Before the WNBA, Richie served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Girl Scouts of the USA.

In 1984, she moved to Ogilvy & Mather, where she spent more than two decades building brands for blue chip clients including American Express, Pepperidge Farm and Unilever, among others.

She continues to work with Ogilvy as a founding member of its Diversity Advisory Board, supporting efforts to attract and retain top talent.

Richie is a recipient of the YMCA Black Achiever's Award and Ebony magazine's Outstanding Women in Marketing and Communications.

She also received the Black Girls Rock Shot Caller Award, the Sports Business Journal's Game Changer Award and Black Enterprise named her one of the Most Influential African Americans in Sports.