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Michele Roberts

October 16, 2014 in Modern Worthies

Michele Roberts

Leader of the NBA Union

Michele Roberts, N.B.A. Union’s New Leader, Confronts Gender Barriers ‘My past,’ she told the room, ‘is littered with the bones of men who were foolish enough to think I was someone they could sleep on.’

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