Making a Major League impact for women everywhere
We open this series with the Senior Coordinator for Baseball Development, Player Programs, & Diversity at Major League Baseball, Liz Benn. When you talk about working within your passion, look no further than Liz as she fell in love with the sport of baseball at a young age and worked her way to where she is today by following her passion in life! Liz is a woman that is changing the world because she has established what the “glass ceiling” is for women everywhere within baseball, and continually smashes through it with every milestone she achieves within her career today.
Within this episode we welcome Liz (4:47) by learning all about what it is she is doing within her role today (5:32) and also learn all about her background as a baseball player (6:52) growing up in Canada. Some of the key talking points within the episode include when Liz first realized that as a woman she could have a future in this historically male-only sport (11:23); when she started to feel like women were getting more opportunities within MLB (13:50); the way she feels she was able to establish respect for herself within the game (19:22); the benefits she believes Major League Baseball get from having women involved within front offices; the responsibility within her job that she is most passionate about (26:47); and the Career Competitor “keys to success” that we took from the interview.