid the COVID-19 crisis and the pride she feels in representing Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Next, we speak with Cedric Bryant, president and Chief Science Officer of the American Council on Exercise about the fitness industry's efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion.

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