Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
180s Jim Kenney CEO
Academy Sports + Outdoors Michael Linford Vice President, Merchant Strategy
Academy Sports + Outdoors Robert Frennea Chief Merchant Officer
Accusplit Ron Sutton President & CEO
Active Brands Company Chris Circo CEO
ACTIVEx Company Wellness Arch Fuston Activex Creator & Executive Director
adidas Kurt Tandan Director, Corporate Affairs and Associate General Counsel
adidas Group - FILS Mike Gugat*** Senior Sales Manager
Agency Won Inc Cindy Sisson Hensley CEO
Alibaba Group John Spelich Vice President, International Business Development
American College of Sports Medicine Paul Giese Vice President, Strategic
Partnerships
American Council on Exercise Graham Melstrand Vice President, Corporate Affairs
American Council on Exercise Scott Goudeseune President & CEO
American Public University - Sports Business Program Jay Richardson Director, Strategic Partnerships
The Antigua Group Ron McPherson President & CEO
Anytime Fitness Chuck Runyon Co-Founder & CEO
Arent Fox LLP - FILS Gary Wolensky Partner
ASICS America Corporation Kevin Wulff President & CEO
Aspen Institute/ESPN Tom FarreyDirector, Sport & Society Program; Emmy Award Winning Reporter
The Athlete's Foot Jerry Slover President & CEO
Augusta Sportswear Deanna Leonard Vice President, Marketing
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
Augusta Sportswear Jon Letzler President & CEO
Bauer Performance Sports Kevin Davis President & CEO
BBDO Atlanta Drew Panayiotou CEO & President
BigTeams LLC Clay Walker CEO
Bite Tech, Inc. Jeff Padovan CEO
Body Solid Fitness Equipment Sott McDonald CEO
BOKS Dianne Hayes Head of Business Development
Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Marvin Zonis Professor Emeritus
Bowman & Brooke LLP Carli Pearson Senior Counsel
Bowman & Brooke LLP Michelle Gilboe Partner
Brooks Running Co. Jim Weber CEO
Brooks Sports Inc. Dan Sheridan Vice President, National Sales
Brooks Sports Inc. David Bohan COO
Brunswick Corporation Dusty McCoy Chairman & CEO
Calvin Klein Jeanne Ross National Sales Manager
Century Martial Arts Sarah Fields President
"The CEO Show"; Forbes.com; "The Transformative CEO" Robert Reiss Host & CEO; CEO Specialist
Writer; Co-Author
CHAMPRO Sports Ryan Hunter Vice President, Marketing
Competitor Group Doug Kaplan Senior Vice President
Concepts Sport Inc. John Staton President
Considine Management Advisors Chris Considine President
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
Consumer Electronics Association Dr. Shawn DuBravac PhD Chief Economist & Senior Director of Research
Contempora Fabrics Ron Roach President
Cramer Products Tom Rogge President & CEO
Crowdstrike Services; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Shawn Henry President; Former Executive
Assistant Director
Crowell & Moring Cheryl Falvey Partner
Crowell & Moring Cliff Zatz Partner
Crowell & Moring Kevin Mayer Partner
Cybex International Inc. Pete Sturmfels Director, Quality & Product Compliance
Diamond Sports Co. Andrea Gordon President
Didgebridge John McNulty CEO
Disney Sports Attractions Mike Millay Director, Sports Development
DRK Consulting Associates LLC Doug Kelly CEO
Duane Morris Paul Rosenlund Partner
Dunham's Sports Jeff Lynn Chairman & CEO
Dunham's Sports Ken Meehan President
Dunlop Sports Group Americas Kai Nitsche Vice President & General Manager
Easton-Bell Sports Jim Darby Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Easton-Bell Sports Keenan Long*** R&D Engineer, Past Scholar
EB Brands Dan Kinsbourne CEO
EB Brands John Sterns Senior Vice President, Sales
EB Brands Steve Brigham CEO
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
ElliptiGo Inc Bryce Whiting Vice President, Sales
EMC Sports Eric McCrite CEO
Emory University, Goizueta Business School Jeffrey Rosensweig Director, Global Perspectives
Program
Eric Maddox Eric Maddox Author & US Army Veteran
Escalade Sports Dave Fetherman President
Escalade Sports David Vogrin Director, Marketing
Escalade Sports Robert Keller President & CEO
Established Brands Tammy Christensen Vice President, Sales
ETS Corp.* Chris Rowe CTO
ETS Corp.* Tahir Khan Chief Information Security Officer
ETS* Ed Vaughan President & CEO
ETS* Hadi Akkad Executive Vice President
ETS* Jill Hall National Sales Director
Everlast Worldwide Inc. Mark Hunter Executive Vice President
Everlast Worldwide Inc. Neil Morton CEO
EvoShield John Bodin*** Outbound Logistics Manager
Evoshield Matt Stover Board Member
EvoShield LLC David Shinn Vice President, Operations
EvoShield, LLC Bob Pinckney CEO
Exponent* Angela Meyer PhD, PE Vice President, Client Services
Exponent* Haskell Beckham, PhD Senior Managing Scientist
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
Facebook Nat Hampson Head, Sports Brands and Sport Retailers
Fair Labor Association Auret Van Heerden President & CEO
Finnegan LLP Aaron Parker Patent Attorney
Fitneff Inc. Laurel Walzak Senior Vice President
Fitness EM Jack Lacey General Manager
Fitness EM Michael Savage CEO
Fleet Feet Jeff Phillips President & CEO
Florida State University Foundation Matthew Taylor Corporate Foundation
Development Officer
Formula4Media LLC** Jeff Gruenhut Vice President & Co-Founder
Formula4Media LLC** Mark Sullivan CEO, President & Executive Editor
Franklin Retail Solutions Peter Goehrig President
Franklin Sports - FILS Chuck Quinn Vice President, Marketing & Sourcing
Franklin Sports - FILS Larry Franklin President
Freedom Golf Association Edmund Sylvester Chairman
Fruit of the Loom Bill Newton EVice President Chief Sales and Business Officer
Game Gear Clayton Osborn CEO
Gared Sports Laura St. George Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Gatorade Katherine Montiel Senior Manager, Communications
George Mason University- Sports Business Program Craig Esherick Associate Director
George Mason University-Sports Business Program Bob Baker Director
Georgetown University Matt Winkler Associate Dean
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
Gildan Activewear Keith Whitaker Director of Marketing
Gildan Activewear Inc. Michael Schroeder Vice President, Marketing
Gildan Activewear Inc. Rodney Tesh Vice President, Sales
Glenview Capital Anthony Aiello Proprietary Research Analyst
Global Golf Advisors Henry DeLozier Principal
The Golf Warehouse Susan Shade Vice President, Merchandising
Good Sports Christy Keswick COO
Good Sports Melissa Harper CEO
Granger Legal Consulting - FILS Mark Granger Principal
Groupe Stahl Brian Sukarukoff CEO
Gymsource Richard Miller President
Gymsource Tom Staub Vice President, Sales
Hanson Dodge Creative Dave Denor Vice President, Business Development
Hanson Dodge Creative Tom Flieri Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Harbinger Fitness David McCrane President
HEAD/Penn Racquet Sports Greg Mason Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Heartline Fitness Systems Robert Burgess President
Hewitt Wolensky McNulty & Hickson LLP - FILS Hugh Hewitt Partner
Hillerich & Bradsby Company Bill Clark President
Holloway Sportswear Mark Vondenhuevel President
Holloway Sportswear Inc. Ray Ziolkowski Senior Vice President
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
Howe & Hutton LTD Jon Howe Founding Partner & President
ICON Health & Fitness Kurt Facer Vice President, National Accounts & Canada
ICON Health & Fitness Matt Allen COO
ICON Health & Fitness Scott Watterson Chairman & CEO
Implus Todd Vore President
Innovative Sports & Entertainment Howard Kahn Partner
Innovative Sports & Entertainment Robert Gutkowski Partner
Intertek-Product Performance Mark Flickinger Director-Retail Consulting
Intradeco Jamie Miguel Siman Vice President, Operations
Intradeco Lora Murphy Vice President, Merchandising
Jarden Team Sports Robert Parish President & CEO
Jlynn Associates Jimmy Lynn Managing Partner
Johnson Health Tech North America Bob Najduk*** Senior Product Manager, Global
Retail
Johnson Health Tech North America Mike Olson Executive Vice President, Retail
Johnson Health Tech North America Nathan Pyles President
Johnson Health Tech North America Jocelyn Vande Velde*** Director, Education & Sales
Training
Jordan Brand, Nike Inc. - FILS Larry Miller President
KaBOOM! Ben Clausen Senior Manager, Corporate Partnerships
KaBOOM! Susan Sabatino Senior Manager, Cause Marketing & Brand Management
KaBOOM! - FILS Dana D'Agostino Vice President, Corporate Partnerships
KemperLesnik Amy Littleton Senior Vice President
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
KemperSports Barret Eiselman Senior Vice President
Kids In The Game John Ballantine Founder
Law Office Dr Schaefer Jochen Schaefer Legal Counsel WFSGI
League Apps Jeremy Goldberg President
Life Fitness Chris Clawson President
Life Fitness Inc. Dan Wille Vice President, Global Marketing & Product Development
Life Fitness Inc. Gary Hirschel Vice President, Global Operations
Life Fitness Inc. Lauren Kamm Senior Brand Manager
Life Time Fitness Dave Remick Vice President, Business Development
Life Time Fitness Nathaniel Woo*** Corporate Development Analyst
Littleton Joyce Ughetta Park & Kelly Bob Kelly Managing Partner
Lotto Sport USA Kent Wheeler General Manager
Major League Baseball Tim Brosnan Executive Vice President, Business
Markwort Sporting Goods Herb Markwort President
MC10 Inc. David Icke CEO
MC10 Inc. Elyse Winer*** Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications
MC10 Inc. Isaiah Kacyvenski*** Head of Sports Segment; Previous Scholar
McDavid Inc. Terry Fee Vice President
Miles & Stockbridge P.C. - FILS J. Mark Coulson Principal
Miles & Stockbridge P.C. - FILS Justin Eller Principal
Miles & Stockbridge P.C. - FILS Timothy Mullin Principal
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
Miller Matthias & Hull LLP Scott Baxendale Member
MISSION Athletecare Josh Shaw CEO
MISSION Athletecare Matt Cowan Executive Vice President, Product & Innovation
Mizuno USA - FILS Ahmet Abaci Vice President, Brand Marketing & Management
Mizuno USA - FILS Bob Puccini President
Modell's Sporting Goods Charles Castaneda Chief Merchandising Officer
Modell's Sporting Goods Mitchell Modell CEO
Moji Brian Anderson Interim CEO
Molten USA, Inc. Leigh Ann Davis Director, Marketing
Molten USA, Inc. Melissa Dawson Ricketts President
Monumental Sports & Entertainment Ted Leonsis Founder, Chairman & CEO
NASCAR Chad Seigler Managing Director, Team Marketing Services
Nathan Sports Bridgit Lombard CEO
National Association of Sports Commissions Donald Schumacher CEO
National Basketball Association Rachel Jacobson Senior Vice President, Business Development
National Basketball Association Sal LaRocca Executive Vice President, Global Merchandising
National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Mark Emmert President
National Football League Eric Grubman Executive Vice President
National Foundation on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Tom McMillen Founding Chairman & Treasurer
National Golf Foundation Joe Beditz President & CEO
National Hockey League Brian Jennings Chief Marketing Officer
Previous Attendees
Company Name TitleNational Sporting Goods Association Matt Carlson President & CEO
Nation's Best Sports Jim Chandley President
Nautilus Inc. Bruce Cazenave CEO
NCAA Cari Klecka Director of Executive Affairs
New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. - FILS
Christine Madigan Vice President, Responsible Leadership
New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc.- FILS Matt LeBretton Vice President, Public Affairs
Nfinity Tate Chalk CEO
Nichols College- Sports Business Program Timothy Liptrap Sport Management Program
Chair
Nike - FILS Caitlin Morris Sr. Director for North America, Access to Sport
Nike - FILS Jennifer Bendall Director of Government Affairs
Nike - FILS Mich Chandlee Chief Financial Officer, Nike North America
Nike, Inc. - FILS Sean O'Hollaren Senior Vice President, Government & Public Affairs
North Castle Partners Allison Minter Managing Director
Norwest Equity Partners Taylor Moore Director
Norwest Equity Partners Todd Solow Partner
Notogroup Executive Search Candie Fisher Principal & Account Director
NPD Group Mike Kuhl President, Sports
NRPA Rebecca Wickline Vice President, Partnership & Business Development
NRPA Travis Smith Director, Research
NSA Dick Schaeffer Former Information Assurance Director
Old Time Sports Inc. Bob Magnuson President
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
Pacific Cycle Alice Tillett President
Partnership for a Healthier America Stacy Molander Vice President, Strategic
Initiatives
Partnership for a Healthier America Lisa Creighton Director, Strategic Initiatives
PHIT America Mike May Director, Communications
PHIT America/Jim Baugh Consulting Jim Baugh Founder/President
Polar Electro Herb Baer President
Pop Warner Little Scholars Jon Butler Executive Director
PORON XRD - FILS Joe Blair Senior Marketer
Prism Fitness Group Bill Sotis President
Profitero Inc. Keith Anderson Vice President, Strategy & Insights
PUMA International Sports Marketing B.V. Christian Voigt Vice President, Senior Head of
Global Sports Marketing
Rage Cage Frank Reeves President
RAGE Fitness/Gibson Athletic Brian Smith CEO
Rawlings Sporting Goods Art Chou Senior Vice President, Product
Rawlings Sporting Goods Greg Bialis Vice President, Sales
Rawlings Sporting Goods Mike Thompson Senior Vice President, Marketing
Rawlings Sporting Goods Ryan Farrar*** Director, Fall Product
RetailNet Group Dan O'Connor President & CEO
Riddell Inc. Dan Arment President
Ripon Athletic Peter Derleth CEO
Robert W. Baird & Co. Joe Pellegrini Managing Director
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
Robert W. Baird & Co. Matthew Tingler Vice President
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey President & CEO
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Marjorie Paloma Director
Robosport Technologies Salvatore LoDuca Co-Managing Member
Roger Cleveland Golf Company Stephen Gingrich Vice President, HR & Legal Enforcement
Rogers Athletic Company Kyle Camp Vice President, Marketing
Rollerblade Jeremy Stonier Co-President
Round Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau Laurie Hadley Assistant City Manager
Round Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau Nancy Yawn CDME, CSEE Director
Running Insight** Troy Leonard Vice President & Publisher
SanMar Barb Herman LAS Director
SanMar Rachelle Manning Sporting Goods Channel Director
Saranac Dan Small President & CEO
Saranac Tina Rook CFO
Sears Holdings - FILS Hugo MalanSenior Vice President; President, Fitness, Sporting Goods & Toys
Sears Holdings - FILS Michael O'Connor Vice President, GMM of Sporting Goods, Fitness & Toys
Sears Holdings- FILS Thomas Zielecki Business Unit CFO
SFIA Tom Cove President & CEO
SHAPE America Cassandra Isidro Vice President, Development
Shock Doctor Jay TurkbasSenior Vice President, Marketing & Product Development
Shock Doctor Tony Armand President & CEO
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
SKLZ Brian Enge President
SKLZ James ChoeVice President, Strategic Business Development
SKLZ John Sarkisian CEO
SKLZ Laura Wolf Stein Vice President, Marketing
Speedo USA Larry Harris Vice President, Sales
Speedo USA - FILS Doug Gordon Vice President
Speedo USA - FILS Jim Gerson President
Speedo USA - FILS Tom Delaney Vice President, Marketing
Spira Footwear Andy Krafsur CEO
Sporting Goods Intelligence** John Horan Publisher
Sports Business Journal** Terry Lefton Editor-At-Large
The Sports Facilities Advisory & Management LLC Dev Pathik CEO & Founder
The Sports Facilities Advisory & Management LLC Eric Sullivan Vice President
Sports Marketing Surveys Keith Storey Vice President
Sports Sensors Inc. Al Dilz President
Sports Authority Michael Foss CEO
Sports Authority Stephen Binkley Chief Merchandising Officer
SportsOneSource Group** Fernando Delgado Editor
SportsOneSource Group** James Hartford CEO, Publisher & Chief Market Analyst
SportsOneSource Group** Neil Schwartz Vice President, Market & Consumer Insights
SportsOneSource Group** Tom Ryan Reporter
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
SportsOneSource** Barry Schrimscher Vice President, Business Development
SPRI Greg Niederlander Director, Product & Program Development
SPRI Products Inc. Patrick Miles Director, Retail
St. Vincent Sports Performance Ralph Reiff Executive Director
Stericycle ExpertSolutions* Kevin McAteer Recall Consultant
STX - FILS Dick Tucker CEO
STX - FILS Jim Archibald Vice President, Administration & Regulatory Affairs
STX, LLC - FILS Jason Goger President
Technogym Dave HannumVice President, Product & Business Development
Technogym Isabel Coscia Vice President, Marketing
Technogym Jeff McManus Vice President, Key Accounts
Technogym USA Frederico Foli President & COO
Tennis Industry Association Jolyn de Boer Executive Director
Titan Team Sports Becky Snider President
Titan Team Sports Lynn England CEO
TPG Capital Paul Harrington Board Member
True Fitness Tech Frank Trulaske President
True Fitness Tech Ward Petito CFO
Twin City Knitting Francis Davis President
TYR Sport Steve FurnissExecutive Vice President, International and Director, Swim
Under Armour Steve Sommers Vice President, Brand Marketing
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
Under Armour - FILS Alex Stone*** Development Manager, Accessories
Under Armour - FILS Cynthia Raposo Vice President, Legal
Under Armour - FILS Kevin Plank Founder & CEO
Under Armour - FILS Matt Mirchin Senior Vice President, Sports Marketing
Unisource Global Solutions Carl Ferraro President
United States Olympic Committee Lisa Baird Chief Marketing Officer
United States Olympic Committee Peter Zeytoonjian Managing Director, Consumer Products & Licensing
United States Tennis Association Sue Hunt Chief Marketing Officer
US Soccer Foundation Ed Foster-Simeon President & CEO
USA Football Scott Hallenbeck Executive Director
USA Today, ABC & NPR Christine Brennan Columnist/Commentator
VERT Dan Kissell Vice President, Sales
VERT Martin Matak President
VF Corporation - FILS Jim Pisani President, Licensed Sports Group
VF Corporation - FILS Scott BaxterVice President; Group President, Jeanswear Americas, Imagewear & South
VistaLifeSciences Kyle Richter Director, Marketing
VistaLifeSciences Peg Molloy President & CEO
Washington Little Capitals Dan Jablonic Director
Wells Fargo Chris Withers Director, Consumer/Retail Investment Banking
WFSGI Robbert deKock Secretary General
Whistle Sports Brian Selander Executive Vice President
Previous Attendees
Company Name Title
Whiteford Taylor Preston Philip Niedermair Managing Director, Strategic Alliances
Wilson Sporting Goods - FILS Jon Muir Vice President, Racquet Sports
Wilson Sporting Goods - FILS Kevin McTernan Vice President, Operations
Wilson Sporting Goods - FILS Mike Kuehne General Manager, Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball
Xenith LLC Chuck Huggins CFO
Xenith LLC Kerry Hughes Controller & Director, Human Resources
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