10 Facts About Jessica Berman

Jessica Berman was born on 1977 and is an American lawyer who has served as the commissioner of the National Women's Soccer League since 2022.

Jessica Berman was the manager of the boys' baseball team at James Madison High School.

Jessica Berman then earned a bachelor's degree in sports management from the University of Michigan, where she was an assistant manager of the men's hockey team.

In 2006, Jessica Berman moved in-house to the NHL after more than 3 years at Proskauer Rose.

Jessica Berman's responsibilities included the league's corporate social responsibility efforts and running the NHL Foundation.

At the NLL, Jessica Berman was responsible for the league's growth and legal affairs.

On March 8,2022, Jessica Berman was named commissioner of the National Women's Soccer League, the highest professional women's soccer league in the United States, for a 4-year term that began on April 20.

Jessica Berman's hiring process was the first to include player interviews, a demand in the wake of the 2021 NWSL abuse scandal.

On May 22,2024, Jessica Berman won the Sports Business Journal's 2024 Executive of the Year award.

In 2023, Berman was awarded the David J Stern Leadership Award by the UJA-Federation of New York.