With nearly two decades of sports legal experience, Zandria Conyers returns to professional sports as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers. In her role, Zandria oversees day-to-day operations, as well as strategic legal and business affairs for the team and Trailblazers, Inc., and its various affiliate entities and foundation. Her tenure includes executive leadership and planning on league and player matters, corporate governance, municipal transactions, internal business operations, team growth and business initiatives. Prior to joining the Trailblazers, Zandria served in collegiate athletics as the NCAA’s Deputy General Counsel & Managing Director of Legal Affairs. In that capacity, Zandria managed legal operations including litigation and budget management, staff development, and internal investigations. She also provided legal and business counseling to the NCAA’s business units such as the executive office, human resources, finance, internal audit, and communications. In addition to her traditional legal role, Zandria led the NCAA’s risk management function and served for more than a decade as a strategic adviser and counselor to NCAA Women’s Basketball, the NCAA’s Women’s Basketball Oversight Committee, and the Women’s Final Four. She also spearheaded the NCAA’s response to gender equity and congressional inquiries and advised on women’s basketball media rights. Prior to joining the NCAA, she was the General Counsel for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in Daytona Beach, FL. While at the LPGA, Zandria served as corporate secretary and was responsible for overseeing strategic legal and business affairs matters including media rights and international business development, board governance, antitrust matters, and player regulations. She also managed the LPGA’s IP portfolio throughout more than 50 countries and directed all litigation. Zandria’s career includes serving as business counsel for the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs in Atlanta, GA and as mergers and acquisitions counsel for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC. Zandria is a graduate of American University’s Washington College of Law and the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. She is married to Marcel, and they have two children. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.