The use of "Commissioner" has been less prevalent in top-level women's leagues. When the NBA founded the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 1996, it chose to use the title of "President" for that league's chief executive, and did not use the title of "Commissioner" for that position until 2019. The National Women's Soccer League, founded in 2012 with play starting in 2013, initially called its chief executive "Commissioner", but that position has been vacant since the resignation of the league's second commissioner, Jeff Plush, shortly before the 2017 season. Currently, the NWSL's highest office is styled as "President".