Krista Whitaker

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Krista Whitaker is Executive Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs and Chief Legal Officer of the Chicago Bears, appointed April 9, 2024; the club states she leads its legal and security departments and works closely with President & CEO Kevin Warren across football and business operations. She joined the Bears from the Miami Heat, where she rose from Senior Associate Counsel (2021) to Vice President & Associate General Counsel, after roughly five years as a sports-law corporate associate at Proskauer Rose; she earned her JD at Stanford Law School in 2015 and was honored in 2025 by the Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago. She was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.

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• Chicago Bears — affiliated with
  Krista Whitaker is the Chicago Bears' EVP of Legal and Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer, appointed April 9, 2024 (club's official biography and hiring announcement).
• WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
  Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as EVP of Legal and Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer, Chicago Bears Football Club.

Sources

• WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Krista Whitaker as EVP of Legal and Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer, Chicago Bears Football Club, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
• Chicago Bears, front-office biography for Krista Whitaker (accessed 2026-10-21): EVP of Legal and Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer; legal oversight, legal and security departments, work with President & CEO Kevin Warren. (primary source · build store)
• Chicago Bears (accessed 2026-10-21): 'Bears hire Krista Whitaker as EVP of Legal and Business Affairs, Chief Legal Officer' — her appointment and prior Miami Heat role; Legal Dive coverage corroborates the Proskauer Rose and Stanford Law path. (primary source · build store)

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