Atlanta Hawks Chief Marketing Officer Talks Blazing Her Own Sports Trail

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Be sure to tune in this week to the latest episode of Adweek Presents: Most Powerful Women in Sports video series, featuring Melissa Proctor, chief marketing officer of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team.

Beginning as the NBA’s first female ball attendant for the Miami Heat at the age of 17, Proctor invested time and effort in growing her knowledge of the landscape and getting others comfortable with a female colleague on and off the court. An activist fighting for racial equality in sports and beyond, an author and an artist, Proctor joins Adweek to talk about her trailblazing career.

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