Traci Higgins

Traci Higgins
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Traci Higgins V.P. & Corporate Secretary
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Traci Higgins, V.P. & Corporate Secretary

Traci's love of sports goes back as long as she can remember when she could be found playing passionate games of kick ball, "hot bread and butter," frisbee football and "kill the quarterback" with the girls and boys in her neighborhood.These days Traci still retains the passion for the games but has replaced the games of her youth with basketball, spinning, yoga and weight training.

Traci hails from the east coast where she lived and worked until she packed up and moved (with glee!) west to serve as Vice President & Legal Counsel to the Organizing Committee for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, the most successful women's sports event in history.She followed her tour with the Organizing Committee with work as the Vice President of Corporate Development for LevelEdge.com, an internet based sports team and recruiting management portal that was dedicated to raising the visibility of student-athletes and helping coaches better manage their teams through the use of database applications and services.Unfortunately, like most dot coms in 2000, LevelEdge.com is no more and Traci now practices entertainment law.

Traci's east coast life included work as a social worker in Connecticut, a litigation associate in a Washington, D.C. law firm and a federal district court clerkship in Philadelphia.Traci also was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador, South America.She holds a Bachelors degree from Georgetown University, where she lettered in track & field, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law and a Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Traci HigginsDeputy Director, Washington, DCOriginally from the East Coast, Traci joins New Leaders after spending more than five years in Los Angeles where she served as Vice President and Legal Counsel for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, as well as Counsel for an internet start-up and for KCET, the West Coast's flagship public television station.Her hands-on education experience began with her tour as a Health Education Volunteer for the United States Peace Corps in Ecuador, South America, and quickly was followed by her work as a social worker for the State of Connecticut's Department of Children and Youth Services.In addition to tutoring low-income urban youth, she also has served as a board member for Los Angeles Women in Sports, a nonprofit dedicated to creating sports and fitness opportunities for young girls, and for LA Scores, the Los Angeles affiliate of America Scores, an after-school soccer and literacy program for urban youth.Prior to departing for California, Traci was a litigation associate in King & Spalding's Washington, D.C. office and a law clerk to the Honorable Ronald L. Buckwalter of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).

Traci HigginsVice President, Legal Counsel