Matina Kolokotronis is the Chief Operating Officer for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. Spending over two decades with the Kings, she is the only woman in the NBA to hold the titles of both COO and President of Business Operations. Ahead of Mother’s Day, she is sharing her story as a female executive in a predominantly male environment to bring attention to the progress women have made in the sports industry and the steps all of us can take to drive change.
I was pregnant with my third child and working as a lawyer in Sacramento in 1996 when I received a phone call from Geoff Petrie, then the general manager of the Sacramento Kings.