The Next Legacy 50

Next Legacy 50

Celebrating the leaders who refused to stop at their first act.

The Next Legacy 50 is an annual recognition of fifty extraordinary individuals who achieved excellence in one arena and chose to build something meaningful beyond it. Drawn from the worlds of sport, venture, and philanthropy, each honoree represents a rare combination: discipline to reach the top of one field and vision to start again in another.

No matter the trajectory of their lives, the Next Legacy 50 honorees are connected by the simple refusal to rest on their laurels, and they’re a clear reminder that legacies can extend far beyond initial success.

List Year: 2026

Meet the 50

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Jack Altman

Tech Founder, Operator, and Benchmark General Partner

After building Lattice into one of the most widely used HR platforms in the enterprise market, Altman stepped down in 2023 to focus full-time on investing. First, he founded Alt Capital, before becoming the newest general partner at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley's most storied venture firms. His move from operator to investor reflects a deliberate shift: applying a decade of company-building experience to back the next generation of founders.

Carmelo Anthony

NBA Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, and Social Justice Investor

Carmelo Anthony was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024, capping a playing career defined by scoring and opening a new chapter defined by building. He co-founded the Social Change Fund alongside LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Paul to direct athlete capital toward racial equity and social justice organizations. His entrepreneurial portfolio spans cannabis (STAYME7O), wine (Jhardin), film and media production, and minority business investment, with a consistent thread of partnering with underserved entrepreneurs and directing proceeds toward criminal justice reform through organizations like the Last Prisoner Project.

Robin Arzón

Attorney, Peloton VP, Ultramarathoner, and Type 1 Diabetes Advocate

After an early career in corporate law, Robin Arzón joined Peloton and transformed her role as VP of Fitness Programming and Head Instructor into a first-of-its-kind media platform—founding Swagger Society, becoming a 3x New York Times bestselling author, MasterClass instructor, Good Morning America contributor, Podcast Host, National Museum of the American Latino Board Trustee, and 2025 Henry Crown Fellow. A Type 1 diabetes diagnosis in 2014 deepened her purpose and led her to advocate for greater Type 1 diabetes visibility, including partnering with Barbie to release the brand’s first Type 1 diabetes doll in her likeness. Arzón isn’t just thriving in a new chapter—she’s proving there’s no ceiling on how many you can write.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

Tech CEO, Venture Capital Founder, and Inclusion Advocate

After leading TaskRabbit as CEO, Brown-Philpot founded Cherryrock Capital, a venture firm focused specifically on backing founders who have historically been overlooked by traditional venture, building not just a portfolio but a replicable model for what inclusive early-stage investing can look like at scale. She also serves on multiple major public and private company boards.

Andrew Campion

Nike Executive, Educator, and Sports Leadership Program Founder

After 17 years at Nike - wearing hats like CFO, COO, and Head of Global Strategy - Campion stepped away from corporate leadership to co-found the UCLA Sports Leadership and Management Program, a graduate and undergraduate curriculum designed to help student-athletes translate their competitive experience into careers with broad impact in sports and beyond. He also sits on several boards, including Paramount and Starbucks.

Bing Chen

Tech Executive, Community Builder, and Asian Diaspora Champion

A former executive at YouTube, Chen co-founded Gold House, which is now one of the most influential organizations in Asian Pacific culture, operating talent accelerators, a venture fund and film studio, and cultural initiatives including the widely recognized Gold100 list and Gold Gala. He is also Managing Director of AU Holdings, which invests in and advises companies building the next generation of digital economies. Chen is proof sometimes your second act can have even greater impact than your first.

James Chen

Investor, Vision Care Champion, and Global Health Advocate

James Chen carried on the philanthropic legacy of his father, focusing early on a hands-on approach to supporting causes including childhood literacy. He writes extensively on moonshot philanthropy, guiding him as he later moved into vision care for the 2.2 billion people suffering uncorrected poor sight. Through Vision for a Nation, Chen partnered with the Rwandan government to bring eye examinations and corrective lenses to every primary school student in the country, then helped drive a landmark 2021 UN General Assembly resolution recognizing vision care as a critical global health priority. His work has since expanded internationally, grounded in the insight that uncorrected vision impairment is one of the most tractable and underfunded problems in global health.

John Doerr

Venture Capital Legend, Climate Philanthropist, and Stanford Benefactor

The Kleiner Perkins investor, who made legendary bets on Amazon and Google, has dedicated his second act to climate innovation and decarbonization championing solutions through philanthropy and public advocacy including the framework outlined in Speed & Scale. He also gave $1.1 billion to Stanford to create a climate school, the largest gift in the school's history at the time.

Allyson Felix

Olympic Champion, Entrepreneur, and Maternal Health Advocate

After becoming one of the most decorated Olympic sprinters in history, Allyson Felix cofounded Saysh, a women's athletic footwear brand built around the experiences she couldn't find. She has since become one of the most credible voices in the fight for maternal health equity and maternity protections in professional sports — the kind of athlete-turned-advocate whose second act carries as much weight as her gold medals.

Pat Gelsinger

Semiconductor CEO, Faith-Tech Executive, and Venture Partner

After stepping down as Intel's CEO in December 2024, Gelsinger took on dual roles at the intersection of faith and technology — becoming Executive Chair of Gloo, a platform that brings the faith ecosystem together through data to strengthen member engagement and outreach, and General Partner at venture firm Playground Global. Both roles reflect a shift toward mission-aligned work that connects his personal faith with his career in deep tech.

Russ Hall

Venture Capitalist and Venture Philanthropy Pioneer

Hall co-founded Legacy Venture in 1999 with a conviction that venture capital was uniquely positioned to amplify the size and effectiveness of philanthropy, and spent the next two-plus decades proving it. By growing the fund of funds to serve hundreds of investors, he helped channel more than $3 billion to nonprofits of each investor's choosing. When Legacy Venture merged with Next Play Capital in 2023, Hall became one of the managing partners of Next Legacy, continuing his role as a steward of the modern venture philanthropy movement until his retirement in 2026.

Hal Harvey

Energy Entrepreneur, Climate Strategist, and Policy Architect

After spending decades designing the policy architecture behind carbon markets, clean energy standards, and building efficiency codes, Harvey founded Energy Innovation in 2012, advising policymakers across four continents on scalable pathways to decarbonization. Working at the intersection of philanthropy, research, and government, he has helped create the institutional conditions that make clean energy investment work. Harvey has authored three books on climate policy, philanthropic strategy, and cost-efficient pathways to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Jrue and Lauren Holiday

Champion Athletes, Social Impact Fund Founders, and Community Investors

When the NBA restarted its season inside the Disney World bubble in 2020, Jrue negotiated with the Pelicans to donate his entire playoff salary — ultimately $5.3 million — to social justice causes. Through the Jrue and Lauren Holiday Social Impact Fund, they have directed millions in unrestricted grant funding to Black- and Brown-led businesses and community organizations across the United States, prioritizing the kinds of organizations that rarely receive institutional capital.

George Hu

Tech Executive, Venture Partner, and Global Relief Philanthropist

After scaling Salesforce and Twilio through their most explosive growth phases, Hu founded Peer (acquired by Twitter), joined Benchmark Capital as a Venture Partner, and launched the Hu & Luo Family Foundation, channeling tens of millions toward education, human services, and community development.

Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein

Software Pioneer, Digital Inclusion Champion, and Impact Investors

After founding Lotus Development - home of the spreadsheet that defined personal computing - and co-founding the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mitch Kapor dedicated his second act to making the tech industry itself more just. Through Kapor Capital, Mitch and Freada Kapor Klein back seed-stage startups that generate strong returns while closing gaps in access and opportunity for marginalized communities, proving that inclusion and returns are not in conflict. The Kapor Center and Foundation extend that mission through research, advocacy, and coalition-building across the broader tech ecosystem.

Sophia Kianni

Climate Activist, UN Youth Advisor, and AI Startup Founder

Sophia Kianni is the founder of Climate Cardinals, the world's largest youth-led climate nonprofit, translating climate research into 100+ languages. She now serves on the UN Secretary-General's Youth Advisory Group, the EPA's National Youth Advisory Council, and UNICEF USA's Next Gen Leadership Council, all while leading Phia, a $185M AI shopping startup with its own mission promoting sustainability through secondhand shopping.

Scott and Joanie Kriens

Co-creators, 1440 Foundation and 1440 Multiversity

Joanie and Scott began the 1440 Foundation in 2010, making grants and investments in mental health and wellness after a career in technology for Scott that began in the 1980s, including the last 28 years at Juniper Networks. The couple opened the nonprofit 1440 Multiversity in 2017, a 75-acre learning destination nestled among the California Redwoods in Santa Cruz County with the mission of creating hope for living well. The campus is in its 10th year, having served over 200,000 visitors who have come together on topics such as leadership, community development, and supporting healthcare workers, educators, and first responders, as well as numerous philanthropic missions across the country and the world.

Arvind Jain

Engineer, Serial Founder, and AI Search Pioneer

The Glean Founder and CEO previously co-founded Rubrik and spent years as a Google engineering leader before applying his expertise in search and infrastructure to build an AI-native enterprise knowledge platform. Born in India and shaped by the gap between what people know and what they can actually access, Jain has made information retrieval his life's work, building Glean into the connective tissue of the modern enterprise.

Malcolm Jenkins

Super Bowl Champion, Criminal Justice Reformer, and Coalition Founder

Jenkins co-founded the Players Coalition, mobilizing more than 100 professional athletes as a unified funding force for police accountability legislation, policy reform, and community investment. He also runs the Malcolm Jenkins Foundation, which funds education programs, youth athletics, and criminal justice initiatives in underserved communities across New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Columbus. Together, these two institutions make Jenkins one of the rare athletes who transformed personal conviction into durable, scalable organizational infrastructure.

René Lacerte and Joyce Chung

Fintech CEO and Founder, Philanthropists and Community Foundation Builders

After the success of BILL, founder René co-founded the Makahakama Foundation with Joyce Chung, funding organizations centered around community resilience, environment, and entrepreneurship. In 2024, the Makahakama Foundation also founded its flagship bookkeeping mentorship program, which equips under-resourced entrepreneurs with practical financial skills and one-on-one mentorship to build confidence.

Jeremy Lin

NBA Trailblazer, Philanthropist, and Anti-Discrimination Advocate

A point guard at Harvard, Jeremy Lin's NBA career spanned nine seasons, eight teams, and one electric stretch at Madison Square Garden for the New York Knicks — dubbed "Linsanity." Jeremy established the Jeremy Lin Foundation in 2011, whose mission is to love and serve youth from overlooked AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) and other communities of color through community empowerment, solidarity, and narrative change. As one of the few Asian American professional basketball players, Lin has been passionate about speaking out about being AAPI and the importance of representation and empowerment in the AAPI community. Jeremy was also featured in "38 at the Garden," an HBO documentary revisiting the 'Linsanity' phenomenon through the lens of race, identity, and belonging, turning his own story into a platform for broader cultural conversation.

Joe Lonsdale

Palantir Co-Founder, Policy Reformer, Venture Capitalist, and University Founder

After co-founding Palantir Technologies and launching multiple companies including Addepar and OpenGov, Lonsdale transitioned from operator to platform builder through his firm 8VC. He has extended that second act into policy and education, founding the Cicero Institute, which has helped pass 172+ bills across dozens of states, and serving as founding chairman of the University of Austin. Lonsdale has positioned himself not only as a founder of dozens of mission-driven companies, but as a builder of enduring civic and institutional infrastructure.

Daniel Lurie

Lifelong San Franciscan, Non-Profit Founder, Mayor of San Francisco

Daniel Lurie founded Tipping Point Community in 2005, raising over $500 million to combat poverty across the Bay Area while pioneering faster, more affordable models for permanent supportive housing. A lifelong San Franciscan, he has since channeled that same civic energy into leading major initiatives like the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee and disaster relief efforts, and is now focused on serving the city as its mayor.

Fern Mandelbaum

Venture Investor, Stanford Professor, and Inclusive Ecosystem Builder

As Managing Director at Emerson Collective, Fern Mandelbaum leads early-stage investments in technology companies. She also teaches entrepreneurship and inclusive leadership at Stanford Graduate School of Business and in the Emerson Consequential Scholars (ECS) program. Mandelbaum has developed courses that broaden access to entrepreneurship and help students see themselves as founders, innovators, and leaders. She founded ECS, a program at Stanford and MIT, and launching at UC Berkeley, that equips PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with the entrepreneurial skills to turn breakthrough research into real-world impact. Her work bridges investing, education, and innovation to expand who builds the future.

Susan Mason

Early-Stage Investor, Kauffman Fellows Chair, and Community Builder

Mason pairs her decades in venture with deep ecosystem work as a founding board member and former chair of the Center for Venture Education, which runs the legendary Kauffman Fellows Program. She was a member and Chair of her town’s finance and investment committee for 14 years. She was also a board member of Sustainable Community Gardens, supporting local food access and education for low-income families in Sunnyvale.

Jed McCaleb

Ripple Co-Founder turned financial inclusion Non-Profit founder, Giving Pledge signatory, and space station builder

After co-founding Ripple, McCaleb founded the Stellar Development Foundation, a nonprofit running an open-source payment protocol for fast, low-cost cross-border transfers in underserved regions. He then signed the Giving Pledge and co-founded Astera Institute, an AI-focused nonprofit research organization, alongside his wife, biologist Seemay Chou. He also is the founder of Vast, the organization that is building the first commercial space station.

Bridgit Mendler

Actress, Engineer, Attorney, and Aerospace Founder

The former Disney actress and singer spent years at MIT and Harvard Law before founding Northwood Space, backed by Founders Fund and a16z. Northwood aims to mass-produce satellite ground stations that give operators flexible, on-demand access to space data without the 18-month wait for dedicated infrastructure.

Renee Montgomery

WNBA Champion, Team Owner, Executive, and Voting Rights Organizer

Montgomery voluntarily sat out the 2020 WNBA season to lead voting rights registration and advocacy in Atlanta, then became the first former WNBA player to hold both an ownership stake and an executive role at a team she once played for, as minority owner and Vice President of the Atlanta Dream. Through the Renee Montgomery Foundation, she continues that work, funding social justice programs and community development initiatives across Georgia.

Jim and Becky Morgan

Tech CEO, Legislator, and Family Foundation Builders

Jim and Becky Morgan's careers span public service, industry, and philanthropy — Becky as a former California state senator and retired president of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley, and Jim as retired CEO of Applied Materials. Jim is also the author of the widely distributed booklet "Applied Wisdom for Nonprofits," a free resource that has reached more than 64,000 copies across all 50 states and over 192 countries, and his newest work focuses on delegation and the power of decentralized decision-making.

Dustin Moskovitz

Tech Co-Founder, CEO, and Full-Time Global Philanthropist

The Facebook co-founder stepped down as Asana's CEO in 2025 to pursue full-time philanthropy, having already given billions toward AI safety, global health, and pandemic preparedness. He and his partner Cari Tuna have co-launched pooled funds targeting lead exposure reduction and economic abundance alongside philanthropic partners including the Gates Foundation and Patrick Collison. Moskovitz represents a rare archetype: a tech founder who chose institutional giving as the primary project of his life, not an afterthought.

Leslie Osborne

U.S. Women's National Team Veteran, League Co-Founder, and Franchise Owner

After playing soccer at the highest level for nine seasons, Leslie Osborne co-founded Bay FC and is an owner of LOVB San Francisco, helping build new professional opportunities and investment models for women's sports. She also co-founded Hustle Beauty, a clean beauty brand built around athletes. She didn't just play the game at the highest level. She came back to rebuild who gets to own it.

Alex Pall

Musician, Entrepreneur, and Venture Investor

Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of The Chainsmokers are known for their smash hits, including "Closer" with Halsey and "Something Like This" with Coldplay. The Chainsmokers went on to found Mantis VC in 2019, bringing firsthand experience watching technology disrupt the music industry to early-stage investing across tech, finance, consumer, and CPG. Mantis has now backed more than 80 companies, offering founders something traditional VCs rarely can: a working operator's perspective on building audiences and navigating industry transformation from the inside.

Candace Parker

WNBA Champion, Sports Broadcaster, and Women's Sports Investor

After retiring as one of the most decorated players in WNBA history, Parker became one of the sport's most prominent voices off the court: a pioneering analyst with Turner Sports covering both the NBA and WNBA, and the face of a signature Adidas shoe line that made her one of the few women's basketball players with true brand equity in footwear. She has also invested in the infrastructure of women's professional leagues and youth basketball development, helping define what the post-playing career of a great women's athlete can and should look like.

Elliot Perry

NBA Veteran, Civic Leader, Mentor, and Art Collector

Perry spent nine years in the NBA, most notably with the Phoenix Suns, but his second act has been defined almost entirely by giving back. Perry is the driving force behind the Grizzlies Foundation Mentorship Program, focused on increasing the number and impact of mentor relationships in Memphis. The partnership provides resources, leadership, and, in some cases, funding, to more than 57 local mentoring programs serving over 12,600 young people across Memphis. He is also an owner of the Memphis Grizzlies and involved with Grizzlies Prep, the first prep school in the country backed by an NBA franchise. He also works with the Poplar Foundation, supporting educational opportunities for underserved communities in Memphis. Beyond his civic work, Perry and his wife are avid art collectors who have built one of the country’s leading collections of contemporary African American and African art, earning recognition from Larry’s List among the top collectors in the field.

Ryan Petersen

Supply Chain Founder and Humanitarian Logistics Advocate

The Flexport founder built one of the most data-driven freight platforms in the world, and then turned its infrastructure toward humanitarian ends. Through Flexport.org, he has mobilized the company's global logistics network to deliver emergency supplies during disasters from the Ukraine crisis to COVID-19 response, treating freight capacity as a public resource. He is also an active angel investor with a wide portfolio across logistics, climate, and consumer technology. He joined Founders Fund in 2023 as a partner, and has remained on as a venture partner after returning to Flexport as CEO.

Shiv Rao

Practicing Cardiologist, AI Founder, and Healthcare Innovator

The Abridge co-founder and CEO moved from frontline clinical medicine into building one of the leading AI medical-scribe platforms. He's also run his first and second acts in tandem; he never left the hospital. Rao continues to practice as a cardiologist alongside leading a company that has become one of the most widely deployed AI tools in healthcare, bringing a working physician's judgment to every product decision in ways no purely technical founder can replicate.

George Roberts

Private Equity Pioneer, Venture Philanthropist, and Workforce Developer

George Roberts co-founded KKR, one of the most successful private equity firms of all time, in 1976. In his second act, he created Redefine Alliance (formerly known as REDF), a “venture philanthropy” organization that invests in mission-driven businesses providing jobs and training for people facing barriers to employment, helping tens of thousands of individuals build stability and long-term careers.

David Robinson

NBA Hall of Famer, Naval Officer, School Founder, and Philanthropist

"The Admiral" parlayed his Hall of Fame NBA career into a life of service, founding the David Robinson Foundation and donating millions to create the Carver Academy, a school serving underserved communities in East San Antonio. He has since expanded his philanthropic reach by launching The Admiral Center, a platform that helps celebrities channel their influence toward meaningful causes.

Myron Rolle

NFL Safety, Rhodes Scholar, Neurosurgeon, and Global Health Champion

Myron Rolle left professional football to complete medical training and now practices neurosurgery, using his platform to promote education, global health, and opportunities for underserved youth. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford — one of the most extraordinary academic and athletic dual careers in the history of professional sports.

James Slavet

Venture Capitalist and Tech for Economic Mobility Philanthropist

After building his career as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist at Greylock, Slavet founded Solid Foundation in 2022, a philanthropic organization investing in the nonprofits, startups, and venture firms helping bring economic opportunity to underresourced and overlooked communities. The work is a deliberate departure from his investing career, channeling the same instinct for backing underdogs toward people that consistently face barriers to reaching their potential.

Bill Smith

Serial Entrepreneur and Hometown Ecosystem Builder

After launching and scaling companies like Shipt and Landing, Smith has doubled down on Birmingham, Alabama, relocating headquarters, creating hundreds of local jobs, and treating the city as a “second city” tech hub where new call centers, operations teams, and diverse talent can grow outside the traditional coastal HQ model while he stays deeply committed to his home community.

Mati Staniszewski

AI Founder, Voice Restoration Champion, and Disability Advocate

Alongside building one of the most consequential AI companies of the moment, ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski pledged free voice restoration to 1 million people living with ALS, MS, stroke, and other conditions causing permanent voice loss, building partnerships with 500+ healthcare and disability organizations across 35 countries and producing an 11-episode docuseries featuring people communicating through AI reconstructions of their own voices.

Trae Stephens

Venture Capitalist, Defense Tech Co-Founder, and Faith Community Builder

A partner at Founders Fund since 2014, Stephens co-founded Anduril Industries in 2017 alongside Palmer Luckey, building it into one of the most consequential defense technology companies in the world, now valued at over $60 billion. In parallel, Stephens has become a leading voice in a distinctly Silicon Valley Christian revival, engaging tech leaders on the intersection of faith and innovation, and supporting his wife's nonprofit ACTS17, which ministers to the tech community in the Bay Area.

Michael Strahan

NFL Hall of Famer, Television Host, and Philanthropist

After retiring from the Giants as one of the most dominant pass rushers of his generation, Strahan built one of the most recognizable media careers in American sports, co-hosting Good Morning America, anchoring Fox NFL Sunday, and launching production ventures that have expanded his platform well beyond the field. He has channeled that reach into sustained philanthropy: a longtime supporter of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a consistent advocate for U.S. service members through the USO, and a champion for underserved children's health initiatives. His trajectory from Super Bowl champion to daytime television institution to philanthropist is one of the most complete second acts in professional sports.

Jim Swartz

Venture Capital Pioneer, Oscar-Winning Film Producer, and Philanthropist

Swartz co-founded Accel Partners in 1983 and spent four decades building it into one of the most successful venture firms in the world, backing companies like Facebook, Spotify, and Slack. His second act has been equally ambitious but entirely different: through the Swartz Foundation, he funds academic, arts, athletic, and social-impact programs across the communities he loves. Meanwhile, his work with Impact Partners has financed more than 130 social-issue documentaries, including the Oscar-winning films "Icarus" and "Navalny."

Jaan Tallinn

Skype founding engineer turned AI safety institution Co-Founder and existential risk investor

The Skype founding engineer emerged from a pivotal dinner with AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky convinced that AI posed an existential threat, and has since co-founded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge and the Future of Life Institute while investing $100M+ across 100+ AI safety companies, leading Anthropic's Series A, and serving on the UN's AI Advisory Body and the Board of the Center for AI Safety.

Bret Taylor

Engineer, AI Founder, and OpenAI Board Chair

Bret Taylor is a technologist who has left his mark all over the Valley — from creating the Facebook "Like" button to building Google Maps. The Sierra CEO stepped in to chair OpenAI's board in November 2023 at the height of the Sam Altman crisis and has remained in that role, making him one of the few people outside a lab with genuine governance influence over the direction of frontier AI development.

Bobby Wagner

NFL All-Pro, Walter Payton Man of the Year, and Community Champion

The 2025 Walter Payton Man of the Year, Bobby Wagner created the Phenia Mae Fund in memory of his mother to support stroke prevention, patient education, and financial assistance for families navigating stroke care. Beyond healthcare, Wagner has invested deeply in the youth and communities of every city he has played - from Seattle to Los Angeles to Washington — supporting mentorship programs, youth athletics, and local nonprofits through his FAST54 initiative and charitable partnerships. As a 14-year NFL veteran who is still active, Wagner continues to make real impact both on and off the field.

Jason Wright

NFL Running Back, First Black NFL Franchise President, and Women's Sports Investor

Jason Wright was a running back in the NFL for seven seasons, including a team captain for the Arizona Cardinals and an NFLPA representative during the NFL lockout in 2011. He later became the first Black president of an NFL franchise when he was hired to lead the business operations of the Washington Commanders, overseeing strategy, finance, and organizational transformation. He is now the Managing Partner and Head of Investments at Ariel Project Level, aiming to accelerate the growth of the rapidly expanding women's sports sector.

Troy Vincent

Pro Bowl Cornerback, NFL Executive, and Inclusion Champion

Troy Vincent was a celebrated Pro Bowl cornerback, tallying 16 seasons for the Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, and Washington Redskins before returning to the league in a new capacity. As the NFL’s Executive Vice President of Football Operations, Vincent oversees game operations, officiating, and football policy while leading league initiatives that expand coaching and front-office pathways for people of color.

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