John Boddie serves as the Interim Director of Marketing for Legends of Basketball, where he leads marketing, communications, and partnership initiatives that elevate the organization’s brand and strengthen engagement with members, partners, and the broader basketball community. Boddie is also the Chief Impact Officer at GSix Consulting, overseeing strategic partnerships, business development, and collaborative initiatives across the sports and nonprofit sectors.
He began his career with the Chicago Bulls, where he spent nine seasons managing corporate partnerships and supporting community initiatives. He later worked in business development at DraftKings, helping manage league and team partnerships across the company’s sports portfolio.
In 2018, Boddie co-founded ChiGivesBack, a nonprofit focused on empowering underserved communities through volunteerism, partnerships, and community reinvestment initiatives across Chicago.
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Steven brings to Legends his experience from both private practice and academia. At DePaul College of Law, Steven is the Director of the Business Law Clinic and lectures in the area of business law and intellectual property. Prior to his service at DePaul, he was the Trademark Clinic Director at John Marshall Law School and worked in private practice. In private practice, he focused his practice in the areas of international and domestic intellectual property and business litigation and transactional matters. His transactional work encompassed negotiating and preparing intellectual property and related business agreements and related information technology agreements encompassing U.S. and European privacy law matters. He is admitted to practice in the states of Illinois and New York. He also is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-wiser-j-d-ll-m-8880946/
Matt Grant is a brand, growth, and partnerships leader specializing in helping sports and purpose-driven organizations evolve with clarity, credibility, and long-term impact. As a strategic advisor to Legends of Basketball, he partners with the CEO and Board to help shape the organization’s rebrand, align its narrative and visual identity, and position Legends for sustainable growth, stronger partnerships, and deeper member engagement. As founder of GSix Consulting, and a long-time brand executive with experience at The Clorox Company, Endeavor, and Amazon, Matt has advised leagues, global brands, and nonprofits during moments of transformation, blending strategic vision with practical execution. His work focuses on building enduring platforms that honor legacy while creating new opportunities for relevance, revenue, and community impact.
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgrant1404/
Website: https://www.gsix.pro/
Audia Wells is a Human Resource professional whose greatest gift is found in how she helps individuals, corporations and small businesses navigate transitions. As the founder of WellsWorx HR Consulting, she specializes in the delivery of change management, HR and DEI solutions while realizing cost savings. WellsWorx promotes equity, access and growth in businesses and communities through impactful implementation and training initiatives. Wells’ tenure in HR ranges from supporting Fortune 500 legacies to start-up pioneers in the fields of
Entertainment, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Finance, Faith-based, Non-Profit, Pharma and Higher Education. With her high-touch HR acumen, she is regularly appointed to lead critical initiatives including: building HR functions, mergers and acquisitions, change management, strategic planning, performance management, D&I, and training/development. Through whole systems thinking and tailored approaches, Wells helps organizations deftly convert challenges into sweet spots to meet business objectives. An artist at heart, she seeks creative ways to match and cultivate strategies that give form to positions and organizations.
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/audiawells/
Website: https://thewellsworx.com/
Deitra Lawson is the Owner and Principal Accountant of Dignissim Accounting, where she partners with nonprofits to bring clarity, confidence, and trust to their financial operations. With more than 15 years of nonprofit experience, along with credentials as a CPA and an MBA in Healthcare Management from Loyola University Chicago, Deitra supports leadership teams beyond compliance, helping them understand what their numbers are really saying and how to use them to make thoughtful, forward-looking decisions.
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deitralawson/
Website: https://www.dignissimacct.com/
Dr. Hansra comes to Legends from Hansra Consulting and Advisory Services, an organization she founded that supports nonprofits to create Conscious Cultures through Training, Strategy, and Evaluation. Her primary role at Legends is to serve as the CEO’s strategic force multiplier, translating organizational priorities into executable plans. This support includes strengthening internal operations and building a Conscious Culture of trust and accountability among the team. Dr. Hansra leads strategic initiatives including culture-building, while enabling each staff member to deliver against goals aligned to the Legends’ mission and member services. Along with serving Legends, she is a dynamic author, instructor, and motivational speaker. Prior to founding Hansra Consulting, Dr. Hansra has over 24 years of experience serving in leadership in Chicago area non-profit organizations. She was the Chief Program Impact Officer at the YMCA of Metro Chicago where she oversaw multiple departments and initiatives, and served as a Leadership Development Consultant at Rush University Medical Center, where she led the development of Rush’s I-CARE values refresh. Her roots in teaching include roles as a Visiting Professor at DePaul University instructing undergraduate and masters-level pre-services teachers, and a high school English teacher at Naperville Central High School. Dr. Hansra’s person-centered and culturally competent approach to leadership is a distinct identifier in the field and her personal story of overcoming adversity to become a professor, C-Suite leader, and CEO of her own company is featured in the book Aspire: Women Finding Their Purpose.
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-hansra-45b32812/
Website: https://hansraconsulting.com/
Josias Sanon is an Analyst specializing in systems improvement, data analysis, and cross-functional support to strengthen strategy and operational effectiveness. He brings experience in financial and administrative operations, research, and data-driven decision support from roles at RESOLVE, the American Enterprise Institute, and Tearfund International. Josias holds a Master of Science in Applied Economics from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and Global French Studies from Hope College.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiassanon/
On January 23, 2025 the NBRPA named Antonio Davis Chief Executive Officer of the alumni organization. Davis will drive the strategic vision, business operations, member services and growth for the NBRPA and will be based in Chicago, Illinois. Davis will be supported by the NBRPA Board of Directors including Chairman of the Board Charles “Choo” Smith, Vice Chairman Shawn Marion, Treasurer Nancy Lieberman, Secretary C.J. Kupec, Spencer Haywood, Eddie Gill, Rushia Brown, Bob Elliott, Mike Bantom, Caron Butler, Clarence “Chucky” Brown and Dave Bing. Prior to being named CEO of the National Basketball Retired Players Association, Davis enjoyed a sixteen-year professional basketball playing career, served as President of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) and was a featured studio basketball analyst for ESPN and a co-host/analyst for Sirius XM NBA Radio. Davis’s on-court basketball career included thirteen seasons in the NBA, with the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks and was named an NBA All-Star in 2001. Prior to playing in the NBA, Davis played three seasons overseas with Panathinaikos and Philips Milano in Greece and Italy respectively.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-davis/
