Yes, the woman is the man for this job. I don’t care what her sexual proclivities are. I don’t care where she went to college. I don’t care if she is fat, anorexic, tall or short. I don’t care about her race nor if she married or unmarried. Whether or not she has kids, grandkids or no kids at all doesn’t matter one whit to me.The only two things that I care about is that she is not religious zealot and that she is a woman. 

Until there has been a female US president women are still only second class citizens.

A very strong woman - and I don’t mean in the physical sense - but one where there is little doubt that she is running the organization: one that has rules that are not meant to be bent or broken, well thought out in the first place, and the ability to say "no" when needed. 

As in any sport ( as well as in some other fields ) prima donna players want special consideration.  However, if the rules are just and agreed upon by the board, they must have a strong leader who upholds them.

As it is a complete women’s organization, it stands to reason that the CEO is a woman.  . but a woman who knows the sport and its problems back and forth "from the inside" preferably - and hopefully is a respected person already in the field.  As the best leader normally has a team approach, those under her should be up-and-comers with specific expertise in the field of sports.  Frankly, this will not be the easiest job. 

I’m certian there are many highly qualified men who could take on the CEO position.  However, in every sense of the word, only a woman could possibly understand the specific needs posed by a large corporation aimed at women in sports.  On a similar thought, I know there are many highly qualified and excellent male gynecologists, but a woman has that first-hand experience to empathaize and understand what another woman may possibly be feeling.  Of course in my opinion, I find golf and visits to the gynecologists equally entertaining.