March 12, 2021 | BY KELLEY PIERRE
After completing his 11th year as LPGA Commissioner, Mike Whan notified the LPGA Board of Directors in early January that he has made the difficult decision to transition out of the LPGA in 2021. While no firm date has been set for his departure, this announcement begins the start of a Commissioner succession process. This top executive job is an opportunity for the LPGA to exercise its diversity and inclusion efforts by appointing a Black woman to the role.
LaJean Gould, president and founder of the Women In Golf Foundationn Inc. (WIGF) tackles this question: Should a Black Woman be the next LPGA Commissioner? In an in-depth interview on growing diversity in golf on the industry side and the search to fill the LPGA Commissioner position, Gould says, “If we want to have some influence, there’s a way to do that; because the skillset is out there.”
Gould has decades of experience in business management, operations and communications and her organization recently received a highly coveted “Symetra Tour MVP Invite.”
Gould speaks candidly shares her thoughts and opinions on this question in a personal video interview with Kelley Pierre, Director of Circulation and Consumer Engagement for the African American Golfer’s Digest.
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