ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Valerie Camillo would be the new chair of the WTA Tour and WTA Ventures as of subsequent month, taking on management of ladies’s skilled tennis.
The WTA introduced Camillo’s hiring Tuesday. She’s going to begin on Nov. 17, changing retiring tour chair Steve Simon.
“I am honored to guide the world’s No. 1 ladies’s sport at such a pivotal time. The WTA has lengthy been a pressure for progress, pushing boundaries for athletes and followers alike,” Camillo mentioned.
“It is a crucial second for ladies’s tennis, with vital selections forward that may form the long run for our gamers, tournaments, followers and companions,” she mentioned.
Camillo serves as a board director for Herschend Household Leisure and the College of Virginia Athletics Basis. She beforehand oversaw enterprise operations for the Philadelphia Flyers and Wells Fargo Heart because the president and CEO of the sports activities and leisure division of Comcast Spectacor, and has held senior roles with the Washington Nationals and the NBA.
