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For more than 6 years, Anup has been a driving force for growth at Wasserman by helping brands and properties strengthen their experiential strategies by forging partnerships and delivering integrated campaigns that spark conversations and leave a lasting impression.

With a background of more than fifteen years in experiential marketing, Anup has worked at all levels of the business at leading agencies in Toronto, London & New York. This international exposure allows Anup to bring a unique global perspective on industry trends and a desire to deliver creative solutions that capture the world's attention.

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Kevin Straley was named TuneIn’s first Chief Content Officer in February 2016.

Since joining TuneIn as Vice President of Programming in 2011, Straley has built a strategy and team responsible for securing more than 600 best-in-class content partners on TuneIn’s platform. Partners to-date include the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR (MRN & PRN), IMG College, Learfield Sports, ESPN Radio, Westwood One, MSNBC, CNN, Fox News Talk, BBC, and NPR.

Straley works closely with TuneIn’s content partners to enhance their digital strategies through TuneIn's best-in-class analytics tools, monetization engine and distribution reach on more than 250 connected devices. Mostly recently, his team has focused on TuneIn’s original content strategy that includes in-house development and production of both live and on-demand exclusive audio programming.

Prior to TuneIn, Kevin was SVP of News, Talk, and Sports Programming at XM Satellite Radio where he developed strategy and broadcast architecture for the initial 2001 launch with a team of 30 employees and 29 channels. Kevin grew to lead a team of 150 employees, and more than 100 channels, launching brand-specific and XM-exclusive shows including The Bob Edwards Show, Opie & Anthony, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, and Michael Waltrip, expanding initial play-by-play sports broadcasts to more than 5,000, and launching new channels for MLB, NHL, NASCAR, PGA TOUR, FIFA World Cup, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC.

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Kristen oversees Sports and Entertainment Partnerships for Rakuten in the Americas where she gets to work with partners like the Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry, the NBA and the Spartan Race.

Kristen turned her passion for sports into a career beginning with being a part of the team that brought the first Major League Soccer team to Houston and then growing it over 10 years to include the launches of a National Women’s Soccer League franchise and a soccer-specific stadium. She has also worked with brands such as Esurance.

She is a passionate advocate for advancing equality both in and out of the workplace.

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Shiz is known as a tenacious, results driven leader who has a consistent track record of leading teams and building the AT&T brand while pushing the envelope of innovation.

She currently leads the Sponsorship team at AT&T, which includes industry-leading partnerships across numerous sports and entertainment verticals. These include AT&T Stadium and the Dallas Cowboys, Jordan Spieth, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the AT&T Byron Nelson, NCAA, College Football Playoffs, Major League Soccer, Red Bull Racing and Tribeca Film Festival to name a few.

Prior to her current role in Sponsorships, Shiz held a wide range of roles across the corporation—a true testament to her business acumen, adaptability and leadership skills. She’s been on the front lines managing call centers and out in the field leading construction crews—consistently outperforming peer groups in productivity and accuracy. She was instrumental on the delivery of the company’s first web-based cloud product as well as designing industry leading offers in the pricing and analytics organization for the largest corporate clients.

More recently, Shiz was the chief of staff to the SVP of Brand, Advertising, Media and Sponsorships which included executive support, overseeing overall operations and organizational budgets. Shiz also led large scale corporate workforce and workplace transformation efforts.

In a previous role, Shiz has also supported the Chairman and CEO of AT&T, which included production of multi-location and live broadcast of major events ranging from leadership conferences, all-employee town halls to merger announcements, press tours and the Annual AT&T Shareholders’ Meeting.

She has received numerous accolades including the Asian MBA Global Emerging Leaders Award, the Women of Color STEM Magazine’s Technology Rising Stars award, AT&T Best of the Best Awards, and the President’s Volunteer Service Award.

Shiz holds a bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Science from UCLA and an MBA from Pepperdine University. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband Peter, and rescue dog, Bella. She enjoys wine tasting, international cuisines and traveling.

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Donn Davis is a Founding Partner of Revolution Growth, as well as Co-Founder and Chairman of Professional Fighters League (PFL).

Donn and Steve Case co-founded Revolution in 2005, and Donn focuses on investing in and helping build disruptive digital companies in media, gaming, entertainment, and sports.

Donn previously served as CEO of Exclusive Resorts, building it from a start-up to the market leader, establishing its unique member experience, innovative business model, and blue-chip brand, while growing revenue 10x and scaling real estate assets to over $1 billion.

Donn was a senior executive at America Online from 1998 to 2003. He held several major roles, including President and COO of the AOL Interactive Properties Group, where he led a portfolio of several internet businesses and 1,000-person team. At age 36, Donn was a member of the 15-person Operating Committee during the period AOL was a Fortune 50 Company.

Prior to AOL, Donn was the founder and President of Tribune Ventures where he led numerous strategic investments in “Internet 1.0” winners. He also served as Senior Counsel at Tribune Company, responsible for M&A in the broadcasting, publishing, and sports groups.

At age 29, Donn served as Counsel to the beloved Chicago Cubs Baseball Team, where he was the youngest team attorney in Major League Baseball negotiating player contracts.

Donn started at Sidley & Austin, specializing in technology, media, and sports transactions. He graduated from Miami University (Ohio) in 1985 with a BS in Finance and University of Michigan Law School in 1988. Donn created the course “Real Business” which has been taught for a decade at his alma mater, where he served for a period as Adjunct Professor.

Donn is a minority owner in Team Liquid, 2017 ESPN e-sports Team of the Year.

Donn and his wife of 24 years Sharon live in Great Falls, Virginia and have three children.

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Jorge heads up Fan Audience Strategy and Engagement at the NBA, a global marketing team that leverages data to build personalized experiences, products and communications to attract new fans, keep them engaged, and drive revenue. Prior to the NBA, Jorge’s 20-year career includes senior leadership strategy and operations positions in the digital agency, media, and management consulting industries. Jorge has been a speaker in domestic and international media and advertising conferences: Digiday, MIT Sloan, NYU, Columbia, AdMonsters, IE, Summit Series, ADMA. He has published or been quoted in Advertising Age, Digiday, The Drum and CIO Review. Jorge holds an MBA from the Sloan School at MIT and an MS in Sports Management by Columbia. He is fluent in Spanish and French.

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For over 30 years, Rick Alessandri has been a sports media executive at some of the top brands in the industry. In 1982, Rick started as a General Manager for SportsTicker and thereafter worked his way up at ESPN, where he was Chief of Staff to ESPN President George Bodenheimer, Chief X-Games Officer and EVP of ESPN Enterprises. Rick recently served as a Senior EVP at Univision tapping into Hispanic America. Rick joined Turnkey in 2018 as a Managing Director to help launch and grow Turnkey’s media search division.

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Shaun Carrigan has spent sixteen years revolutionizing the way sports are experienced through roles in Production, Product Management, and Business Development. You've seen his work enhancing baseball and football broadcasts including the World Series, NBA All Star Game, Super Bowl, Daytona 500, NCAA Final Four, and six different Olympic Games. He brought NFL’s Next Gen Stats to air for the first time and was instrumental in the development of MLB’s PITCHf/x. His executive tenure includes leadership positions at Sportvision, STATS, & currently serves as the Director of Experience at Intel Sports. He’s received five National Sports Emmys including the George Wensel Technical Achievement Award.

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Rachel Jacobson is the President of the Drone Racing League (DRL), the global, professional drone racing circuit. She spearheads global partnerships and media rights deals, and leads the marketing and business development teams, bringing to DRL her legacy of creating transformative partnerships with leading sports and technology brands. Prior to DRL, Rachel spent 21 years at the NBA as their SVP of Global Partnerships, where she closed nearly $1 billion in partnership sales and earned numerous accolades including Sports Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award. Most recently, she served as the Chief Business Development Officer at Landit, the market leader in personalized career pathing technology to increase the success and engagement of women and diverse groups in the workplace.

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Sarah Crennan is the VP & Head of Content for Yahoo Sports where she is living her passions for both sports and digital content. Sarah leads the video, editorial and social teams at Yahoo Sports in shaping the content strategy and partners closely with teams across Verizon to realize the collective sports vision.

Prior to her role with Yahoo Sports, Sarah was the Senior Director of Content Partnerships and Business Development at AOL where she oversaw the strategy, negotiation, and ongoing management for premium content partners. Sarah also held positions at AOL as Head of Marketing for AOL Video, where she oversaw the annual Newfront event, as well as Chief of Staff to AOL’s CEO, Tim Armstrong.

Sarah is a passionate women's lacrosse fan, having played attack at her alma mater, Georgetown University. She currently remains active with the sport as an on-air analyst for women's lacrosse games, having covered games for CBS Sports, ESPN, and NCAA. Born and raised in Annapolis, MD, Sarah now resides outside of New York City with her husband Kyle, two sons Ryan and James, and daughter Audrey.

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As Chief Technology Officer at Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) and Banc of California Stadium, Christian’s focus is on defining the technical vision of the organization. His primary area of interest is the use of technology to enhance the guest experience, eliminate friction and provide additive experiences for customers. From the beginning of his tenure, Christian has embraced the idea that his organization will try anything once. He has turned Banc of California Stadium into a test facility for partners, prospective partners and technology companies to collaborate on the development of conceptual ideas that have proven to be a guiding force for next generation guest experiences in arenas, stadiums and large venues worldwide.

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Frantz Cayo is a successful Entertainment, Marketing, Branding and Experiential Executive known for executing activations and content productions amplified by technology and social platforms to intersect technology and content. He creates content amplified by technology and Phygital Experiences. Allowing brands and consumers to reach each other and indulge in these experiences globally. A graduate of both Cornell University’s illustrious School of Industrial and Labor Relations and Columbia University’s Business School with a degree in Marketing and Media he has worked for brands such as MLB Advanced Media, ESPN, Red Bull Media House, AFROPUNK and BET. He currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife, Toya, and four children.

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Passionate about brands, experienced with multi-cultural consumers, teams, route to markets&distribution networks, in Australia, Japan, China, South East Asia and Europe, I am truly eager to face with art, culture, graphism trends that inspire me in my day to day job. Millenials paradigm, requesting a fair combination of sustainability&responsibility and at the same time economic&social will to grow, is as exiting as it changes completely the game.

I started my career in 1998 in Sales, then 2005 as Marketing Brand Manager in Danone Waters and then moved to various communication and senior marketing roles in Europe and Asia-Pacific for the evian Brand. Today I’m leading the Danone Company Brand and I consider myself as an activist of the Danone vision of bringing health through food to as many people as possible, and I genuinely enhance to make it tangible through our brands actions and understood by consumers.

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Beckley Mason is the senior director of branded content at Bleacher Report. Since 2016, he has lead the creation and development of the B/R's branded content offering. This year, B/R has produced 250 million views of branded video for dozens of clients seeking to influence and engage B/R's coveted audience.

Prior to joining Bleacher Report, Beckley worked in creative agencies R/GA and Team Epiphany on Nike's digital and social brand creative. He got his start in media as a journalist, covering the NBA for ESPN and The New York Times, among others.

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Shaina (pronounced SHY-na) is a sports marketing professional with 10+ years of experience in the sports industry. In addition to her corporate work, Shaina is also Founder and CEO of Minorities in Sports Business Network (MiS). MiS is a national invite-only digital hub of 1000+ sports professionals of color. In her role as founder, she manages the day to day operations as well as oversees and organizes all group branded events including but not limited to: meetups, conferences, speaker series etc. Additionally, Shaina also pitches and manages all group partnerships, sponsorship deals, conference partnerships, and offers.

Due to her diverse network, she felt it was imperative that she created a space for her and her colleagues to exchange resources to give each other a competitive advantage. Having worked in the sports industry since 2008, Shaina has worked with companies and brands such as ESPN, the NFL, the NBA Family, Samsung, and Coca Cola. Shaina has also worked with athletes, companies, and brands on strategizing and cultivating their personal and public brand visibility.

Shaina received her bachelor's from The Pennsylvania State University and received her masters in Sports Management from Columbia University. She always represents Queens but can be found these days in Harlem, NY with her dog Tropicana.

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Lyndsay Signor is senior director of consumer engagement at NBC Sports Group. In this role, she leads the execution of 360 marketing plans including promotion, media execution, sales partnerships and integrations, digital and social activation, and cross-company collaboration for the NFL and NASCAR. She also co-leads on the Olympics. In addition, Signor oversees social strategy for all properties within NBC Sports and NBC Olympics.

Previously, Signor served as senior director of social media marketing for NBC Sports and Olympics. In that capacity, she oversaw the social media strategy and the day-to-day social media initiatives and operations for NBC Sports Group. She also led the NBC Sports Group’s Social Media Council and Social Media Task Force. Notably, Signor led the social media strategy and execution for the network’s biggest sporting events: the London Olympics in 2012, the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014, Super Bowl XLIX, and the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Signor was named one of Multichannel News’ "Top 10 Social Media Mavens" in May 2012, Cynopsis Media’s “Top Women in Digital” in 2015, and is a five-time Emmy Award winner. She graduated from North Carolina State University and currently resides in Connecticut with her husband, Dan, and their daughter, Millie.

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Marc Kohn is an innovative thought leader with 15+ years of success in digital and linear video content creation. Kohn is currently the Chief Content Officer at Overtime, the fast-growing sports company for the next generation, with over 30 million social media followers and one billion video views per month.

Previously, Kohn was at Barstool Sports where he served as Head of Programming and Strategy. He also was the Senior Director of Video Programming and Live events at Bleacher Report where he led content development, sales pitching, video production and more.

Kohn graduated from SUNY Oswego with a bachelor’s degree in Television Broadcasting and Mass Media.

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Stuart has a long roster of successes finding and creating new market and revenue opportunities for media companies leveraging new technology capabilities, products and services.

Esports represents the evolution and intersection of content, connectivity and devices. It has become an integral extension of mainstream sports and enables play at different levels across multiple games and genres.

The Esports Ad Bureau is dedicated to helping brands and media properties create integrated premium experiences and connect with a significant, desirable and growing audience.

Stuart also created The Working Smarter GuideⓇ platform which is dedicated to serving college students and recent graduates seeking meaningful experience and career opportunities. His book, The Working Smarter Guide: Finding Work After College is available at Amazon.

His professional experience includes content production, acquisition, distribution and monetization across television, broadband and mobile platforms. He has provided senior leadership across the media and entertainment industry with leading technology, content and distribution companies.

He earned his Masters degree in the Management of Technology from Polytechnic University NYU School of Engineering, his Bachelors degree from the University at Albany and is a member of the Directors Guild of America.

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Rachel Hoagland is the VP of Gaming and esports at the National Football League where she develops and leads the strategy for the NFL to expand its brand reach and presence in the digital gaming space. Rachel has been in the gaming industry more than 22 years. She is a respected business development and marketing executive known for identifying untapped opportunities and delivering innovative, high quality, and commercially successful digital games across a wide variety of platforms.

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Paul Brewer is SVP, Brand Partnerships at ESL. ESL is the world’s largest esports company. In this role, Brewer is responsible for driving sponsorships of ESL’s global assets with both endemic and non-endemic brands and properties.

Prior to ESL, Brewer most recently served as Turner’s Director of Sales Development and Marketing, where he worked with blue chip brands across Turner Broadcasting’s digital properties including, Bleacher Report, NBA, NCAA, PGA and NASCAR.

Brewer joined Turner in 2010 from Samsung Electronics, where he served as Senior Marketing and Operations Manager for Samsung’s World Cyber Games. During his time at Samsung, Brewer oversaw operations and partnerships for the U.S. branch and worked closely with partners from major global brands, including Samsung Electronics and Microsoft Xbox.

Before Samsung, Brewer started his career at ESPN in their Special Events Marketing department.

Brewer holds a Master’s Degree in Sports Business from New York University.

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Tatiana Tacca leads the esports and gaming practice at Momentum Worldwide, delivering consultation, sponsorship strategy, and experiential activation for brands and clients. She is an esports and gaming industry expert with 10 years in the space, managing sponsorship across multiple brand categories including telecom, payment, CPG, airlines, spirits and more. She has worked and executed deals with multiple esports properties including Twitch, Riot Games, Activision Blizzard, TSM and Cloud9. Before that, she led the marketing strategy, game launches, and content updates of over 20 mobile licensed game titles in partnership with Marvel, Disney/Pixar, Halo, Lucasfilm, Fox, NFL, NBA and MLB.

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Harish Sarma currently leads Global Strategic Partnerships & Corporate Development at TikTok, a leading short-form video platform that allows users to create entertaining moments. At TikTok, Harish focuses on developing, structuring, and executing strategic partnerships for the business across content, marketing, user acquisition and monetization. His role also touches on evaluating business development opportunities that may warrant investments and other M&A functions.

Previous to Bytedance, Harish spent five years at the National Basketball Association (NBA) focused on global business development related to content licensing and was instrumental in launching partnerships with digital platforms and telcos while supporting renewals with major broadcasters globally.

Prior to the NBA, Harish spent four years at Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking Division focused on the Media and Telecom sector where he executed equity, debt and M&A transactions in addition to his broader industry coverage responsibilities.

Harish started his career as a software developer and consultant for Provenir, Inc where he built decisioning systems for the credit, small business and auto loans divisions of major financial institutions such as AIA, Citizens Bank and Elavon Financial.

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Taylor Rooks recently joined Bleacher Report & Turner Sports, where she will soon host her own weekly, interview driven show on B/R, capturing the news and conversations from the world of sports culture. The new program, which is Bleacher Report’s first ever show built around an individual talent, will harness Taylor’s ability to connect with athletes, musicians, and other celebrity influencers. Taylor will also appear regularly on other Turner Sports properties, including TNT and NBA TV.

Taylor also hosts her own podcast, TimeOut with Taylor Rooks, where she has interviewed guests like Kevin Durant, Meek Mill, and Snoop Dogg. Prior to Bleacher Report, Taylor Rooks served as the reporter and anchor for SportsNet New York (SNY).

Before that, she worked as a host, reporter, and correspondent for the Big Ten Network and has previously worked as a sideline reporter for CBS Sports Network. A native of Georgia, Taylor attended the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where she majored in broadcast journalism and reported on football and basketball recruiting for scout.com. She made national news with her stories and knowledge of basketball—specifically in recruiting. Rooks broke multiple stories regarding Cliff Alexander, Jalen Brunson, Quentin Snider, Aaron Jordan, Charles Matthews, and Jayson Tatum.

In a recent article from the New York Post , Taylor speaks about her drive to differentiate herself from her peers in college, often skipping class to report on basketball games. Throughout school, she interned with the PGA Tour, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, and Fox Sports, and at just 19 years old, Taylor appeared on CBS Sports Network, reporting on the WBB Pre-NIT Championship.

Taylor comes from a family of athletes. Her father is former football player Thomas Rooks, while her uncle is legendary MLB Hall of Famer, Lou Brock. Taylor is also the niece of former Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints NFL player, Marv Woodson.

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As Chief Marketing Officer, Heidi Browning leads the National Hockey League’s growth marketing strategy with a focus on digital, innovation and social media. With more than 25 years of marketing experience, including success with major brands in Silicon Valley, Browning brings a valuable mix of client, agency and media owner perspective to the NHL. Browning is known as a passionate pioneer in digital, mobile and social marketing and as an executive who advances new ideas and innovation within the industry. Inspired by the intersection of media, technology and culture, Browning studies generational trends in attention and brand engagement. Her experience marketing to Millennial and Gen Z audiences is essential for engaging young sports fans and will help guide her leadership of the NHL’s new fan database/analytics initiative.

Under Browning’s leadership, the NHL has experienced a 33% growth in followers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. She spearheaded the introduction of eight new Twitter accounts, including six international language, @StanleyCup; @NHLGIFs; NHL Europe on Instagram; and TikTok, Weibo and WeChat accounts. As a result of a focused strategy on video content, video streams have increased 111% across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Since Browning’s arrival at the NHL, the League’s Instagram engagement has increased by 58%, while followers on that account increased 46%.

Prior to joining the NHL in 2016, Browning served as SVP, Strategic Solutions, at Pandora, overseeing the development of marketing experiences creating value for fans, bands and brands. Leveraging Pandora’s passionate fan base, first party data, and personalization, Browning’s team launched live music and content experiences pairing Fortune 500 clients with emerging and iconic artists.

As Senior Vice President of Client Solutions for Fox Interactive Media/MySpace, Browning evangelized the value of social media in the marketing mix and positioned brand communities as a new way to build audience, create engagement and establish a two-way dialogue between consumers and brands. She led the first in-depth consumer segmentation and ROI study for social media - Never Ending Friending, A Journey Into Social Networking, which quantified the impact of The Momentum Effect.

Browning is a sought-after featured speaker at industry conferences, including CES, SXSW, TEDx Women, Variety Entertainment Marketing Summit, Adweek and the Youth Marketing Summit, among others. Her honors include Adweek’s Most Powerful Women in Sports, Most Powerful Women in Music by Billboard and Forbes CMO Next among others.

Browning earned a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Colorado, Boulder and resides in San Francisco and New York.

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Paige Dimakos is the Chief Operating Officer of The Draft Network, one of the fastest-growing sports media sites in the country. She oversees all aspects of the business coming from a diverse background including stops at Big 10 Network, ESPN Phoenix, and CBS Sports. She started her first company at 19-years-old while attending the University of Nebraska when she saw an opportunity to cover sports using Twitter. She’s the proudest Chicagoan who doesn’t live in Chicago, don’t argue with her about goats–– because there is only one. Michael Jeffrey Jordan.

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Pamela Duckworth, an award-winning executive producer with extensive experience across all production disciplines and brand marketing, is head of fubo Sports Network, the live, free-to-consumer TV network featuring sports stories on and off the field.

Duckworth is responsible for all creative direction including original programming on the Network, which was launched by live TV streaming platform fuboTV in 2019. fubo Sports Network’s original programming includes “No Chill with Gilbert Arenas,” sports news show “Call It a NIght” and chat show “Drinks With Binks” both hosted by Julie Stewart-Binks, and “The Cooligans.”

Duckworth brings more than 25 years of experience with cable start ups, commercials, live sports and events, syndicated television series, and short-form content from initial conception to final distribution. She has cultivated close relationships with top directors, producers and agents, and is known for her expert handling of A-list talent from the worlds of film, television, music and sports. Duckworth has worked with Beyonce, Jay Z, Jon Bon Jovi, Rob Lowe, Jeffrey Tambor and Peyton Manning, to name a few.

In addition to overseeing fubo Sports Network, Duckworth continues to run Duckworth Entertainment, a full-service creative marketing production company based in NYC and LA. Prior to founding her company, Duckworth spent 10+years at DIRECTV as the head of advertising production and events.

Throughout the course of her career, Duckworth’s work has been honored with 12 Cannes Lions, 3 Clios, 3 AICP’s, 2 Effies, 3 Andy’s, 2 D&AD’s and a One Show.

Originally from Grove City, Ohio, Duckworth earned her degree in Film & Television from Bowling Green State University. She is an avid sports fan, music enthusiast and global traveler.

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Keith is the Founder of Launch Angle, a creative consultancy built to help people and companies with their next breakthrough moment. Keith is the former SVP of Revenue Strategy at Bleacher Report, instrumental in building their award-winning branded content studio and social practice. Prior to that he was the VP of International Revenue at BuzzFeed where he opened up business operations in Great Britain, Australia, Brazil, Canada and Mexico. Keith is a marketer with deep roots in branded content, creative insights and next generation distribution.

Yes, he also loves baseball.

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Business, editorial and multimedia product executive who built ESPN into the world’s leading digital sports destination – increasing traffic ten-fold and transforming an unprofitable business into ESPN’s fastest growing. Recruiter and champion of diverse working teams. Innovator in streaming and video-on-demand, fantasy games, podcasting and digital audio, online advertising and strategic partnerships. Played pivotal role in all major ESPN rights acquisitions and M&A initiatives, leveraging an exceptionally deep network in media, technology and sports built over four decades.

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Joe Barnes is the Director of Sports Marketing for Bud Light. In his role, Joe oversees marketing efforts behind the NFL, NHL, NCAA, Soccer, and E-Sports partnerships. Joe is a graduate of Indiana University and has worked at Anheuser-Busch InBev for 6 years.

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Nathan is the RVP, Global Sponsorships at Twitch. As an esports veteran, Nathan is educating brands about the competitive gaming phenomenon and ways to leverage Twitch to reach marketing goals. Nathan is responsible for packaging and selling holistic brand programs around Esport Leagues, Teams, Events, Original Content, Licensed Content, and Influencers/Streamers. Nathan’s esports experience began in 2010 at Curse Media as VP of Global Sales, where he created and sold team and league sponsorship packages for the company’s esports division and websites. Before joining Twitch, Nathan worked at GamePro Media, IDG Entertainment, and Universal McCann where he worked front and center with live streaming, mobile, and other emerging media. Nathan holds a BS in Sports Media from Ithaca College.

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Meredith Kinsman serves as Executive Vice President of Strategy for Octagon. With more than 15 years of sports marketing and digital media experience, Kinsman oversees Octagon’s digital strategy, product strategy, digital analytics, and content marketing efforts. Since joining Octagon in 2015, Kinsman has helped grow the company’s digital strategy business year-over-year, and has led Octagon’s enhanced offerings for influencer and social analytics, media distribution, and digital sports sponsorships.

Whether it’s launching a social content series around college football tailgates for General Mills, or helping Huggies design a “safe water play” campaign with 28-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps, Kinsman capitalizes on cutting-edge technology and unconventional strategies to deliver record-breaking consumer engagement and awareness for Octagon’s clients.

Kinsman is also responsible for designing Octagon’s influencer modeling tools, which help clients test and determine consumer engagement programs, before officially launching campaigns. The influencer modeling tools have helped Octagon flip traditional social media and influencer marketing on its head, and provides for far more successful engagement results and campaign awareness metrics for clients.

A key contributor in almost every major client pitch during the past two years, Kinsman played primary roles in Octagon’s recent wins with General Mills, UPS, PlayStation, Topps, Georgia Power, and Minor League Baseball.

Over the course of her career, Kinsman has built and managed digital campaigns for some of the world’s most recognizable brands, including Marriott International, Mastercard, and Kind Snacks.

Prior to joining Octagon, Kinsman served as Director of Digital Product Strategy for FOX News, where she oversaw digital strategy initiatives for the network, including strategy and execution for FOXNews.com and other network sites. Kinsman also previously held roles at Readers Digest Association, and Red 7 Media.

Kinsman was recently named to Sports Business Journal’s 2019 Game Changers Class. In addition, Kinsman was selected to Cynopsis Media’s 2017 “Top Women in Digital” list, for her bold and creative work across digital content, marketing, advertising and social media. Kinsman is also a member of IPG’s Women’s Leadership Network, and serves as a mentor to younger Octagon employees.

A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Kinsman is based in Octagon Worldwide’s Stamford, Conn. headquarters.

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Throughout his career as a student-athlete, professional athlete, and sports executive, Larry Scott has been a game changer: a bold, innovative leader with a vision for transformative change — from expansion and revitalization of the Pac-12 to equal prize money at Wimbledon. Commissioner Scott’s firm belief that sport has the power to be a force for positive change has been the hallmark of his career.

In his ten years as Pac-12 Commissioner, Scott has orchestrated a rebranding of the conference; led the conference through an expansion for the first time since 1978 by successfully adding Colorado and Utah; added a Football Championship Game; transformed its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments into must-attend events; created a Student-Athlete Health & Well Being Initiative to identify ways to reduce injuries and conduct research to keep student-athletes as safe as possible; launched a global initiative that has expanded the conference’s and members’ footprint around the world, including through the first ever regular season men’s basketball game in China.

Scott has also led a transformation of the conference’s media posture by delivering record revenue, dramatically increasing exposure for women’s and Olympic sports, and establishing ever-evolving digital and mobile platforms for Pac-12 content. To achieve these goals, he delivered a landmark media rights agreement with ESPN and FOX and created Pac-12 Networks, the first-ever integrated media company owned by a collegiate conference.

Commissioner Scott has led the way in ensuring that Pac-12 universities’ academic missions and the development of student-athletes remain the primary focus of intercollegiate athletics. Through a series of reforms, Pac-12 schools have committed to enhanced student-athlete benefits, including increasing scholarship limits to cover the full cost of attending college and adding student-athletes to the conference’s formal governance structure.

Prior to joining the Pac-12, Scott served for six years as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Sony Ericsson Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour, where he helped generate unprecedented growth and popularity for women’s professional tennis on a global scale, including achieving the long-sought goal of equal prize money for women in tennis’ Grand Slam events. Prior to that, Scott served as Chief Operating Officer and President of ATP Properties at the ATP men’s professional tennis tour, following having played tennis professionally on the ATP circuit.

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As Founder and Principal of Green Buzz Agency, Tod Plotkin oversees the video content creation for iconic advertising campaigns and impactful online branded documentaries.

Highlighted projects in his career have included executive producing Ad Council’s video content for the Love Has No Labels Campaign, overseeing one of the most successful debuts of a Facebook Watch show, and kicking off one of Lowe’s largest branded content campaigns with a show-stopping centerpiece anthem video.

Additionally, under Tod’s leadership, Green Buzz Agency entered a 4-year creative partnership with Upworthy that lead to industry-leading social video metrics. Seeing this success, Digiday named Upworthy the best platform for brands to partner with for branded video content.

Working with clients like Amazon, Ad Council, Nickelodeon, Facebook, Apple, Upworthy, SYFY, HGTV, Goldman Sachs, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Lockheed Martin, ACLU, Hilton, AARP, Under Armour and many more, Green Buzz Agency is creating premium video content that makes an impact on viewers. Through these projects, Tod has directed Green Buzz Agency to be a cutting-edge creative force in authentic storytelling. Prior to founding Green Buzz Agency, he assumed the head of video department role during 4 seasons for the NBA Washington Wizards.

Tod Plotkin is a leading voice in digital content. For four years, he organized the "What's Next DC" Marketing Communication conference, the largest conference of its kind in the district. He speaks monthly at national conferences on digital video strategy for organizations like PR News, Public Relations Society of America and the American Marketing Association.

He has chaired the American Business Awards for Video Production and Marketing and has made the Washingtonian’s Young and the Guest List three times. Tod is a (5x) Emmy Winner and (3x) Webby Honoree.

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As the Army’s lead for esports marketing and advertising, Major Farrell developed new partnerships to connect the gaming community to the Army. With the “What’s Your Warrior?” campaign at the forefront of messaging, the Army introduces viewers to the stories and faces behind the uniform while highlighting the Army, the US Army Esports team, Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), West Point, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve.

As a full-time officer in the Army National Guard for 13 years, Major Farrell has served in Afghanistan and at the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, VA in multiple positions focused on personnel manning and marketing. From the Army’s new Chicago-based Army Enterprise Marketing Office, Major Farrell leads esports and event marketing. He is a graduate of Georgetown Law (Washington D.C.) and Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI).

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Monique Bowman is the Associate Director of Digital Media for The Ohio State University Department of Athletics. She joined athletics in June 2018 and assists with overall strategic direction of the department’s digital outlets. Additionally, she is responsible for content creation and analysis, and acts as a liaison between the department and others around the university.

An experienced professional, Bowman has also held positions in the sports industry with United Soccer Coaches, the Presidents Athletic Conference and Ohio Northern University. While serving as a graduate assistant at Ohio Northern University, she received a master’s degree from Bowling Green State University in sport administration.

After receiving an undergraduate degree from Capital University, Bowman joined Fahlgren Mortine to assist in client marketing and communications strategies.

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President of Grabyo’s Americas Region, Mike is a seasoned entertainment & sports executive with deep experience in digital strategy, marketing, business development & operations. Throughout his career, he has consulted with top broadcasters, sports properties, & brands in their global efforts to build deeper connections to their fans & consumers.

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Recognized globally as a thought leader in the area of collaborations, sustainability and purpose, Neill has extensive experience enabling major sponsors, sports properties and non-profits to deliver positive business, social and environmental outcomes through sport…to do good and do well.

Neill’s relentless commitment to purpose supports the development and implementation of strategies that repeatedly establish new benchmarks and include a number of world firsts including Super Bowl 50 as the “most shared, participatory, giving, sustainable and commercially successful Super Bowl in history” and the 34th America’s Cup as the “first ever zero waste and zero carbon America’s Cup.”

Neill is CEO and Founder of Purpose + Sport, the world’s first purpose-led sports agency, whose mission it is to rebuild the relevance of sports in a modern world by disrupting the business of sport for good.

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Allyson Witherspoon is vice president, Marketing Communications and Media. She was appointed to this position in April 2019. In this role, Witherspoon is responsible for marketing communications and media, and model line/product marketing with a focus on revenue growth and profit generation for the Nissan brand and its dealer network.

Previously, Witherspoon was general manager, Global Brand Engagement, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (NML), where she was responsible for the leadership and implementation of Nissan's global marketing and investment strategy including creative, media, sponsorship, agency structure and heritage collection.

Prior to her role at NML, Witherspoon was the director of Marketing Communication and Media for INFINITI USA, where she was responsible for developing the vision and leading the execution of the brand's cross-carline marketing strategy.

Witherspoon brings more than 15 years of luxury marketing experience working in a number of senior roles with, and on behalf of, automotive OEMs. Prior to her appointment with Nissan and INFINITI, Witherspoon served as the global business director for Volvo in Amsterdam, adding to her marketing agency experience that included leading accounts for BMW North America and Mercedes-Benz USA in New York City.

Witherspoon holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Missouri-Columbia. In 2014, Automotive News named Witherspoon as one of the "40 Under 40"for automakers and suppliers. She was recognized as a 2020 female marketing maverick for breaking brand barriers by Campaign US Female Frontier.

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Kate Johnson is Director and Head of Global Marketing Partnerships, Content, Sports Media. It is the first role of its kind for Google where she is tasked with building the company’s strategic approach to sports and entertainment partnerships across the company’s many business verticals. Formerly Vice President of Global Sponsorship Marketing at Visa, during her 7 year tenure Kate oversaw Visa’s global portfolio of sponsorships for Visa, including the company’s 30-year partnership with the IOC, FIFA and the NFL. Prior to joining Visa, Kate worked in New York, Toronto, and London building and executing sponsorship marketing platforms for a variety of clients as part of IMG’s Global Consulting Group.

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As the head of Global Sponsorships & Alliances at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cyndie’s primary focus is to leverage strategic partnerships innovative showcases for HPE technologies and crafts compelling stories about how HPE solutions help companies accelerate growth. She has redefined the sponsorship function and leads an expert team in structuring partnerships and leveraging assets to create high impact event and media activation programs. She oversees a partner portfolio which includes global and regional sports properties and global entertainment brands such as Golden State Warriors, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, DreamWorks Animation and Disney.

Previously, Cyndie led the Cisco account at Octagon, a global marketing and sponsorship agency. She helped shape Cisco’s corporate sponsorship strategy, advised on sponsorship investment governance and negotiated and led Cisco’s global NBA partnership. She also supported Cisco’s activation and event operations at the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games and technology showcase at the NBA House venue. Additionally, Cyndie spearheaded Cisco’s broader Olympic Movement partnership efforts including a successful competitive bid for Cisco’s selection as a sponsor of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Prior to Octagon, Cyndie was the Director of Global Sponsorship Management at Visa where she oversaw the Affluent Segment sponsorship portfolio including Pebble Beach, The Tony Awards, epicurean properties and film studios. She also managed the international portion of Visa’s corporate alliance with The Walt Disney Company and launched the Hong Kong Disneyland partnership across Asia Pacific.

A recognized industry leader, Cyndie was named to the Sports Business Journal’s Game Changers class in 2018.

Cyndie holds a BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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With 15+ years of experience in sponsorship marketing, Sponaski has traveled the world helping brands connect with consumers through global sports and entertainment properties, notably across Olympic programming and activations.

Sponaski began her career at GMR in London where she executed sponsorship activations for the London 2012 and Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and other global events. Now located in North America, Sponaski leads the development of integrated marketing programs for key clients and enhances GMR’s sponsorship and experiential consulting practice. In her new role, she will support the agency’s global business development initiatives.

Prior to joining GMR, Sponaski spent five years with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Organizing Committee, where she helped secure more than $750 million in sponsorship revenue by developing bespoke brand activation platforms using the unique Olympic and Paralympic association.

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Anthony Caponiti is the CEO & Co-founder of Hashtag Sports.

He is passionate about the convergence of sports x entertainment, evolving media consumption habits, consumer psychographics, and inspiring the next generation of creative talent and leadership.

Prior to Hashtag Sports, Anthony was the Co-Founder of Activ8Social, the first sports social media agency. Under his leadership, the company developed sponsorship activation and fan engagement programs for clients such as Red Bull, Google, Team USA, United Airlines, Comcast, Brooklyn Nets and FC Dallas.

Anthony has developed a unique blend of entrepreneurial. media, and digital marketing experience. He began his professional career as a Strategy Consultant at IBM, where he received numerous awards for designing technology programs.

Anthony earned his undergraduate BBA degree from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School in Atlanta, GA with concentrations of venture management consulting, business law, and communications.

Anthony was a member of the NCAA Track & Field for Emory University where he ran the 800m and 1500m. Since graduating from college athletics, he has raced the Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Delaware, and DC Marine Corps marathons.

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Nick Marquez is a Strategic Partnerships Manager at Facebook, with six years of experience working directly with sports teams across the company’s entire family of apps. This role includes consulting with professional and college teams on audience development, content production, sponsorship, business outcome solutions, social good, recruiting and more. His work also entails building programs that empower creators and drive product adoption, with an eye on helping teams connect the dots between content and revenue.

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Gina Scott’s expertise in sports marketing and sponsorships spans the professional sports, collegiate, public and corporate sectors. Scott is a multi-talented professional with diverse experience managing the development and implementation of sponsorship marketing strategies on behalf of a diverse portfolio of clients, as well as experience encompassing corporate partnerships, brand management, talent procurement, marketing, and live entertainment production.

Scott currently serves as Vice President of Partner Services with NFL Players Incorporated, the marketing and licensing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association. As the head of partnership marketing, she oversees development for new and existing partners in the area of strategic partnership, business development, NFL club marketing activations, and consults on player activation and integration strategies for many leading brands. Scott oversees all partnership management and works to enhance the overall utilization of group player rights by the NFLPA’s many partners. Scott’s responsibilities include guiding player marketing strategy and integration, leveraging corporate partnerships, multimedia properties and licensees to expand off-the-field opportunities for NFL players, and assisting with the implementation of player activation strategies for clients seeking to leverage NFL players in strategic platforms and community prolanthropy.

Her professional work experiences include stints with Louisiana State University Athletics, the National Basketball Association’s Atlanta Hawks, Delta Air Lines global marketing, and Team Services’ sports marketing and consulting divisions.

Scott is a graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in Advertising and an advanced degree in Exercise and Sports Science, with a specialization in sports philanthropy. She is an avid international traveler, who enjoys live sporting events and culinary experiences, and is a frequent guest speaker on branding, sports philanthropy and sports marketing panels.

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Daniel's career spans traditional to direct to consumer media, first as an executive at CBS, Fox, and ABC, and then as a leader and innovator at several digital video technology companies including The FeedRoom, Synaptic Digital, Limelight Networks, Kaltura and now Blackbird.

He has helped develop transformative platforms and video strategies for many sports, media and entertainment companies including Disney and ESPN, Vodafone, Viacom, NBCu, Bloomberg and Warner Brothers, The New York Times, Gannett, Condé Nast, Reuters, and the Economist and others.

When not traveling for work he splits his time between Montana and California experiencing the natural wonders of our country with Tamara, wife and “Cowgirl In The Sand”. (A Neil Young lyric.)

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Darcy Nichols serves as Vice President for Dairy Management, Inc. where she leads the NFL relationship & brand partnerships for the Fuel Up to Play 60 program as the main point of contact for the NFL League, NFL Players Association, 32 NFL Clubs and NFL Alumni Association. She joined the organization in Fall of 2000 after a 15+ year career that included work in radio and television, plus theme park marketing in Orlando.

Utilizing a blend of vision, creative skills and leadership, Darcy has achieved exciting success in marketing and special events throughout the country.

Darcy makes time to stay very involved in her community through volunteer work and service on the boards of several organizations throughout Central Florida.

Darcy resides in Orlando with her husband, George.

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Luis Gonzalez is the head of digital at D.C. United in Washington, D.C. He oversees digital marketing strategy for the club as it grows it’s brand and online presence within Major League Soccer and among professional sports. Prior to his work at D.C. United, he led digital strategy efforts for brands like the NFL Players Association, Volkswagen, and Capital One. Luis graduated from George Mason University for his undergraduate degree and Georgetown University for his masters.

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Will Yoder oversees strategy and initiatives for Instagram Sports Partnerships' league and team partners, as well as the group's go-to-market strategy for Instagram Shopping. Over the past three and a half years he has worked closely with hundreds of partners in the sports industry to help them better understand how to be successful on Instagram's rapidly evolving platform of over 400 million sports fans, while also partnering strategically with them on amplifying their presence around major global sports moments.

Since joining Instagram in 2016, Yoder helped manage the go-to-market strategy for major product rollouts such as Instagram Stories, Instagram Live, IGTV, Camera A/R and Instagram Shopping, each of which scaled from zero to hundreds of millions of users since their launch. Yoder also oversaw the platform's global initiatives around the 2018 World Cup which registered over 1 billion interactions and was the largest event ever measured event on Instagram.

Prior to joining Instagram, Yoder served as the Digital Lead for Octagon's Athletes and Personalities group for five and a half years. In that role Yoder managed Octagon's digital strategy and partnerships as well and oversaw the development and maintenance over Octagon-owned digital applications that reached hundreds of millions of sports fans.

In his spare time, Yoder has previously served as a Mentor for the Los Angeles Dodgers Accelerator as well as a Guest Lecturer for Georgetown's Sports Industry Management graduate program. Born in Arlington, VA, Yoder graded from Ohio Wesleyan University with a degree in Journalism focusing on digital engagement and innovation. He currently resides in the New York City area with his wife, Colleen, and his two sons Bobby and Jack.

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Originally from London, Richard is now based in Denver and is the CMO of Cheetah Digital. Richard helps some of the biggest brands gather the data, insights, and permissions needed to power personalized marketing and build lasting connections with consumers across the entire customer lifecycle.

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Seth Ladetsky has spent the better part of two decades helping to drive revenue for Turner Sports. He currently oversees national advertising sales and strategy for Turner Sports’ portfolio of digital brands, including ELEAGUE, NBA Digital, NCAA Digital, March Madness Live, Bleacher Report Live, and the UEFA Champions and Europa Leagues. In addition, he leads a team representing all of Turner Sports’ assets, including the aforementioned leagues, Bleacher Report, and televised sports on TNT and TBS. Based in New York, he reports to Jon Diament, executive vice president and chief revenue officer of Turner Sports.

Ladetsky began his career within CNN’s ad sales division. In 2001, he transferred to the digital side of the business as an account executive and was later promoted to sales manager within Turner Sports Digital. Ladetsky has overseen digital ad sales spanning the entire portfolio of brands across sports, news and entertainment, including CNN.com, TBS.com, adultswim.com and others. In 2011, Ladetsky was promoted to his current title as senior vice president.

Ladetsky currently serves on the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s board of directors and is a charter board member of the eSports Ad Bureau, which was formed in 2016 to create standards and best practices that advance marketing and revenue opportunities for the fast-growing eSports industry. He also is a board member for JASA, an organization that helps older New Yorkers remain in their own homes and communities with dignity, independence, and joy. He recently became a committee member of Sports for Youth, an initiative helping more than 12,000 children of all backgrounds, ages and abilities participate in athletic activities.

Ladetsky earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he pursued a double major in International Relations and Communications. A native of Valley Stream, New York, he now calls Short Hills, New Jersey home with his wife and three children.

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Rael Enteen was most recently the Senior Director of Social Media at XFL, a privately funded football league set to launch in 2020, carrying out play with fewer rules and game-stops and running through the college and NFL off-season to grant fans the ability to enjoy their favorite sport year round. The XFL previously played its sole season in 2001 after the leagues creation. Rael is managing the social media content surrounding the leagues highly anticipated relaunch that was announced this January.

Prior to his recent switch to XFL, Rael spent two years as the Director of Digital/Social Media for the New York Jets, helping manage and create content for the team’s website, apps, and social media accounts.

The San Francisco native earned his dual BA in Communications and History from the University of California San Diego.

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Alison Overholt is ESPN’s Senior Vice President of Multiplatform Storytelling & Journalism, a portfolio that includes the teams reporting and producing content for E60, ESPN Cover Story, Outside The Lines, Backstory, espnW, the ESPN Daily podcast, ESPN’s investigative reporting and enterprise unit, and all of ESPN’s digital longform storytelling. Overholt has been Editor in Chief of espnW since 2014, and 2016 became Editor in Chief of ESPN The Magazine—the first woman to head a major US sports magazine. She added responsibility for all of ESPN.com longform narrative content in 2017; oversaw The ESPYS in 2018 and 2019; and was promoted to her current role in March 2020. In her tenure, Overholt’s teams have earned multiple Emmys, Gracies, Deadline Club, and National Press Club Awards, along with the 2017 National Magazine Award for General Excellence and a 2019 Peabody Award for reporting and coverage of the University of Michigan and USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal involving former team doctor Larry Nassar. Adweek named Overholt one of the 30 Most Powerful Women in Sports two years running, she has been on CableFax Magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Cable three years running, was named to the FOLIO 100 list, and was honored as an MCN Wonder Woman in the class of 2019. Alison Overholt has been an editor and digital strategist at Fast Company and Seventeen, and her writing has appeared in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, and O: The Oprah Magazine. She graduated with honors from Harvard University with an A.B. in government, and lives in West Hartford, CT, with her husband, Seth, and their two children.

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Tony is responsible for providing the best, most cutting-edge live and digital experiences for fans across the globe.

Impacting the way the world consumes content has been key to Tony’s career since day one. Growing up in Gloucester, UK, he graduated in Business Information Technology from the University of Central Lancashire before starting work as a Graphics Operator with Formula One. A lifetime sports fan, the role was a clear way to enter a world where he could combine his professional life with his personal interests. “Formula One was a dream job at the time,” he says.

After honing his craft, he joined Deltatre in 2006 as a Systems and Applications Manager. “To move somewhere dynamic that was growing while having the opportunity to get involved in many other sports was very exciting,” he says. He was responsible for managing the company’s broadcast and events technical team, working alongside customers including the BBC, ITV, UEFA, and Sky to bring their sporting events to life.

Climbing through the ranks, he was promoted to Senior Director of Onstage – EMEA in 2018, then President EMEA in 2019. It was his responsibility to lead the UK broadcast and events sector within the business; something that came naturally after first-hand experience working on the frontline of many of the world’s most-watched sporting events. “It’s an incredibly high-pressure environment, but that’s part of the enjoyment of it,” he says. “You work on such high-profile events that you can then go home to your family and say, ‘Did you see that today? We did that.’ That’s a great sense of achievement.”

Since he joined the company, he’s witnessed huge changes within the digital and live spaces. Today, he says, organizations are more conscious than ever before to go beyond the live event and really get to know their fans. They want to engage with them, and essentially; maintain a strong relationship.

“The good thing about Deltatre is that we’ve always been very adaptable and able to stay at the forefront,” he says. “We’re innovative with how we approach things and therefore change is good for us because it always brings new opportunities.”

As a manager, for Tony, building a team culture where people feel comfortable to share ideas is essential. Outside of work, he is a keen cyclist, and regularly supports charities with sponsored rides.

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Katie Carew is the Director of Corporate Partnerships at the New York Football Giants. She sells new and integrated corporate partnerships across the Giants and MetLife Stadium controlled assets to prospects and cultivates new brand relationships.

Carew was previously the Sales Director for GumGum Spots. In her role, she educated the sports industry on the importance of measurement for sponsorship optimization. She established relationships with sports leagues, teams and networks, as well as brands and agencies, throughout North America for the startup.

Carew also held roles at ANC Sports and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and was among GumGum Sports’ first employees hired back in 2017.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Siena College, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Iona College.

Carew is a 2019 Cynopsis Top Women in Media for Directors Who Do It All. She is also the recipient of the Ernst Mendels Memorial Award in Marketing from Iona College, and the Key Bank Award of Excellence from Siena College.

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Shirley Hughes serves as President of the Brand Division for Rogers & Cowan PMK. An inspiring leader with a proven track record of building high-performing client teams and creative and innovative partnership models, Hughes has designed and managed marketing and communications campaigns for some of the world’s most recognized brands. Hughes oversees a team of 185 employees that develop and execute marketing, experiential, PR, influencer, talent, music, multi- cultural and entertainment strategies as an integrated offering to R&CPMK’s more than 50 global clients. Fortune 100 clients include Mastercard, Verizon, Heineken, McDonalds, Activision, and Cisco. With a passion for the development of people and teams, company culture, mentorship a love for new business, she Previously, Hughes led global client engagement efforts at Branded Entertainment Network (Corbis) and prior worked at Wasserman Media Group, EastWest Creative and Paramount Pictures.

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Tyler Lockett is one of the most dynamic offensive players in recent NFL history. Over his first three seasons (2015 to 2017), Tyler led the league in all-purpose yards, as well as kick & punt return yards. Since 2018, Tyler has really taken off as a receiver and established a strong connection with Russell Wilson. In the past two seasons, Tyler has over 2,000 receiving yards and has found the endzone 18 times. With this success, he has accrued many accolades in his young career, including being selected to the Pro Bowl and named First-team All-Pro in 2015 (his rookie year), and Second-team All-Pro in 2016 & 2017. Prior to being selected in the third round by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2015 NFL Draft, Tyler had a stellar collegiate career at Kansas St. earning First-team All-American honors twice, First-team All-Big 12 twice, the Big 12 Special teams Player of the Year twice, and was the Big 12 Freshman of the year.

Just as active off the field as he is on it, Tyler is committed to making a difference in the Seattle and Tulsa (his hometown) communities. In 2017, Tyler unveiled a new playground at White Center Heights Elementary in Seattle with the goal of providing a safe environment for young kids. Tyler has also been known to visit children at Virginia Mason Cancer Institute in Seattle. He loves spending time listening to patients’ stories and telling some of his own.

In addition to his charitable work, Tyler is passionate about poetry and spoken word, posting original pieces on his YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram. In addition, he wrote a book called “Reflection”, which is a journey through topics such as identity, sports, race, relationships, and how to live a purposeful life that also includes personal workshops in which the reader can participate. Tyler wants to continue to use his platform to spread positivity during even the hardest of times.

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Blake Lawrence is the co-founder and CEO of opendorse, the leading athlete marketing platform that leverages the power of professional athletes through cutting-edge technology. He has helped athletes build their brands on social media, as well as providing advertisers, rights holders and properties the chance to deliver content through an athlete’s social media pages. With Lawrence leading the way, the company was named one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s ‘100 Brilliant Companies.’

Lawrence tripled the anticipated reach for Coca-Cola’s #GameDayFeeling campaign by having five NFL up-and-comers share video content that was personalized to their collegiate origins. The campaign amassed 6.5 million impressions and 21,500 engagements.

Lawrence has initiated over 5,000 social media campaigns with more than 2,500 athletes, and formulating sports marketing campaigns for preeminent brands, leagues and rights holders such as Head & Shoulders, Courtyard Marriott, PGA Tour and over 15 major college athletic departments. He has helped advertisers quickly get in touch with and attract more than 850 million sports fans around the world.

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Ros Gold-Onwude (On-WOO-day) is a Norcal Emmy Award winning sports broadcaster.

Ros covers NBA basketball on ESPN and hosts “First Take” with Stephen A. Smith & Max Kellerman each week! Ros is also the host of a sports debate show called “Don’t At Me” presented by The Players Tribune and streaming live Twitter. Most recently Gold-Onwude has joined forces with Kevin Durant's and Rich Kleiman's 35 Ventures as one of the faces of The Boardroom!

Ros recently worked for Turner Sports in her first national role, covering the NBA regular season, playoffs, All Star Weekend and NBA Summer League games for NBA on TNT and NBATV. Before joining the Turner Sports, Gold-Onwude served as the sideline reporter for the Golden State Warriors on NBC Sports Bay Area, covering the Warriors' run to three straight NBA Finals & two championships from 2014 to 2017. Ros was the color commentator for the WNBA's NY Liberty from 2011- 2017 for MSG Networks. Ros also covers March Madness, the NCAA tournament and Pac-12 Men's and Women's college hoops in both the analyst and reporter role. Additionally, Ros joined NBC's coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics as a sideline reporter for Men's Basketball, alongside broadcasting legends Marv Albert and Doug Collins- an experience she considers one of the highlights of her career.

As a member of the Stanford women’s basketball team from 2005-2010, Gold-Onwude played in three Final Fours and two national championship games helping the Cardinal win four conference titles, as starting guard. In her final season she was named the 2010 Pac-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, ending her Stanford career as the school’s all-time leader in games played. Following her days at Stanford, Gold-Onwude was selected as a member of the Nigerian national basketball team, which advanced to the semi-finals of the Fiba-Africa Olympic Qualifier tournament in 2011.

A native of Queens, NY, Gold-Onwude earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, followed by a Master’s Degree in Sociology of Organizations, Business, and the Economy, both from Stanford.

Ros’ passions include mentoring young girls, working with women in business, raising awareness for mental health issues and developing opportunities for the youth in Africa. She has spearheaded several panels around the country, focusing on women and minorities in business as well as women working in male dominated fields. Some of her favorite moments have included working with college students, including students from the Atlanta area HBCUs, and student athletes nationwide, on developing careers in sports and sports media. Over the past 3 years, Ros has visited Africa to work with youth on developing both basketball and life skills as an active participant of the NBA's Basketball Without Borders Program and NBA Africa Game, in South Africa. This past December she returned to Nigeria to work with the Hope 4 Girls Camp, a girls only basketball camp, in which she spoke about the value of hard work, self-love, women supporting women, and the pride in being an African women.