Photos: A look at WNBA President Lisa Borders

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A look at WNBA President Lisa Borders

Photos: A look at WNBA President Lisa Borders

Lisa Borders (shown here in 2009), most recently chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation and vice present of global affairs for The Coca-Cola Company, was named president of the WNBA on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. As vice mayor of Atlanta and president of the city council, she helped bring a WNBA franchise, the Dream, to Atlanta in 2008. STORY: Borders to head WNBA -- Text by Doug Roberson, AJC

Then-Atlanta City Council President Borders (from left) with WNBA President Donna Orender and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin stand during the national anthem at the Atlanta Dream's inaugural game at Philips Arena on Friday, May 23, 2008. “The WNBA has reached a significant milestone, and I feel privileged to be joining the league at such an exciting time,” Borders said in a Feb. 10, 2016, statement given to the media about her taking over the league presidency, which begins March 21. -- Text by Doug Roberson, AJC

Borders addresses celebrities, politicians and members of the civil rights community during the annual Salute to Greatness Awards Dinner honoring Martin Luther King Jr., on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, in Atlanta.

Borders greets donors in the media room the W Hotel in downtown Atlanta Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Borders, who had dropped out of the mayoral race before re-entering the contest, later conceded to opponent (and future Atlanta mayor) Kasim Reed.

Borders, right, later offered her support to Kasim Reed in the 2009 mayoral race. Reed won and is currently Mayor of Atlanta.

Outgoing council president Lisa Borders gives outgoing Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin a hug after Franklin said a brief goodbye to the council, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009.

In 2008, Cobb Chairman Sam Olens (now Georgia's attorney general) and then-Atlanta City Council President Lisa Borders show true regional cooperation while walking along the streets of downtown Portland.

In this August 2008 photo, Borders gives four-year-old Keondre Harris a new pair of flip-flops as part of a national giveaway that was aimed at calling attention to the needs of children lacking shoes in Atlanta and around the world.

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Lisa Borders (shown here in 2009), most recently chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation and vice present of global affairs for The Coca-Cola Company, was named president of the WNBA on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. As vice mayor of Atlanta and president of the city council, she helped bring a WNBA franchise, the Dream, to Atlanta in 2008. STORY: Borders to head WNBA -- Text by Doug Roberson, AJC

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