Becky Heidesch, MBA, MA, BA
Co-Founder, WISC Network
Chief Executive Officer, WSS Executive Search WSS, LLC

Founder of WSS, LLC, Women’s Sports Services, WSS Executive Search, & the WISC Network, Heidesch brings a combination of sports, business, and career development to her current management role. She spearheaded the company’s evolution from a sports marketing agency to the leading diversity recruiting company in sports and is directing the company's efforts to focus long term on career development and job placement for women, minorities and professional athletes.

She has served as a sports marketing consultant for Marilyn Oshman, chairman of the Board for Oshman's Sporting Goods, Franklin Covey, California Interscholastic Federation, the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks, and Hyundai Motor America and Alta Dena Dairy. Prior to the launch of WSS, Heidesch was Director of Human Resources and an Executive Search Consultant in the private sector.

Heidesch spent five years in college athletics as a head coach on both NCAA and NAIA levels. In 1986 as a head coach at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, her team was ranked #1 in the nation in the NCAA polls and she was named the NCAA Western Regional Coach of the Year and the California Collegiate Coach of the Year. In 1990, while at Linfield College she was named the NAIA Western Regional Coach of the Year. In the mid 90's she compiled and produced an NCAA Rules & Compliance publication for the Big West Conference, and was a coaching presenter for the Amateur Athletic Foundation in Los Angeles.

A popular speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship, career development and women's sports, she is frequently asked to speak on sports and career related panels and is often solicited by the media as an expert in her field. Her professional involvements include the Professional in Human Resources Association, National Sports Marketing Association, National Association for Female Executives, Association for Women in Sports Media, Black Women in Sport Foundation, Professional in Human Resources Association, National Association of Women Business Owners.

She holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Concordia University, Master’s Degree and Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education and a California State Teaching Credential from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.