Earlina Green Hamilton is a speaker, writer, and author of The Beginner's Guide to Finding Your Brave and 7 Tips for Breaking Into The World of Sports. Before writing, Green was a leading sports executive for professional NBA teams Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks. She has given speeches across the nation, including West Point United States Military Academy, Ignite DFW, and Manhattanville College. Green is the founder of Project Hug, a social-good project geared toward serving seniors of the Dallas community. Earlina received the Sports Launch 30 under 30 award and was honored as Dallas' Emerging Leader by the eWomen Network. A former educator at Brookhaven College, she taught classes on marketing and brand development. In 2018, Earlina received the University of North Texas Communication Studies Horizon Alumni Award. Green is the creator and host of the Dallas Business Podcast. The Dallas Business Podcast launched in 2020. The show is available now on iTunes, Spotify, & Amazon.
In August, Green’s mother (Janice Green) passed away of metastatic breast cancer. On behalf of her siblings, Earlina launched a memorial fund and raised over $12,000 for unforeseen medical expenses and cancer research. The family awarded Dr. Azra Raza, oncologist, and Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University in New York, a portion of fundraising efforts for her First Cell Center and Tissue Bank, the largest and oldest in the country with >60,000 samples.
Read the families story at jlgreenmemorialfund.com.
Earlina lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband and son.
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