by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
For two-time WNBA championship winner Renee Montgomery, when it was time to walk away from the game she knew and loved, she decided it needed to be for the right reasons. She shares, “When I opted out of the WNBA in 2020, I wanted to make a big impact.” When her wife,...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Two-time WNBA champion Renee Montgomery shook the sports world last year when the Atlanta Dream point guard opted out of her 12th season to turn her attention full time to social justice reform. Through the Renee Montgomery Foundation, she launched the Remember the...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Renee Montgomery is looking forward to a time when more athletes will be able to take leadership roles after dedicating years to the sport they love. In February, Montgomery, 34, became the first former player to be both a co-owner and executive of a WNBA team. In...
by admin | Nov 12, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Renee Montgomery and Sirena Grace are married! Over a year after they wed in April 2020, the couple is opening up about their big day as well as sharing their love story with PEOPLE — which, of course, involves basketball. The Atlanta Dream co-owner and vice president...
by admin | Nov 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When something’s right, Renee Montgomery just knows it. The two-time WNBA champion has a knack for making tough decisions—choosing to go to UConn, knowing that her fiancé would become her wife and purchasing her home were all major decisions that she confidently made....
by admin | Sep 20, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
What started out as an aspiration in business, investing, and a LeBron James tweet soon became reality for Renee Montgomery. In January of last year, the WNBA champion peeped a tweet from James expressing interest in buying the Atlanta Dream. She immediately reached...
by admin | Sep 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Last summer, at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the nation, the players of the Atlanta Dream stood united against an off-the-court opponent: Kelly Loeffler, then a U.S. senator from Georgia and a co-owner of the team. Loeffler, a Republican, had...
by admin | Jun 25, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
If a woman from a small town in West Virginia can become the owner of a WNBA team, so can other women, Montgomery told the audience at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen digital summit. “I have nieces, I have nephews,” Montgomery said....
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Renee Montgomery and Tiffany Hayes appreciated what former UConn teammate Maya Moore was doing when the All-Star forward stepped away from basketball two years ago to focus on criminal justice reform. The Atlanta Dream guards admit they weren’t sure...
by admin | May 17, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Slam dunk. Earlier this year, you may have heard about Renee Montgomery. The former point guard was one of the Atlanta Dream players who got involved in the 2020 election, including working to defeat former Dream owner and GOP Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler, who...
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