2008 Lifetime Achievement Award
Sheila Johnson

Sheila C. Johnson is CEO of Salamander Hospitality, LLC, President & Managing Partner of the WNBA's Washington Mystics, and a partner in Lincoln Holdings, LLC. She also serves as a Global Ambassador for CARE, a humanitarian organization whose mission is to fight global poverty.

As CEO of Salamander Hospitality, LLC, a company she founded in 2005, she oversees a growing portfolio of luxury properties which include: Market Salamander a working chef’s market in Middleburg, VA and Palm Beach, FL and the Woodlands Resort & Inn, in Summerville, SC. In July 2007, Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club was added to the company’s acquisitions. Future expansions to the Salamander Hospitality properties include the luxurious Salamander Resort & Spa being developed just outside of Middleburg, VA.

Ms. Johnson is the only woman to have a stake in three professional sports teams, including the Washington Wizards and the Washington Capitals.

Of all her numerous accomplishments, she is most proud to be the mother of her two children.

 

 

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