Career
Borders was the president of the Henry W. Grady Health System Foundation where she led a five-year $325 million capital campaign before serving with the Atlanta city council. [11] [12] [13] From 2004 to 2010,she was president of the Atlanta City Council of Atlanta,Georgia,having been elected at-large in an August 10,2004 special election,her first run for public office. Her duties included presiding over and maintaining relationships with the city government. [14] She was a candidate for mayor of Atlanta in 2009. [15] On November 11,2009,Borders endorsed mayoral candidate Kasim Reed for the runoff election,occurring between Reed and Mary Norwood on December 1,2009. [16] Borders was succeeded in office by Ceasar Mitchell. [17]
In 2010,Borders became a founding leader of No Labels,a 501(c)(4) citizens movement of Republicans,Democrats and Independents [18] whose mission is to address the politics of problem solving. [19]
Borders was the vice president of global community affairs at The Coca-Cola Company before becoming the fourth president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) on February 10,2016. [12] As president,she established live streaming games on Twitter and launched the WNBA's one-day fantasy game. In 2017,the league recorded its highest attendance rate and the season was its most-watched in four years. [20] [13] She also served as the league's public face,hosting press conferences and doing a variety of interviews. [21]
In October 2018,Borders left the league to become the first president and chief executive officer of Time's Up. [20] In February 2019,she abruptly left her position at Time's Up due to sexual misconduct accusations against her son. [22]
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