Cathy Engelbert On Her Path From Deloitte CEO to WNBA Commissioner
WNBA's Cathy Engelbert discusses her transition from being Deloitte CEO to becoming the commissioner of the longest-running women's professional sports league in the United States. She says basketball ran in her DNA—so it seemed like a natural next step in her career, after spending 33 years at Deloitte. Engelbert appears on The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations; this interview was recorded on March 25 at NBA Headquarters in New York. (Source: Bloomberg)
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