From Tennis Champion to Trailblazer | Katrina Adams

Katrina Adams (0:00)

Because an arena can be anywhere. Your arena is where you are right now in your home or in your office, in your car, on your court, on your field, at the beach, wherever it is, that's your arena and the space that you are filling.

And I think everyone needs to understand that, because if you can own your arena, then you're owning your own presence, you're owning your own will as to what it is you're trying to accomplish.

Michael Gervais (0:36)

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Now, this week's conversation is with Katrina Adams, the first African American to lead the United States Tennis Association, USTA, the first two term chairman and president of that organization and the first former player to hold that honor. So under her guidance, the USTA achieved a number of major milestones, including the opening of the 100-court USTA National Campus in Orlando, the strategic transformation of the 600 million USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center that's in Flushing Meadows, New York, and an unprecedented outreach effort into underserved communities in an effort to share the sport of tennis with more people. And prior to this role, Katrina competed for 12 years on the WTA Tour, winning 20 career doubles titles and reaching the quarterfinals or better in doubles at all four Grand Slam events. It's a combination of her hard work and talent and skill in tennis, her leadership efforts, her philanthropy commitment, all of that has earned her many accolades, including being named on Adweek Magazine's Most Powerful Women in Sports twice, Forbes Magazine's Most Powerful Women in Sports, and then Ebony Magazine's Power 100 list. How about it?