Clara Stroude-Vasquez is an 18-year veteran of the Miami HEAT professional basketball organization. In her current role as Chief of Culture and Inclusion, she oversees the HEAT’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Stroude-Vasquez the champion of HEAT culture, helping employees understand and live out the franchise’s values. She works to create strategies and implement programs that inspire, motivate and develop employees.
Stroude-Vasquez earned her BS in Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management at East Carolina University. She is presently an adjunct faculty member in the Andreas School of Business at Barry University, where she completed her MS in Sports Management and once worked as an assistant women’s basketball coach. She also is the chapter president of WISE (Women in Sports and Events) South Florida.
After spending most of her formative years on the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Barbados, Stroude-Vasquez grew up in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. She enjoys working out, cooking, traveling, the beach, and listening to and making music as a vocalist, flutist, and novice guitar player. She lives in Miami with her husband, John, daughter, Sydney, and two fur babies.