Jess Smith started her sports career nearly two decades ago, interning at the Auburn Doubledays. She earned a degree from SUNY Oswego and later a master's in sports administration. Smith took on leadership roles, including head of revenue for the Angel City Football Club, helping it become the most valuable women's sports league. Since February 2024, she has led the Golden State Valkyries, focusing on business operations, partnerships, and sponsorships to elevate the team's performance.
"It's a gathering place - it represents hope, ups and downs, and more. It's not just products on fields or courts. It's so much more than that."
"After graduating from State University of New York Oswego - the first person in her family to get a degree - in 2008, Smith put her old-school box TV and some clothes in her Chevy Cavalier and moved west to work for the Inland Empire 66ers, another minor league baseball team."
"As her career shifted toward leadership, she earned a master's of sports administration degree from Ohio University in 2015 and soon took on an exciting, albeit risky, role as head of revenue for the Angel City Football Club, a women's soccer team founded in L.A. in July 2020."
"Since February 2024, Smith has been leading the Valkyries and applying what she's learned over the past 10 years to make them not just good, but great."
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