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Sara Toussaint is partner at Underdog Venture Team, a social impact enterprise that offers marketing services to the sports and entertainment industries and invests in underrepresented founders.
She recently joined the corporate board of TMJ, a Hispanic-owned athlete management agency representing global soccer talent including World Cup Champion Jenni Hermoso. Toussaint is also a coowner of the North Carolina Courage, a Division I women’s soccer team that plays in the National Women’s Soccer League.
Throughout her twenty-year sports career, Toussaint delivered successful results to entities such as Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the Mexican National Team, the National Lacrosse League, and various college sports programs which were recognized by Sports Business Journal.
Born in Puerto Rico—to Puerto Rican and Palestinian parents—and raised in Chicago’s La Villita neighborhood, Sara earned her MBA from New York University and bachelor’s in public policy from the University of Chicago. She’s a founding board member of Latinx in Sports, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing Latinx representation and influence in the sports industry on and off the field.
