Keynote Speaker Sarah Spain

Sarah Spain is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning sports journalist, the host of the iHeart daily women's sports podcast "Good Game with Sarah Spain” and an espnW contributor. She has been a jack of all trades in her 14 years at ESPN, as a radio and podcast host, television personality, producer and writer. Her first book, with Simon and Schuster, is set for release in early 2025. Spain is on the Gatorade Women's Advisory Board, is a former Crain’s Chicago Business “40 Under 40” honoree and was formerly a minority owner of the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League.

Spain is a graduate of Cornell University, where she competed as a heptathlete and served as the co-captain of the track & field team. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Brad, and her three rescue dogs.