56. Sports Illustrated's Most Influential and Powerful Women in Sports, Odessa OJ Jenkins

Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 11 a.m.

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Odessa Jenkins is President of Emtrain, Founder of the Women\\u2019s National Football Conference (WNFC), and Owner of the WNFC team Dallas Elite. 

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Featured on Fox, CBS, ESPN, Yahoo Sports and more, Odessa "OJ" Jenkins was named one of the most influential and powerful women in sports by Sports Illustrated. After learning to play football against boys from a very young age, she made it her mission to create opportunities for women where none existed, like co-founding the Women\'s National Football Conference. No stranger to gender and racial bias, OJ is a black, LGBT leader who is also the president of an enterprise software company with the goal of taking on workplace inequities through more effective diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) programs.

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An in-demand national speaker, Jenkins is a recognized market leader in CSR, DE&I, Team Dynamics, and SAAS technology with multiple years of leadership experience in private funded start-ups, joint ventures and Fortune 100 public companies.

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https://www.instagram.com/ojthejuice03/

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https://www.instagram.com/dallaselitewomensfootball/

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https://www.instagram.com/emtrain.ai/

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The Leadership is Female Podcast exists to showcase female leadership in sports and entertainment as well as give you the tips to level-up! We will extend a hand back to lead you forward!

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