Odessa "OJ" Jenkins
Chief Executive Officer
Women's National Football Conference (WNFC)
Odessa Jenkins is the Founder and CEO of the Women's National Football Conference (WNFC, and the Director of Business Development for Parity. A sought-after national speaker, Jenkins is also the Founder of multiple nonprofits (Got Her Back, Elite Women's Football Alliance of Dallas). She was an inaugural participant in the NFL's first Women's Career in Football Forum. Featured on Sports Illustrated, Fox 4, CBS, ESPN, Yahoo Sports, The Undefeated, and more, Jenkins globally recognized as a leader in Women's Tackle Football, and was listed as one of the top 100 most powerful, influential women in sports (SI Unrelenting Issue). She is a market leader in relationship management with multiple years of Executive leadership in private funded start-ups, joint ventures, and fortune 100 public companies. Jenkins has 15+ years of coaching and playing experience, is a Hall of Fame Running Back, a 2X National Champion and a USA Football Team captain, and a 2-time Gold Medalist.
OJ IN THE NEWS
Introducing The Unrelenting
A former professional football player, Jenkins cofounded the Women's National Football Conference in 2019 with the hopes of building a long-standing, professional women's tackle football league with worldwide...
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In partnership with Adidas and Riddell, Women's National Football Conference unveil 2020 uniforms
The Women's National Football Conference (WNFC) had to cancel their spring season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that didn't stop the Dallas-based organization from boosting...
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Women's National Football Conference Hopes to Turn an Adidas Grant Into a TV
Last week, the adidas + IFundWomen campaign selected 15 women-led sports organizations to help fund and promote as part of an International Women's Day initiative...
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Testimonials
I had the pleasure of working with Odessa during my time at YourCause. She was the Vice President of the Client Success Group when I was at the company. Odessa was instrumental in the growth of YourCause. I was able to see her lead her team through many implementations. She managed one of the largest teams (if not the largest team) at the company. Her role required a leader who is smart, well-spoken, decisive, technical, and empathetic. Odessa possesses all of these characteristics and more. She is not shy about speaking the truth and is a leader I trust to "do the harder right, than the easier wrong". I admire her ability to project her positive energy into any room she enters. She can drive positive culture in any team environment. I would very much enjoy working with Odessa again. Otherwise, I look forward to watching her continue to be successful in her endeavors.
"Every time I see Odessa, two things come to mind. 1. Rockstar 2. Amazing person I'm lucky enough to work with Odessa and always look forward to tackling complex projects with her. If you ever get the chance to work with her, take it."