Jessica Berman
Commissioner
Jessica Berman was named Commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in 2022. Under Berman’s leadership, the NWSL has seen skyrocketing franchise valuations and sales, partnership gains, and the signing of the largest-ever media rights deal for a women’s sports league at the time. She also spearheaded the signing of a historical collective bargaining agreement that makes the NWSL the first U.S. professional sports league to eliminate its draft and give players full control over where they play.
Previously, Berman was Deputy Commissioner at the National Lacrosse League as the first female deputy commissioner of a men’s professional sports league, and she spent 13 years at the National Hockey League, where she contributed to collective bargaining and drove community engagement and growth. Prior to that, she was a labor lawyer at Proskauer Rose LLP.
