Sheila Johnson

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Sheila Johnson is the team president, managing partner and governor of the WNBA's Washington Mystics, a position she gained before the 2005 season. On May 24 of that year, Washington Sports and Entertainment Chairman Abe Pollin sold the Mystics to Lincoln Holdings LLC, and Johnson was named president. She is believed to be the first African-American woman to be an owner or partner in three professional sports franchises, also having a piece of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards.

She is in a unique situation in sports, in that her ex-husband, Robert L. Johnson, owns a rival team in the same WNBA division, the Charlotte Sting. She and her former husband made their fortunes by founding the entertainment network BET, and then selling it to Viacom in 1997.

Dr. Johnson is also a member of the Board of Directors of the [Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership] at the University of Virginia.

Johnson is currently President and CEO of Salamander Hospitality.

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