{"id":1969850,"date":"2025-08-20T04:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1969850"},"modified":"2025-08-20T04:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:46:39","slug":"allison-howard-selected-as-first-president-for-cleveland-wnba-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/allison-howard-selected-as-first-president-for-cleveland-wnba-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Allison Howard selected as first president for Cleveland WNBA team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"84417851007\" title=\"VIDEO: How did Dan Gilbert manage to return the WNBA to Cleveland?\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/02\/07\/NABJ\/78313141007-cle-sports-awards-6.JPG?crop=3981,2238,x222,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>VIDEO: How did Dan Gilbert manage to return the WNBA to Cleveland?<\/p>\n<p>Rock Entertainment Group announced June 30th that he company, which also owns the Cleveland Cavs, has won the WNBA&#8217;s 16th franchise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>The Rock Entertainment Group and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/story\/sports\/2025\/06\/30\/wnba-awards-cleveland-franchise-to-cavs-owner-dan-gilberts-group\/79438087007\/\">Cleveland WNBA<\/a> team have chosen the first president for the unnamed franchise.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rockeg.com\/2025\/08\/19\/rock-entertainment-group-and-cleveland-wnba-appoint-allison-howard-as-president\/\">Allison Howard, currently executive vice president and chief commercial officer for REG and the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>, will lead business operations for the team beginning play in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Howard oversees corporate and ticket sales revenue and strategy, corporate partnership, membership sales and service, venue experience, ticket operations and youth sports programming, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/19\/NABJ\/85728728007-allison-howard-cleveland-wnba-president.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/19\/NABJ\/85728728007-allison-howard-cleveland-wnba-president.jpg?crop=2399,1800,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/19\/NABJ\/85728728007-allison-howard-cleveland-wnba-president.jpg?crop=2250,2999,x0,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/19\/NABJ\/85728728007-allison-howard-cleveland-wnba-president.jpg?crop=2399,1350,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Courtesy of Jimmy Longo\" caption=\"Alison Howard has been selected president of Cleveland WNBA, the Rock Entertainment Group announced.\" orientation=\"vertical\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been energizing to feel the passion of Cleveland WNBA fans across Ohio and to see how quickly our community has already embraced our team,\u201d said Howard, Cleveland WNBA president of business operations. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to making this team a source of pride for our city and broader region, to inspire future athletes and to create an environment where everyone belongs and feels welcome. We are building the most inclusive brand in sports. Together starts now.\u201d<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Howard will direct all of the WNBA\u2019s team business operations.<\/p>\n<p><em>George M. Thomas covers a myriad of things including sports and pop culture, but mostly sports, he thinks, for the Beacon Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-08-19 18:59:33 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-08-19 18:59:41 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.beaconjournal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIDEO: How did Dan Gilbert manage to return the WNBA to Cleveland? Rock Entertainment Group announced June 30th that he company, which also owns the Cleveland Cavs, has won the WNBA&#8217;s 16th franchise. The Rock Entertainment Group and Cleveland WNBA team have chosen the first president for the unnamed franchise. 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