Former star at Queens (New York) parlays lessons learned in athletics to success at many levels Gail Marquis discovered a love for playing basketball while growing up in Queens, New York. Along the way, she also acquired skills that have propelled her to success as a college, Olympic and professional women’s basketball player, on Wall…
Forty years ago this summer, a team of 12 women laid the foundation for the future of women’s basketball in the United States, competing as part of Team USA in the first-ever Olympic women’s basketball tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. There was no WNBA at the time, nor any professional women’s league in the U.S.…
“I was very, very competitive and ambitious.” After a short pause and a chuckle Gail Marquis confesses, “I am still very ambitious.” That’s probably an understatement coming from a woman who is considered a champion on the basketball court, a success on Wall Street and a tireless advocate for women. Over the last four decades…