LOS ANGELES, June 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Today Angel City Football Club (ACFC) announced
Jane Walker, a symbol of the Johnnie
Walker brand's commitment to progress in gender equality, as the
team's founding and exclusive spirits partner. This partnership is
a first for Jane Walker in sports
and marks the brand's ongoing commitment to women who have pushed
boundaries and blazed trails to achieve monumental firsts in
culture.
Johnnie Walker has a longstanding commitment to gender equality and
most recently through its Jane
Walker initiative, launched the First Women campaign
celebrating bold, brave women who broke barriers to be a first in
their field, and to inspire and enable others on the road to a
monumental first. In honor of the partnership, ACFC will be
producing a Jane Walker content
series that showcases the incredible firsts the team has achieved
to-date, including being the first National Women's Soccer League
team in Los Angeles and the first
majority women-founded, owned and operated pro-sports team,
and toast to the many firsts to come. Come Spring 2022 when
the team takes to the pitch as part of the National Women's Soccer
League, adult fans will also be able to celebrate responsibly at
the stadium with custom Jane Walker
and Johnnie Walker gameday cocktails and take part in other
exciting activations to be announced.
"This team has already created so many firsts for women in
sports that are making headlines and enabling people to rethink the
approach to ownership, partnership, and more. Jane Walker by Johnnie Walker is proud to sign
on as ACFC's official spirits partner so we can celebrate their
many achievements and help fuel and ignite everything they hope to
achieve in the future. We are thrilled to join them on this journey
and continue to mark these moments together for their incredible LA
fan base and beyond," Sophie Kelly,
SVP of Whiskies, Diageo North America.
"Angel City is passionate about breaking down barriers and
elevating women, and we are thrilled to welcome Jane Walker in this shared pursuit," said
Julie Uhrman, Founder and President
of ACFC. "This announcement is only the beginning of many firsts
for the team that we plan to celebrate together, and we can't wait
to bring this incredible partnership to life!"
Through the Angel City Sponsorship Model, Jane Walker and ACFC will collaborate to
re-allocate a portion of the value of their sponsorship to help
create more opportunities for women to achieve their goals.
Together with ACFC, Jane Walker will
continue its support of women-owned business funding
marketplace, IFundWomen. The partnership will provide grant
funding to Los Angeles based
businesses identified in collaboration with ACFC and will be
announced throughout the partnership, with the inaugural grant
recipient given to MODEFYwear, an activewear company that allows
women to embrace their heritage without making sacrifices. If
you're an entrepreneur looking for support, please apply at
www.ifundwomen.com/JaneWalker.
ABOUT ANGEL CITY FOOTBALL CLUB
Angel City Football
Club is a member of the National Women's Soccer League in
the United States and will take
the pitch in Spring 2022. The team is founded by Academy
Award-winning actress and activist Natalie
Portman, technology venture capitalist Kara Nortman, media and gaming entrepreneur
Julie Uhrman, and venture
capitalist, 776 founder & Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Other founding investors, mostly
female and with ties to Southern
California, include Serena
Williams and daughter, Alexis
Olympia Ohanian, Jr., Sports Icons Billie Jean King and
Ilana Kloss, actors Uzo Aduba, Sophia
Bush, Jessica Chastain,
America Ferrera, Jennifer Garner, and Eva
Longoria, actor and late-night host James Corden, late-night host Lilly Singh, Latin Pop Superstar Becky G,
fourteen former US Women's National Team players representing
Southern California including
Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and
FIFA World Cup Champions Lauren Cheney
Holiday and Abby Wambach,
MLS/US Soccer legend and sports broadcaster Cobi Jones, NFL All-Pro Ryan Kalil, WNBA Legend
Candace Parker, Gold Medalist, and Alpine Skiing Legend Lindsey
Vonn, Gold Medalist and NHL-All Star PK Subban, author and activist
Glennon Doyle and entertainment and
media executives Cindy Holland,
David Nathanson, Brian Weinstein, Brian
Sullivan, and Ben Grossman.
Learn more at www.angelcity.com.
ABOUT JOHNNIE WALKER
Johnnie Walker is the world's
number one Scotch Whisky brand, enjoyed by people in over 180
countries around the world. Since the time of its founder,
John Walker, those who blend its
whiskies have pursued flavor and quality above else.
Six generations of skilled Master Blenders have pioneered and
crafted bold new flavors that have transformed a small Scottish
grocery store business, founded in 1820, into an international
whisky business selling stylish, authentic, and iconic blends.
Today's range of award-winning whiskies includes Johnnie Walker Red
Label, Black Label, Double Black, Green Label, Gold Label Reserve,
Aged 18 Years and Blue Label. Together they account for nearly 19
million cases sold annually (IWSR, 2019), making Johnnie Walker the
most popular Scotch Whisky brand in the world.
About Diageo North America
Diageo is a global leader
in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands
including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's
whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Casamigos and
Don Julio tequilas, Captain Morgan,
Baileys, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Diageo is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and
the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and our products are sold in more
than 180 countries around the world. For more information about
Diageo, our people, our brands, and performance, visit us at
www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking
resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways
to share best practice.
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