Lynn Norenberg Barry

Lynn A. Barry (née Norenberg) (born 1959) is an American former assistant executive director of USA women's basketball and former adviser to the Women's National Basketball Association. Barry is also considered to be the most talented player in the College of William & Mary's women's basketball program history.

Personal life Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, Norenberg attended her hometown's Lakewood High School where she graduated in 1977 and excelled in basketball, tennis, track and softball. She was named the Amateur Athlete of the Year in 1977 by the St. Petersburg Evening Independent and was inducted into the Lakewood High School Hall of Fame in 2008. Lynn was a four-year starter and co-captain. She was named the conference Player of the Year as a freshman and led the team to the VAIAW state championship during her sophomore campaign, and for her career she scored exactly 1,500 points in only 82 games played. On February 17, 2002, Barry became the only women's athlete in William & Mary history, regardless of sport, to have her jersey number retired (#22).

Barry eventually worked as an enforcement representative for the NCAA and was the only woman on a 10-person staff of field investigators. She then worked as the assistant executive director of USA Basketball for eleven years (1985–1996) where she organized all women's basketball teams for participation in events such as the Olympics, World Championships and Pan-American Games. She was named the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Executive of the Year in 1994. After the women's national team won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Barry left USA Basketball to become a special advisor to the WNBA. She worked at this position for five years, but is now a guest speaker at youth basketball camps in and around her home of Colorado Springs.