Sam Marchiano

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rdf:langString Susan Anne "Sam" Marchiano is an American television sportscaster, documentarian and activist who is adjunct faculty at the NYU Tisch Sports Institute for Sports Management, Media and Business. In addition to teaching Leagues and Governing Organizations and Leadership for Crisis Situations, Marchiano served as research chair for NYU's 2016 Social Responsibility of Sports Conference. She is a founding member of the board of directors of the Equality League, a non-profit launching in spring 2018. Until 2015, she was the outreach director for Athlete Ally, a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt non profit organization focused on ending homophobia and transphobia in sports by educating and motivating the athletic community to take a stand.[1] She became a founding member of the Athlete Ally board of directors because allyship played a crucial role in her ability to address gender issues as female sports reporter[2] She was a central figure in Major League Baseball's embrace of LGBT inclusion beginning in 2013. Like Athlete Ally Founder Hudson Taylor, her own personal experience reflects into her LGBT advocacy.[3] "Once people start to talk about the issue, and get comfortable, the acceptance grows from there", Marchiano told the Washington Blade; "You don’t go backward".[3] She thinks of her advocacy holistically: "Ending discrimination is all about respect, no matter your sexual orientation, your race, your gender or where you're from", Marchiano said.