Renee Montgomery: Vice President and Part Owner of the Atlanta Dream

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🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Renee Montgomery is the vice president and part owner of the WNBA team the Atlanta Dream. Before owning the team, Montgomery was a WNBA player on teams including the Atlanta Dream, the Minnesota Lynx, and the Connecticut Sun. Before that, she played division one college basketball at the University of Connecticut. After 11 years as a professional WNBA player, Montgomery opted out of the 2020 season to focus on social justice and activism before retiring from the WNBA in 2021. Shortly after retiring, Montgomery became the first former WNBA player to be an owner and vice president of a team. Today, Montgomery continues to serve as part owner and vice president of the Atlanta Dream and runs her own clothing brand, C Suite 21, and the media production company Think Tank Productions.

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1:08.2	inspiring careers. We're talking about their work journeys, what they've
1:12.4	learned from the process of setting aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they
1:17.5	embark on their second life. Today on the show, I'm speaking with former WNBA player and current
1:23.6	co-owner and vice president of the Atlanta Dream, Renee Montgomery. At just five years old,
1:30.3	Renee told her dad she wanted to play college basketball. And after years of training and playing
1:35.4	basketball, she did just that at the University of Connecticut. In 2009, Renee continued to rise
1:41.9	as she was drafted fourth overall by the Minnesota Links and went
1:46.6	on to have a professional WNBA career spanning over 11 years and multiple teams. In 2020, Renee decided
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