Hear first-hand how to chart a non-traditi onal path that leads you to make history. Join OPIA for a community discuss ion with Wasserstein Fellow Erin D. Drak e AB ‘14\, Senior Advisor and Legal Counsel at the Women’s National Bas ketball Players Association\, the Union for WNBA Players. Erin will discuss her own career path\, labor negotiations\, and the skills she relied on mo st to make change for WNBA players and the labor movement more broadly. Whe ther you’re interested in women’s sports\, the labor movement\, building co nsensus among diverse groups of people\, navigating the media\, coalition b uilding\, or developing and executing strategic campaigns and actions\, thi s talk should leave you ready to give your skillset to a movement.
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Erin D. Drake is Senior Advisor & Legal Counsel for the Women’s National Basketball Players Association. In her role\, Erin works closely with players and other staff to address social\, cultural\, workplace\, and legal concerns that arise f or players\, and prepares the Union to strategically respond to these matte rs\, and any others arising from the ever-changing landscape of women’s spo rts. She conducts research\, drafts reports and correspondence\, and design s education sessions\, and strategic campaigns as needed. Erin serves as a primary point of contact with national and global labor\, political\, advoc acy\, and civil rights organizations\, in addition to other outside legal c ounsel and organizations. She co-leads the Justice\, Equity\, Diversity\, a nd Inclusion player leadership committee\, sits on the AFL-CIO’s sports cou ncil\, assists with the Union’s internship program. Erin is a member of the Union’s collective bargaining negotiations team that secured the historic and transformational 2026 CBA. Prior to joining the WNBPA\, Erin clerked fo r Judge Diane P. Wood on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Judge Robert L. Wilkins of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District o f Columbia Circuit. Born in Nashville\, TN\, Drake graduated from Harvard U niversity in 2014 and from Yale Law School in 2020. She is a member of the Tennessee Bar and admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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