While most eyes were on the NBA stars coming to Utah for All-Star Weekend, one group celebrated the Black women who have impacted the NBA behind the scenes.
SALT LAKE CITY — While most of Salt Lake City's eyes were on the NBA stars coming into Utah for All-Star Weekend, one group was celebrating the Black women who have impacted the NBA behind the scenes., which focuses on empowering and highlighting Black people, honored three women Friday afternoon: Utah Jazz digital content reporter and producer Nayo Campbell, philanthropist Tragil Wade-Johnson; and Andrea Williams, the chief experience officer of the Utah Jazz.
"Women have been behind so much for so many years," Wade-Johnson said. "It's time to come to the front of the room and sit at the table. We're so great at supporting, that's what we're made and built to do. But I really just think it's time. I think the more people get a chance to see it, the generations behind us will be able to have a better blueprint of what this looks like.
As she started reaching out to NBA teams about open positions, she remembers thinking "the last place I want to go is Utah." However, she said being able to use her voice to humanize and tell the stories of Jazz players has been a blessing. "A lot of times it's the first time people kind of see someone like me," she said. "When people come to the arena, they bring their children. They'll come up to me and they're like, 'We're just so glad that our kids can see you do what you do.'"
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