Sports Equity Podcast

Lauren is a graduate from CU Boulder with diverse experience leading sales and business operations, currently the Director of Business Operations for Sports Thread.

David is a graduate from the sports management program at Ohio University with diverse experience contributing and managing in professional sports, now the Suite Sales Manager for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Denise is a graduate from the University of Arizona with an extensive background in sports and live events, now leading Sales and Service for Spinzo.

Caleb is a graduate from the University of Miami with an extensive background in sports and entertainment, now leading Ticket Sales and Service through Learfield IMG College for the University of Memphis. 

Jed is a graduate of Washington State, had the opportunity to play with elite talent in the National Football League and is now building his own business as the Fullback of Finance, teaching financial planning to those on and off the field. 

Brandon played collegiate football player and has since grown in the sports industry with extensive experience building team brands and developing sales talent,  now building something special with piLYTIXSports.  

Andrew has spent the last 11 years working around the sports industry both on the brand and agency side to now growing his own agency in Athelo Group. 

Jim has spent the last eleven years working on the team side in the sports industry growing through through ticket sales with the Tampa Bay Lightning to now leading a sales and service department for the Indianapolis Colts. 

Edward has spent the last 13 years working on team and property side in sports and entertainment, now part of an elite team building a new arena facility for the Clippers in Inglewood. 

Brian is a graduate of Duke University, spending the last 18 years around the sports and live events industry, now building something special in Concierge Live.

Coach Terry has spent many years working in and around the sports industry mentoring talent, now building something special with Legacy Partners and coaching at Lourdes University.

Molly Wurdack-Folt is a Masters in Sports Administration graduate from Ohio University and has spent the last 15 years working in the sports industry. Molly is no leading Partnership Activation for Olympia Entertainment in Detroit and a founding member at Pro Sports Assembly. 

Bill has spent the last 30 years in and around the sports business from marketing teams and events to working with investors in both the minors and the majors. 

Shawn has spent the last 25 years in the sports industry, first playing in the National Hockey League, giving a heavy involvement in the charity space, to now growing on the business side as Chief Commercial Officer for the Florida Panthers. 

Tracy has spent over 25 years in the sports industry, early on in media and publishing, now leading marketing on the Hobby side of Panini America.

Doug Holtzman has spent over 20 years working in and around the sports industry, within the NFL, MLB, NBA, NCAA and agency side. Doug is now the Vice President of Business Development for Sportsdigita.

Wes Brown  has spent the last 18 years both in the NCAA and NBA focused on Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, currently the Assistant Athletic Trainer for the Miami Heat.

Marcus is a Masters graduate in Sports Administration from the University of Miami and has spent the last 14 years growing within the industry.

Greg has spent the last 11 plus years in the tech space building a performing analysis company for athletes, now Vice President and General Manager of Hudl, while also coaching high school football in Nebraska. 

Elisa Padilla is a Masters graduate in Marketing and has spent almost 30 years contributing with some of the most iconic brands in Disney, Nickelodeon, HBO, AT&T,  Apple. Elisa has also spent time in the NBA,  MLB and agency side of the sports industry with a diverse marketing and creative background, now distributing kick it by ep all over social highlighting women contributing in business.

Ted Glick has spent his career growing in the NBA, NHL and Professional Soccer. Ted is currently the Vice President of Ticket Sales and Service for Sacramento Republic FC.

Chad Cardinal has spent 15 years working in sports within the NBA, WNBA, MLS, NHL and NCAA. Chad is now a Vice President for the Fan Relationship Management Centers within the Aspire Group who support Ticket Marketing, Sales and Service for their partners while also leveraging his MBA from Pepperdine to teach at their Graziadio Business School.

Bill Goldstein has spent countless years working in and around the sports industry, now an author of “Skip the Funeral” and podcast host of “Not that you asked”.

Dustin has spent over 10 years working in sports, starting at his alma matter Texas Tech in ticketing to growing through Premium and Partnerships in the NBA, NHL and NCAA, now the Chief Revenue Officer for New Mexico United.

C. Brett Harrell has spent over 20 years working in sports through nascar and the agency side of the business to now building something special in Block Creative Agency and UREPZ, leading the effort to empower economic opportunity for influencers, student-athletes, sports organizations.

Sener Korkusuz has spent the last 20 years building organizations with now putting a major focus into the new American 7s Football League.

Rob Cornilles has spent the last 30 years working in the sports industry, starting on the team side in the NBA, working at SRO Partners, to then developing one of the first sports training companies in Game Face. Rob is also an author of the #1 International Bestseller: The Sales Game Changer: How to Become the Salesperson People Love and Host of Game Face Execs Podcast.

Brandon Wimbush has played at the highest level of Division 1 football with both Notre Dame and UCF, now building a professional career in a new venture called MOGL.

Shawn Wooden is a graduate of Notre Dame, spent 9 years playing Safety in the National Football league to now leading the Sports Division at Associated Financial Consultants.

Pete Soto has spent the last 28 years building team brands, engaging fans and producing amazing content within the MLB, NHL, MLS and NFL. During his time in the industry, Pete has won 3 championships and he is now the Vice President of Fan Experience and Bolt Productions for the Los Angeles Chargers.

Some call her Coach, some Dr. J, but Jen has spent the past 20 plus years, coaching, training and developing people both in life and sport with an authentic leadership approach and a trailblazer in professional football.

Danyel Surrency Jones is the President of Power To Give Foundation & Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of POWERHANDZ, a global athletic training and rehabilitation product tech company that creates innovative athletic, fitness training and rehab products that increase overall human performance.Danyel spent nearly 2 decades in corporate America working in various sales & marketing, operations, executive positions within fortune 500 medical tech companies. But while her corporate bosses asked her to temper her creativity, POWERHANDZ has given Surrency Jones the freedom to use her MBA & Wharton marketing training combined with natural grit as an entrepreneur to push her big ideas forward.Since its launched, POWERHANDZ has grown their first product, a patented weighted anti-grip basketball glove, into training and rehabilitation tech for five sports and created 10 more products with 4 patents. Their products are sold in more than 86 countries and used by the NBA, NFL, MLB, WBO and other professional sports organization and thousands of youth. The creative business strategist has led POWERHANDZ to e-commerce giants like Amazon, Walmart and Target, Academy Sports. She’s also created the Power to Give Foundation, a non-profit that provides athletic and academic programs to youth athletes in underserved communities. The foundation has partnered with the NFL, NBA, Boys & Girls Club, and other notable organizations.

Our guest Marty has spent the last twenty plus years working in sports, predominantly in the NHL and MLB, now the Vice President of Ticket Sales and Service for the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Marcus has been in the sports industry for over 20 years with a diverse background spending time in all five top professional sports leagues, the WNBA to now for the previous 3 and a half years leading NCAA sales and service programs for universities under Learfield IMG College Ticket Solutions.

David has spent 13 years working in the sports and entertainment industry currently the Director of Premium Sales and Entertainment for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Daily’s Place Amphitheatre.

Chad has spent over 20 years working in and around the sports industry, starting in minor league hockey growing through different leagues and teams, to pivot and give back helping candidates on the search side of the business.

Casey has spent the last twenty years working in and around the sports industry and the advertising world, currently working in partnerships with the 2020 Eastern Conference Champion Miami Heat.

John has spent almost 15 years building something special in Hudl, a technology company that supports both coaches and athletes.

Diana has spent almost 15 years in the executive search field helping talent and organizations within the sports, entertainment and media industry find a great match. Named to the Sports Business Journal 2020 "Game Changers: Women in Sports Business"

Tim has spent over 15 years in the sports industry, with a diverse background in minor league hockey, the NCAA and currently leading the leading Premium and Ticket Revenue for the inaugural year of NFL Football in Las Vegas with the Raiders.

Jared has spent over 13 years in professional sports on the team side within the NHL, MLB, NFL and now back to hockey leading Partnerships and Premium for the Arizona Coyotes.