Lesley Slaton, chief officer of the NBA Dei, informed the colleagues in an email on Wednesday that she resigns, according to Adweek.
Brown joined the NBA as a Chief Officer of the Dei in 2023. Before that, she was chief of the Dei chief in HP since 2015.
Adweek reported that the league would hire a replacement.
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Basketball on the field next to an NBA logo during a break in the first half of a match in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
“The values of diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the culture of the NBA, the WNBA and our other leagues and will remain at the heart of our business and our workplace,” said the e-mail.
Other American sports organizations have taken measures to distinguish themselves from Dei.
MLB has completely removed the “diversity” references from its career page.
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A basketball in a match between the Pistons de Detroit and the Cleveland riders at Little Caesars Arena on November 27, 2022, in Detroit. (Nic Antaya / Getty Images)
General Services Administration Announced the changes in February The Federal Acquisition Regulations intended to align with the decree of the president aimed at restoring the Merito and ending discrimination in the public and private sectors. This decision reverses the history of executive orders of the Biden administration which made DEI consideration compulsory when examining the contractual proposals.
The NBA logo in a pre-season match between New Orleans’ Pélicans and Atlanta Hawks on October 14, 2022, at Legacy Arena Center in Birmingham, Ala. (Mercedes Oliver / NBAE)
Under Trump, language associated with DEI Principles was also sentenced to any federal acquisition, under contract, subsidy or financial assistance procedures.
