"I never thought I'd work in basketball. For most of my career I've worked in global health with nonprofits. During COVID, I started paying more attention to the NBA as it utilized its arenas for vaccination sites and voting centers since you could be socially distanced and compliant by using them."
"So serendipitously I mentioned 'If you ever have an opening, I'd love to go through the recruiting process and see what happens.' One year later there was an opening, I applied, and I've been with the NBA for about three years now."
"The YMCA's been a great partner with the Clippers for years and years and we feel a strong affinity to the Y, given that our sport was created at a YMCA, so it's been part of the story of the NBA itself,"
Barbara Bush, daughter of former President George W. Bush, is the NBA's vice president of social impact and describes the role as her dream job. She played basketball until fifth grade, grew up in Dallas, later lived in Austin, and spent most of her career in global health with nonprofits. During COVID she engaged with the NBA as arenas served as vaccination sites and voting centers. She transitioned to the NBA after attending meetings with executives, applied when an opening appeared, and was promoted in 2023. She now oversees All-Star youth and development programming, collaborating with the Clippers and partners like the YMCA to renovate youth-serving spaces and support STEM and teen programming.
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