Michele Roberts — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

First woman to head a major professional sports union in North America.
Served as Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) from 2014 to 2022.
Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates from 2011 to 2014.
Adjunct faculty member at Harvard Law School.
Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Earned her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley's School of Law in 1980.

Biography

Michele A. Roberts is an American attorney and former Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). She made history as the first woman to hold that position and the first woman to head a major professional sports union in North America. Roberts retired from her role as NBPA executive director in January 2022.