Shaneika Dabney-Henderson

Shaneika Dabney-Henderson is a 6-time Emmy award winning content creator who was born and raised in New Orleans’ 7th Ward and graduated from Loyola University with a BA in Mass Communications. She worked in television news for 15 years at both the local and network level (CNN) before transitioning to sports journalism in 2015. She was a Coordinating Producer at the NFL Network before taking the role as VP of Production for the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans. In 2026, she was named Global Head of Video for The Athletic, the sports division of The New York Times.

In 2025, she was one of 50 women named as a Sports Business Journal Game Changer. Dabney-Henderson is also the former chairperson of the HBCU Legacy Bowl’s planning committee and serves on the boards for Louisiana Urban League and Benjamin Franklin High School. She also sits on the Loyola University School of Communications’ Visiting Committee. She currently lives in New Orleans with her husband Michael and their three children.