The fact that they have two "co-leaders" and one of them is a woman makes me really wonder if they went for the two leader approach just so that they could have

The fact that they have two "co-leaders" and one of them is a woman makes me really wonder if they went for the two leader approach just so that they could have a woman without making a woman the sole "leader". As in, did they really want Mike Ybarra but were scared of being torn a new one by the Internet and their employees? Has Blizzard ever done this before without being in middle of a massive shitstorm?