![]() ![]() Sheila's I Am Powerful Challenge raised over $8 million in 2007. Johnson is a Global Ambassador for CARE, a humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. She was also educated at the University of Illinois. While attending Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois she was a cheerleader, serving as captain of the varsity squad in her senior year. Sheila Johnson was born on Janu in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a neurosurgeon father who worked for the Veterans Administration, and an accountant mother. Salamander's portfolio includes: Reunion Resort located in Reunion, Florida The Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, a 900-acre (3.6 km 2), 72 hole PGA tour golf course in Palm Harbor, FL and The Salamander Resort & Spa in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Middleburg, VA. ![]() ![]() Johnson is CEO of Salamander Hospitality, a company she founded in 2005. She is the first African-American woman to be an owner or partner in three professional sports franchises: the Washington Capitals (NHL), the Washington Wizards (NBA), and the Washington Mystics (WNBA). On May 24, 2005, Washington Sports and Entertainment Chairman, Abe Pollin, sold the Mystics to Lincoln Holdings LLC, where Johnson served as president. Johnson is team president, managing partner, and governor of the WNBA's Washington Mystics, a position she earned before the 2005 season. Sheila Crump Johnson (born January 25, 1949) is an American businesswoman, co-founder of BET, CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, and the first African-American woman to attain a net worth of at least one billion dollars. ![]()
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