On December 22, 2020, Danita Johnson made history when D.C. United announced that she had accepted an offer to become the team’s President of Business Operations. With her stepping into that role, she became the first black person and only the 3rd woman to serve as the president of a MLS club in the league’s history. By leaving her comfort zone of basketball to enter the soccer world, she was entering a space that didn’t have anyone like her in it, especially in the executive roles that run the business or technical sides of any of the 26 teams in Major League Soccer.
Black History Month: Danita Johnson speaks on D.C. United and being Black in the boardroom
