Cynthia "Cynt" Marshall was born on December 15,1959 and is the former chief executive officer of the Dallas Mavericks.
13 Facts About Cynt Marshall
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In February 2018, Marshall became the first Black female CEO in the history of the National Basketball Association.
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Cynt Marshall was one of her university's first African-American cheerleaders at the University of California, Berkeley in the late 1970s.
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Cynt Marshall moved from Birmingham, Alabama to California when she was three months old.
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Cynt Marshall describes her childhood as being painful growing up in public housing projects with a family struggling to pay the bills.
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When she was 11 years old, Cynt Marshall witnessed her father shoot a man in the head in her defense.
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Cynt Marshall attempted to protect her mother from the violence, and in doing so, her father ended up breaking her nose.
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Cynt Marshall's mother, Carolyn Gardener, was a high school executive administrator and resource librarian.
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Cynt Marshall turned to prayer when fans expressed negative comments about her while she was on the football field as a cheerleader.
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Cynt Marshall retired in 2017, and founded the consulting firm Managing Resources.
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When Cynt Marshall began the role, there were no women or people of color on the leadership team and over time, women comprised half of the leadership.
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Cynt Marshall announced her retirement from the organization in 2024; during her tenure, she launched a television partnership that afforded millions of Texans to watch Mavericks games for free, and she oversaw $30 million upgrades to the American Airlines Center where the Mavs play.
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Cynt Marshall had three miscarriages, one of which almost killed her, and the loss of a newborn daughter.