WNBA president Lisa Borders steps down to run Time's Up

Time's Up, the legal defense organization that seeks to combat sexual harassment against women, tapped WNBA president Lisa Borders to become the movement's first CEO and president, ESPN reported Tuesday.

Borders had led the WNBA since 2016. Time's Up, founded by celebrities who were responding to the "#MeToo" movement in Hollywood, raises money to fight "systemic inequality and injustice in the workplace" for women.

"Time's Up is both a natural extension and a bold advancement of the work I have been doing for the last four decades," Borders said in a statement, referring to her past work as an executive at the Coca-Cola Foundation and as Vice Mayor of Atlanta. "I'm honored to have this opportunity to combine my experience working across all three sectors, as real, systemic change will require collaboration from each of these arenas."

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Organization founders like Shonda Rhimes and Kerry Washington said Borders is the right fit to "ensure that this isn't a moment that passes us by," writes The Hollywood Reporter. Borders said she is "thrilled" to lead Time's Up, and that she will seek to "shift the paradigm of workplace culture." NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum will oversee the WNBA until Borders' successor is named.