Beyond the Game with Kerri Walsh Jennings and Danette Leighton
Saturday, March 8, 2025, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Future of Women in Sports
Join us on International Women’s Day to celebrate the immense progress of women’s sports and support a future where they continue to thrive! Hear inspiring personal stories about overcoming challenges to achieve greatness, and gain insights into an exciting future for female athletes and sports professionals during this conversation featuring Kerri Walsh Jennings, CEO of Women’s Sports Foundation Danette Leighton, and Co-Founder of Monarch Collective Jasmine Robinson in a conversation moderated by Karen Kariuki, Grace Farms Managing Director of Strategic Initiatives and Investor Engagement. Recommended for ages 12 and up.
This talk is free with admission to the volleyball clinics for middle and high school-aged girls occurring earlier in the day.
Kerri Walsh Jennings is a five-time Olympian, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and one-time bronze medalist in beach volleyball. She partnered up with Misty May-Treanor in 2001 and started the greatest run of excellence for any beach volleyball duo in history. Together, Jennings and May-Treanor won three consecutive World Championships and three Olympic Gold medals over an 11 year period. They accrued a truly incredible 112 match win streak which broke their own record of an 89 match win streak. They transformed the game here in America and globally. Kerri is a very proud mother of three and proud wife of Casey Jennings. Together, Kerri and Casey co-founded Platform 1440 & p1440 Foundation (p1440) which is dedicated to inspiring, empowering and supporting our nations youth through the transformational power of sport, specifically, volleyball. Danette Leighton serves as CEO of the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF), founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King to strengthen and expand participation and leadership opportunities through research, advocacy, community programming and a wide variety of collaborative partnerships. She joined WSF in 2022 as the seventh CEO in the organization’s history, annually serving millions of girls and women to improve access and equity across all sports as fierce advocates of Title IX. Most recently chief marketing officer of the Pac-12 Conference, Leighton brings an array of operational, data and analytics, sponsorship, fan engagement, marketing and sales experience to WSF, spanning professional and college sports for both men and women. Jasmine Robinson is Managing Partner at Monarch Collective, a fund investing in women's sports teams, leagues, and rights. Prior to Monarch, Jasmine was a Partner at Causeway, a growth stage fund investing in sports, media, gaming and fitness. While at Causeway, Jasmine partnered with companies including Tracksmith, Niantic, Volley, FloSports, and QuintEvents. Prior to Causeway, Jasmine held investing and strategy roles at the San Francisco 49ers, Bain & Company, and The Raine Group. Jasmine received her BA from Harvard University, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and her MBA from Stanford University where she was an Arjay Miller Scholar.Kerri Walsh Jennings
Danette Leighton, Chief Executive Officer of Women’s Sports Foundation
Jasmine Robinson
