Shelly Cayette is starting International Women’s Day off right. According to AfroTech, the Cleveland Cavaliers promoted Cayette to executive vice president and chief operating officer of the franchise. The promotion marks Cayette as the first Black woman to hold the latter position for an NBA team.

Cleveland Cavaliers promote Shelly Cayette-Weston to executive vice president and chief operating officer, per @sbjsbd.

She is the first Black woman to hold this role with an NBA team 👏 @HighlightHER

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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 26, 2022

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