Milwaukee Bucks, Fiserv host panelists who've made it to the top during Women's History Month

 

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee Bucks and Fiserv hosted a Women's History Month event at GATHER at Deer District, featuring panelists who shared their respective journeys in male-dominated fields on Thursday afternoon, March 14.

From court to corporate, all speakers at the event have made it one way or another to an elite level in their field; they’re hoping to pass along tips and tricks to inspire other women to do the same.

"There's so many women who are phenomenal and they have a belief system and they’re not afraid of challenges or to be different," said Nancy Lieberman.

Nancy Lieberman is a basketball hall of famer and two-time Olympian. She said she believes the world is shifting toward more equality and respect for women.

“I’m a defiant person, I don’t listen to what people tell me," she said. "'Nancy, you can’t make the Olympic team in high school,' I’m still, you know, the youngest Olympic athlete ever to medal male or female with the '76 team and then the '75 Pan-Am team where we won the gold medal...not that I wanted to play in a men’s league but there was no WNBA for me to play in.”

Joining Lieberman on the panel was Hiring Our Heroes Executive Director Elizabeth O’Brien, Bucks Senior Vice President of Partner Strategy and Management Kareeda Chones-Aguam, Fiserv Chief Risk Officer Joanne Sebby, and Vivian Greentree, Fiserv Senior Vice President and Head of Global Corporate Citizenship.

Greentree told CBS 58 News many athletic skills are transferred onto the workforce.

"How we can develop skills of resiliency and how that translates to leadership and partnership and teamsmanship," Greentree said. "It’s exciting to see yourself represented at the most elite levels of sports and it’s exciting to see yourself represented in the highest levels of corporate America.”

Representation matters and the message is loud and clear. The event hopes the message extends far beyond Women's History Month.