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Tom Coughlin was named executive vice president of football operations for the Jag-uars on January 9, 2017. A veteran of 29 years in the NFL including 21 as a head coach, Coughlin ranks as the 12th-winningest coach in NFL history with an overall record of 182-157 (.537), including two Super Bowl championships.

Coughlin, who oversees the team’s football operations and reports directly to Owner Shad Khan, served as the inaugural head coach for the Jaguars for nine seasons (1994-2002). During that time he accumulated a 68-60 regular season record and four playoff appearances, including two AFC championship games.

Coughlin last year served as the NFL’s senior advisor to football operations, a role he started after retiring from the New York Giants following the 2015 season.

The Waterloo, N.Y. native posted a 170-150 regular season record in 21 seasons as an NFL head coach, including nine years in Jacksonville and 12 with the New York Giants. Coughlin’s 170 wins are the 12th-most in NFL history and his 12 wins in the playoffs rank seventh. Coughlin-led teams captured five division titles and nine playoff berths, and his overall postseason record is 12-7.

Coughlin led the Giants to two Super Bowl victories against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, becoming the 13th coach in NFL history to claim multiple Super Bowl titles. He is also one of 19 head coaches with a perfect record in Super Bowl games.

Prior to joining the Giants, Coughlin coached the Jaguars for nine seasons after being

In 2011, Khan became a Lincoln Laureate, the state’s highest award for achievement given by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, for his philanthropic work in the state. Khan also served as president of the Chief Executives Organization, a global community of the top 2,000 leaders in the business, government, and non-profit sectors.

Khan shares his passion for the American dream with his family, and he and his wife Ann have passed on their commitment to work and service to their two grown children, Tony and Shanna. Tony is the Jaguars’ senior vice president for football technology and analytics.

Mark Lamping was named president of the Jacksonville Jaguars on February 13, 2012. A veteran of more than 20 years as an executive in professional sports, Lamping became the Jaguars’ first president since the end of the 1996 season. His career high-lights include 13 years as a marketing executive with Anheuser-Busch, 14 seasons as president of Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals and four years as CEO of New Meadowlands Stadium Company where he oversaw the construction and operation of MetLife Stadium. The New York Giants’ 2012 Super Bowl victory enabled Lamping to become one of the few sports executives to have received both a Super Bowl ring and World Series Championship ring. Lamping earned his World Series ring as president of the St. Louis Cardinals following their 2006 championship season.

As president, Lamping oversees all business operations for the Jaguars. In 2014, the Jaguars under Lamping’s direction completed a number of major fan-friendly enhance-ments to EverBank Field including the installation of the world’s largest video boards. Lamping has been at the forefront of the team’s development projects including the complete renovations of the US Assure Clubs inside EverBank Field, as well as the construction of the 5,500-seat Daily’s Place amphitheater which opened on May 27, 2017. Again this fall and continuing through the 2020 season, the Jaguars will play one regular season home game each year at London’s Wembley Stadium. Lamping also serves on the NFL Stadium Security and Fan Behavior Committee. In 2013, Lamping was named as a non-executive board member of Fulham Football Club in London.

Lamping previously served as president and CEO of the New Meadowlands Stadium Company, LLC beginning on April 1, 2008. The New Meadowlands Stadium Company is the joint venture formed between the New York Giants and the New York Jets to devel-op the new $1.6 billion stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Lamping was responsible for managing the construction, sales, marketing and operation of MetLife Stadium, which opened in April 2010. MetLife Stadium is the only NFL stadium which is the home of two NFL teams. In addition to the minimum of 20 NFL games that are played each season, MetLife Stadium hosts events ranging from college football to international soccer tournaments to major concerts and more. In addition to numerous awards, in both 2010 and 2011, Billboard magazine named MetLife Stadium as the highest grossing stadium in North America. Lamping also helped lead the successful bid to host the 2014 Super Bowl. The 2014 Super Bowl was the first Super Bowl played in an open air stadium in a cold weather city.

Prior to joining the New Meadowlands Stadium Company, Lamping was the president of the St. Louis Cardinals from September 1, 1994 until March 31, 2008. In addition to the club’s 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2005 Central Division titles and 2004 National League Championship, the Cardinals earned their 10th World Championship in 2006. In 1999 and again in 2003, the Cardinals were honored by United Sports Fans of Amer-ica as Major League Baseball’s Fan Friendly Team for their superior efforts to make a day at the ballpark more affordable and enjoyable. In addition to managing the club’s business and facility operations, Lamping led the Cardinals’ new ballpark initiative. On April 10, 2006, the Cardinals officially dedicated the new privately financed ballpark, Busch Stadium. The perfect ending to the inaugural season at new Busch Stadium was the Cardinals winning their 10th World Championship.

From 1989 to 1994 Lamping served as Anheuser-Busch’s group director of sports marketing. In that position, he managed all domestic and international sports mar-keting activities for Anheuser-Busch’s beer brands, including sponsorship agreements with the Olympics, FIFA World Cup and all major professional sports, including Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Hockey League and the

National Basketball Association. Lamping also oversaw BudSports Productions, An-heuser-Busch’s TV and radio sports production company.

Lamping joined Anheuser-Busch in 1981 in the company’s Corporate Planning Execu-tive Development Program. He then served in a variety of positions including district sales manager in Southern Illinois and Central Iowa, senior brand manager for new products and director of sales operations before being named group director of sports marketing in 1989.

Lamping currently serves on the boards of directors of the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Heart Association, Jacksonville Civic Council, Jacksonville Sports Council, JAXUSA Policy Council, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville, Inc., and Special Olympics Florida Advisory Council. In 2015, Lamping was honored as Commu-nity Champion by the North Florida Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and re-ceived Community Connections’ Florence N. Davis Award for Community Achievement. While in St. Louis, Lamping was involved in a variety of charitable organizations, including board of directors, Habitat for Humanity and St. Louis Cardinals Commu-nity Fund; chairperson of the Make-A-Wish Foundation Golf Classic in 1997, 1998, and 1999; chairman of the St. Louis Archdiocese Catholic Charities 2000 and 2001 Christmas Appeal and he also served as a chairperson for Pope John Paul’s 1999 visit to St. Louis.

In 1998, Lamping was honored as Man of the Year by the St. Louis chapter of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resources and received the James O’Flynn Award from St. Patrick’s Center in recognition of his work to help the homeless in the St. Louis area. In addition Lamping was the recipient of the Catholic Youth Council 2000 Community Achievement Award and the 2001 Marianist Youth Medal in recognition of his support of youth throughout the St. Louis area. Big Brothers and Big Sisters of St. Louis hon-ored Lamping with its 2001 Legacy Award. In 2006 Lamping was presented the Gate-way Leadership Award from the International Leadership Network. Lamping has been inducted into the Vianney High School Hall of Fame and was named 2000 Alumnus of the Year for outstanding achievement by Rockhurst University.

A St. Louis native, Lamping holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, and a master’s degree in business ad-ministration from Saint Louis University. Mark and his wife Cheryl have three children; Brian, Lauren, and Timothy.

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David Caldwell is in his fifth year as the general manager of the Jaguars after being named to the post on January 8, 2013. A veteran of more than 20 years in the NFL, Cald-well spent five seasons (2008-12) with the Atlanta Falcons before joining the Jaguars. Previously with the Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts, Caldwell was with teams that went to the playoffs in 13 of his first 17 NFL seasons in Carolina, Indianapolis and Atlanta. On January 10, 2017, Jaguars Owner Shad Khan announced that Caldwell had been given a two-year contract extension with Jacksonville that runs through 2019. In 2017, Caldwell acquired a free agency class that was highlighted by the additions of Pro Bowl DE Calais Campbell from Arizona, CB A.J. Bouye from Houston and SS Barry Church from Dallas. In the 2017 NFL Draft, Caldwell directed the selection of seven players, including first-round RB Leonard Fournette from Louisiana State with the fourth overall pick, OL Cam Robinson from Alabama in the second round (34th overall) and DE Dawuane Smoot from Illinois in the third round (68th overall). In the 2016 NFL Draft, Caldwell chose seven players (six defensive), including first-round selection CB Jalen Ramsey from Florida State with the fifth overall pick, LB Myles Jack from UCLA in the second round (36th overall) and DE Yannick Ngakoue from Maryland in the third round (69th overall). On January 17, 2017, the Pro Football Writers of America announced that both Ramsey and Ngakoue were named to their All-Rookie Team for their 2016 performances. Ramsey became the first rookie in fran-chise history to register a pick-six and was also the first rookie to register an INT in back-to-back games. Ngakoue broke the team’s rookie sack record with 8.0 in 2016, a mark that had stood for 20 seasons dating back to 1996 (Tony Brackens – 7.0).

named the franchise’s first head coach on Feb. 21, 1994. The Jaguars’ 72-64 overall record included a 4-4 mark in the playoffs during Coughlin’s tenure.

Jacksonville quickly became the league’s most successful expansion team, becoming the first club to qualify for playoff appearances in four of its first five seasons. In 1996, the Jaguars qualified for the playoffs and advanced to the AFC championship game in just their second season as Coughlin was named NFL Coach of the Year by United Press International. The team won its first division title in 1998. The following season, Coughlin led the Jaguars to an NFL-best record of 14-2 and a second trip to the conference title game.

Coughlin emerged as one of the league’s best offensive coaches, as Jacksonville led the NFL in both passing yards (4,367 in 1996) and rushing yards (2,091 in 1999). He also tutored recent Pride of the Jaguars inductee Jimmy Smith who was the league’s leading receiver in 1999, as well as the three previous members of the Pride of the Jaguars – Tony Boselli, Mark Brunell and Fred Taylor.

Prior to Jacksonville, Coughlin spent three seasons (1991-93) as head coach at Boston College, where he was 21-13-1. In 1993, the Coughlin-led Eagles were ranked 12th in the USA Today/CNN coaches’ poll and 13th by the Associated Press. He also coached Boston College’s quarterbacks from 1981-83, where he tutored Doug Flutie, who would win the Heisman Trophy in 1984.

From 1988-90, Coughlin was the Giants wide receivers coach under Bill Parcells, and he was on the staff when the team won its second Super Bowl. He held the same position with the Green Bay Packers (1986-87) and the Philadelphia Eagles (1985-86).

Coughlin began his coaching career in 1969 as a graduate assistant at Syracuse, where he was a three-year letterman from 1965-67. The former Orangeman competed in the same back field as All-America backs and Pro Football Hall of Famers Larry Csonka and Floyd Little. He later served as the school’s quarterbacks and offensive backfield coach for three seasons (1974-76) and offensive coordinator (1977-80).

Thomas Richard Coughlin was born on Aug. 31, 1946 in Waterloo, New York. He is the oldest of seven children. Coughlin and his wife, Judy, have two daughters, Keli and Kate; two sons-in-law named Chris; two sons, Brian and Tim; two daughters-in-law, Andrea and Susie; and 12 grandchildren: Emma Rose, Dylan, Shea, Cooper, Caroline, Marin, Wesley, Brennon, Clara, Walker, Ally and Hartley.

Ngakoue also became the fifth rookie in league history to register at least 8.0 sacks, four forced fumbles and at least one INT in a season. Caldwell’s 2015 draft class, which was highlighted by third-overall pick DE Dante Fowler Jr., who missed his rookie season with a knee injury, combined to appear in 62 games with 27 starts in 2015. Second-round RB T.J. Yeldon started all 12 games in which he appeared and third-round OL A.J. Cann filled in at RG for the injured Brandon Linder and started 13 of 14 games in 2015. In the first round of the 2014 draft, Caldwell drafted Blake Bortles from Central Florida with the third overall selection. In the second round, the Jaguars drafted WRs Allen Robinson from Penn State and Marqise Lee from Southern Cal. Bortles has started 45 of 46 games over the past three seasons, including all 16 games in 2015 and 2016. In Week 17 of the 2016 season, Bortles completed his 1,000th career pass in his 46th career game and became the sixth-fastest player in league history with 1,000 career completions. Earlier in 2016, Bortles became the eighth-fastest player to 10,000 ca-reer passing yards, doing so in the third quarter of his 41st career game. Over the past two seasons, Bortles has broken many of the team’s single-season franchise records, including completions (368 in 2016), passing yards (4,428 in 2015) and passing TDs (35 in 2015). Bortles’ 35 passing TDs in 2015 were the second-most in the NFL that year, trailing only Tom Brady’s 36. Bortles became the third QB in NFL history to throw for 4,000 yards and 35 TDs and rush for 300 yards in a single season, joining Daunte Culpepper (2004) and Steve Young (1998). In 2015, Robinson was named to his first Pro Bowl, becoming the first player Caldwell has drafted to be selected to the Pro Bowl. Robinson started all 16 games in 2015 and finished the season with 80 receptions for 1,400 yards and a franchise-record 14 receiving TDs, which tied for the most in the NFL. Lee showed his potential in 2016, totaling 851 receiving yards and three TDs on 63 catches (13.5 rec. avg.) and also tied the franchise record for longest kickoff return for a TD when he scored on a 100-yard return in Week 15 at Houston. Lee’s 30.3-yard kickoff return avg. in 2016 was the second-highest in the NFL among players with at least 15 returns. Caldwell reshaped the roster in his first season with the Jaguars with 68 different players appearing on the active roster during the 2013 regular season, the third-most in the NFL, and 31 players finishing the season with the club that were not on the roster the previous season. Caldwell and his staff made 151 transactions from the pre-season to the conclusion of the 2013 regular season during their opening campaign. Caldwell served the 2012 season as the Falcons’ director of player personnel where he was responsible for both college and pro scouting efforts under Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff. Caldwell spent his first four seasons with the Falcons as the director of college scouting, overseeing Atlanta’s college area and regional scouts. His primary role was evaluating the hundreds of draft-eligible college players on an annual basis. In Caldwell’s five seasons in Atlanta, the Falcons advanced to the postseason four times and were the only NFC team to post five consecutive winning seasons. The Falcons had a 56-24 regular season record in Caldwell’s tenure. Several of the players responsible for the Falcons’ success were drafted during Caldwell’s time including wide receiver Harry Douglas (3rd round, 2008), DE Kroy Biermann (5th round, 2008), line-backer Sean Weatherspoon (1st round, 2010), wide receiver Julio Jones (1st round, 2011) and running back Jacquizz Rogers (5th round, 2011). Eight rookies from the five draft classes started on opening day in 2012. Prior to joining the Falcons, Caldwell spent 10 seasons (1998-2007) with the India-napolis Colts under General Manager Bill Polian, helping to build a roster that claimed a victory in Super Bowl XLI and consisted of multiple Pro Bowl players drafted by the club. Caldwell was the western regional scout in his final two seasons with the Colts where he covered major college football conferences, including the Pac-10, Big 10 and Big 12. He joined the Colts in 1998 as an area scout and remained in that role for seven seasons, covering the Midwest and West Coast regions. In 1996, Caldwell broke into the NFL as a scouting assistant with the Carolina Pan-thers, where he spent two seasons. He served as the liaison between the college scouting director and multiple area scouts while focusing on draft preparations. In September of 2016, Caldwell and his wife, Joelle, chaired the 18th Annual Toast to the Animals, an event to raise money for the Jacksonville Humane Society that attracted more than 500 influential residents of the First Coast, including philanthro-pists, business leaders and professionals. Caldwell has served on the Board for the Jacksonville Humane Society for three consecutive years. Caldwell graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance/business administration in 1996 from John Carroll University where he was a two-year letterman at outside line-backer and played from 1992-96. A native of Buffalo, New York, he and his wife have one son, David Michael II.

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Dan Edwards is in his 24th year with the Jaguars and his 34th season in the NFL in 2017. As the Jaguars’ senior vice president, communications, he is responsible for the Jaguars’ communications division which includes public relations, digital media content and broadcasting.

Edwards joined the Jaguars as executive director of communications in May of 1994, having ten seasons of NFL experience with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Miami Dolphins and the league office. He was promoted to vice president in 2003, when the Jaguars’ community relations and Internet content departments were added to his responsi-bilities, and to senior vice president in 2010. He is one of six current Jaguars staff members who have been with the franchise since its first year in 1994.

Edwards began his NFL career in the spring of 1984 as a public relations intern in the NFL office in New York after receiving a scholarship from NFL Charities. He spent the 1984 football season working in publicity for the Miami Dolphins, who played in Super Bowl XIX that year, before joining the Steelers in 1985.

During Edwards’ nine years with the Steelers, the last seven as public relations director (1987-93), the team’s public relations staff received the 1991 Pete Rozelle Award from the Pro Football Writers of America. Edwards has worked with the NFL staff at 27 Super Bowls in addition to the 1990 Pro Bowl.

Prior to entering the NFL, Edwards worked in professional baseball as an administra-tive assistant with the Eugene (Ore.) Emeralds, then a Class-A affiliate of the Cin-cinnati Reds. He played football and baseball for Montgomery College (Md.) before transferring to the University of Oregon.

Edwards received his undergraduate degree in business administration with a major in management from the University of Oregon in 1981, and a master’s degree in sports administration/facility management from Ohio University in 1984. In 2004 he attended the NFL-Stanford Program for Managers at Stanford University, and for the past ten years he has served as an adjunct professor in sport communication at the University of North Florida.

Edwards serves on the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida and on the University of North Florida Sport Management Advisory Board. A member of the Leadership Jacksonville class of 2009, he and his wife Tricia have four children: sons Christian and Preston and daughters Danielle and Victoria. Christian works for the Indianapolis Colts and Preston works for the Carolina Panthers.

A Jacksonville native, Kelly Flanagan was named the Jaguars’ senior vice president and chief financial officer in August of 2014 after joining the organization in 2012. Ms. Flanagan is responsible for developing and leading the Jaguars’ and related entities’ financial and business development strategies, including planning and business ana-lytics, corporate accounting and financial reporting and analysis.

Flanagan has extensive experience in sports. Prior to joining the Jaguars, along with now Jaguars President Mark Lamping, she was a member of the executive team at the New Meadowlands Stadium, later MetLife Stadium, home to the New York Giants and New York Jets. Flanagan was involved during the construction and commissioning of the new stadium, ultimately being named controller and lead stadium finance repre-sentative to the venue’s primary tenants and owners, the Giants and Jets.

Flanagan began her career as a member of the Entertainment & Media practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York City, where she consulted for both public and

Chad Johnson joined the Jaguars as vice president, sales in May of 2012, and was promoted to his current position in February 2013. Johnson is responsible for the sales and revenues in all ticketing areas – including suites, premium seating, season tickets, and group and single game tickets – as well as the team’s ticket service and operations departments. He also oversees guest services, events and entertainment, and cheerleader and mascot programs.

Johnson’s role expanded in 2017 with the addition of the new amphitheater as well as the adjacent flex field, known together as Daily’s Place. Daily’s Place provides a new venue for a full year-round schedule of concerts and events, and Johnson’s team is charged with all sales, programming and operations for those events.

Prior to joining the Jaguars, Johnson worked for the Miami Marlins as senior director, new ballpark sales. During his time with the Marlins he was responsible for the sales of premium seating, luxury suites and season tickets, and group ticket packages for the Marlins’ new ballpark which opened in 2012.

Prior to joining the Marlins, Johnson served as senior vice president, sales and market-ing for Sunrise Sports & Entertainment and the Florida Panthers Hockey Club. In that role he oversaw all ticket sales and service operations for all the entities associated with Sunrise Sports & Entertainment and the Florida Panthers, including suite sales and premium seating, as well as the club’s marketing and broadcasting efforts.

Johnson joined Sunrise Sports & Entertainment in October of 2003 as vice president of sales & service, before being promoted in April of 2005. Prior to joining Sunrise Sports & Entertainment Johnson spent five years with the Tampa Bay Lightning as director of sales.

Johnson, who is originally from Chicago, graduated from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. He made Jacksonville his home in July of 2012. Johnson and his wife MaryBeth live in Atlantic Beach with his daughter, Victoria.

private sports and entertainment clients and obtained her C.P.A. license. She has been named a “Game Changer” by Sports Business Journal.

A graduate of Episcopal School of Jacksonville where she currently serves as a member of its Board of Trustees, Flanagan holds a M.S. in Sports Management degree from Columbia University in New York City and a bachelor’s degree in accounting as well as an M.B.A. from the Ervin K. Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. In 2016 she was appointed by Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and confirmed by the City Council to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Jacksonville Electric Authority.

Scott Massey is responsible for leading the Jaguars sales team tasked with securing new corporate partners, as well as the service team that ensures existing partners receive significant value for their investment with the Jaguars. Massey joined the Jaguars in 2012 as senior vice president of corporate partnerships.

In 2017 Massey’s role expanded to include sponsorship sales efforts for Daily’s Place and Bold Events. He negotiated the naming rights agreement with Daily’s as well as Founding Partner sponsorships for the new venue, and his team also supports sales efforts for Fulham Football Club in London.

Prior to the Jaguars, Massey spent nine years at the PGA TOUR as vice president of business development/title sponsor relations. Before moving into the title sponsor

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Hussain Naqi, based in London, was named senior vice president, international devel-opment in October, 2015. He oversees the Jaguars’ brand development and sponsor-ship sales efforts in the United Kingdom, and is also responsible for driving synergies between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham Football Club, which share common ownership under Shad Khan.

Among the UK-based initiatives Naqi oversees are Jaguars Academy, Jaguars Coaching Academy, Jaguars Se7ens Cup, and JagTag.

Before moving to London, Naqi served as senior vice president fan engagement, re-sponsible for oversight of the Jaguars game day operations, in-stadium business oper-ations, and non-NFL event business. In the 2014-15 NFL season, the Jaguars unveiled a $63 million renovation to EverBank Field, featuring the Smart Pharmacy Spas on the FanDuel deck in the north end zone of the stadium, as well as the two largest video boards in the world. Naqi was responsible for the programming, activation and con-tent development of these new game day elements, which resulted in a number-one overall fan experience ranking in the NFL, voted upon by season ticket members in the league’s Voice of the Fan.

Naqi arrived in Jacksonville in 2013 following four years with the New Meadowlands Stadium Company in East Rutherford, N.J., where he served as vice president of busi-ness planning and general counsel at MetLife Stadium, the home of the New York Jets and New York Giants.

Naqi began his career in the sports industry in 1997 with the law firm of Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C., which led to a four-year stint with the National Football League, working in the league’s Management Council. After leaving the NFL in 2002, Naqi was named assistant director of enforcement for the NCAA.

Naqi attended Cornell University, earning his bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Labor Relations in 1997. In 2003, he returned to school to complete a joint Juris Doctor and Masters of Business Administration degree at Northwestern University. While at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, he developed a continuing education program for current and former NFL players to equip them with basic business skills during and after their playing careers.

Upon graduation, Naqi joined the Executive Development Program with Major League Baseball and the New York Mets, serving two years in that capacity. He is a member of the New York State Bar.

Megha Parekh joined the Jaguars as vice president and general counsel on March 1, 2013, and was named senior vice president, chief legal officer in 2016.

In her role, Ms. Parekh is responsible for oversight of all legal matters, including transactions, compliance, disputes, risk-management, government relations, and in-surance, as well as people development and training, and information technology.

capacity, he managed several of the PGA TOUR’s largest official marketing partner-ships. Prior to joining the PGA TOUR, Massey previously held sales roles with several sports-related companies including International Management Group (IMG), golfweb.com and Quokka Sports.

Massey grew up in Boulder, Colo., and is a graduate of the University of Colorado where he earned his bachelor’s degree in finance in 1987. He and his wife Nancy have two sons, Hanks (20) and Davis (18).

Since joining the Jaguars, Ms. Parekh has worked on team-owner Shahid Khan’s acqui-sition of Fulham Football Club, the $63 million public-private funded improvements to EverBank Field in 2014, and the $90 million project involving renovations to the US Assure Club in addition to construction and the 2017 opening of Daily’s Place. Ms. Parekh has also worked on the extension of EverBank’s naming rights and selection of a new food, beverage and merchandise provider for EverBank Field.

Prior to joining the Jaguars, Ms. Parekh worked in the New York office of the law firm Proskauer, which is an international law firm known for its preeminent sports law group. During her time at Proskauer, she worked on public and private acquisitions and financings and securities offerings, including the acquisition of the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Browns. While at Proskauer, Ms. Parekh also worked on a variety of matters including public and private company acquisitions and equity and debt financings.

Ms. Parekh was named in December 2012 and 2013 to Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 Sports List, which honored the country’s top sports athletes and executives under the age of 30 who “represent the entrepreneurial, creative and intellectual best of their generation.” Ms. Parekh has also been named a Woman of Influence (2014) and Ulti-mate Attorney (2016) since coming to Jacksonville.

Ms. Parekh joined Proskauer in 2009 after graduating magna cum laude from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. While in school she was a sports writer for The Har-vard Crimson and served as an intern for baseball’s Boston Red Sox. Ms. Parekh also serves on the board of the Florida Sports Foundation and works with Women in Sports and Events.

As senior vice president of the Jaguars Foundation - Community Impact, Peter Racine oversees grant making, community outreach and other charitable initiatives on behalf of the Khan family and the team. The Foundation’s mission is to support the com-munity primarily through five major program areas: 1) children, youth and families, 2) military and veterans, 3) women’s health and well-being, 4) youth football and the NFL Play 60 fitness and nutrition initiative, and 5) community and neighborhood revitalization.

Beginning his nonprofit career as a college volunteer at the Covenant House homeless and runaway youth shelter in New York City, Racine went on to help begin Covenant House shelters in Houston, Texas and Toronto, Canada. From 1987 to 1992, he and his spouse Kelly established and operated Covenant House’s programs for street chil-dren in Honduras, Central America where he served as executive director. Racine was featured on Dateline-NBC for his work with young glue addicts and in Time Magazine for work on behalf of minors exploited by prostitution rings. Upon returning to the United States, Racine was hired as the first executive director of the Northeast Florida Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, where he served until joining the Jaguars Foundation in September of 2000.

Racine has been a partner in various national and international initiatives, including the Community Partnership for Protecting Children in partnership with the Edna McCo-nnell Clark Foundation; the Early Childhood Violence Prevention Project in partnership with the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Florida and Jacksonville Children’s Commission; Outreach to Urban Street Children in partnership with the European Economic Community; the Sports Philanthropy Project in partner-ship with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; the JCCI JAX-2025 Community Vi-sioning initiative, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)-Jacksonville’s EPIC neighborhood revitalization initiative in partnership with The Community Foundation, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund and the City of Jacksonville; and the PROJECT 17 initiative to provide full-time Athletic Trainers in all 17 Duval County public high schools, in partnership with the NFL, Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program, Duval County Public Schools and other local partners.

In 2013, Racine won a Suncoast Regional EMMY® Award as executive co-producer of the “Jaguars Teen Talk…Game Plan for Success” television show, which was broadcast on all local independent stations, cable and network affiliates. In 2016, he was rec-ognized at the Jacksonville Innovators in Education Awards ceremony for his work on behalf of Mr. Khan and the Jaguars Foundation in support of our military transitioning to civilian life with their educational needs, specifically through the aviation program at Jacksonville University, as well as other comprehensive support services.

Racine received his B.A. at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and his M.T.S. at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He and his spouse Kelly reside in Jacksonville.

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Nik Sobic joined the Jaguars in August of 2015 as director of strategic initiatives. He is responsible for oversight of development projects at EverBank Field and surrounding Jacksonville. During his tenure with the Jaguars Nik has overseen projects in excess of $100 million including but not limited to the US Assure Club improvements in 2016, the construction of Daily’s Place, the new amphitheater and flex field adjacent to Ev-erBank Field, and the South End Zone tunnel. Additionally, he manages the Jaguars’ concessions and merchandise business and vendors, as well as other local revenue initiatives and business ventures.

Prior to arriving in Jacksonville, Sobic spent seven years with Wells Fargo at the com-pany’s corporate mortgage headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. While there, he provided leadership and analytical support to the mortgage department. During the mortgage crisis, he helped deliver more than one million loan modifications to borrowers, along with a multi-billion dollar reduction in the non-performing assets portfolio.

Sobic is a Harvard University graduate, earning his bachelor’s degree in economics in 2007. While at Harvard, he earned All-Ivy League honors as a left tackle in 2007 and was part of an undefeated football season. Prior to leaving the game due to injury, Sobic signed a free agent contract with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints.

He is a native of Milwaukee, WI.

Steve Ziff joined the Jaguars as vice president, marketing & digital media in Septem-ber of 2014. He is responsible for all areas of branding, content marketing, creative, and digital media, including game day presentation and in-stadium production. His team also assists in the selling and marketing of concerts and events at Daily’s Place and EverBank Field, as well as through Bold Events.

Prior to joining the Jaguars, Ziff worked for the San Diego Padres as senior vice presi-dent, sales & service, responsible for the sales and development of ticketing, premium seating and suites, and all non-ballpark events and concerts.

Ziff served as senior vice president of marketing & brand strategy for the Florida Panthers and the BB&T Center before joining the Padres. There he oversaw all areas of marketing, creative, partner brand activation, game presentation, grassroots and fan development, and community development for the Club and the Arena, as well as the Florida Panthers Foundation. His responsibilities also included generating new revenue streams and leveraging partnerships for the Panthers and Sunrise Sports & Entertainment.

Before joining Sunrise Sports & Entertainment in April of 2007, Ziff spent two years at Office Depot leading the company’s retail, local, and college marketing for North American stores. Ziff also served with Alloy Marketing + Media and AMP Agency, based in Boston, Mass., leading strategic development and execution of national marketing promotions for some of the largest Fortune 500 brands including Reebok, Verizon Wireless, Volkswagen, Heineken, Dunkin Donuts, and New Balance.

A native of South Florida, Ziff received his B.S. in Marketing from the University of Central Florida. Ziff and his wife Allison reside in Saint Johns, Fla., with daughter Riley and son Cade.