One of NCLR’s current LGBTQ Sports Consultants, Helen Carroll (she/her) originally joined the organization’s staff in 2001 as Sports Project Director, holding that position until 2016.
Prior to her time at NCLR, Carroll was a student-athlete and played tennis, basketball, and track and field. After coaching college basketball in Nebraska, Tennessee, and North Carolina, Carroll was an athletic director at Mills College in Oakland, California for over a decade before working for NCLR.
Over the years, Carroll’s work at NCLR entailed helping LGBTQ athletes, coaches, and administrators receive pro bono legal representation, conducting educational conferences and panels for coaches around the country, and working alongside NCLR’s attorneys on