Terri Carmichael Jackson is the current executive director of the Women's National Basketball Players Association.
After graduating, she moved to New Orleans to start the non profit Back on the Block Foundation.
[2] During her tenure as executive director of the WNBPA, Jackson the union opted out of its collective bargaining agreement with the WNBA for the first time in its history.
[3] As part of these changes, Jackson negotiated higher pay and increased maternity benefits for WNBA players.
[4] Jackson also protested the fining of WNBA players who wore unauthorized t-shirts that supported Black Lives Matter, along with other uniform infractions.