Advisory Board Members
Center for Sports Business & Research Board of Advisors
Board Members
The following individuals are board members of the Center for Sports Business & Research.
Ernie Accorsi
Former General Manager - New York Giants; NFL Consultant
Prateek Alsi
Director, Portal and Advertising Development - Time Warner Cable-Road Runner
Kim Armor
CFO and SVP of Finance and Business Development Finance - Versus Network
Lisa Baird
Chief Marketing Officer - US Olympic Committee
Joe Battista
Director - Smeal Development; Former Penn State Men's Ice Hockey Head Coach; Former Executive Director - Nittany Lion Club
Chris Bevilacqua
Chairman & CEO - CAA Sports Media Ventures, LLC
Artie Bulgrin
Senior Vice President, Research & Sales Development - ESPN, Inc.
Tim Curley
Athletic Director - Penn State Athletic Department
Mike Felici
General Manager - Nelligan Sports Marketing
Robert Fox
SVP TNS Sports, Events, and Sponsors - ESPN Sports Poll, TNS
Chris Ganter
Co-Founder - Go2athlete.com
John Genzale
Sports Business Journal
Chuck Greenberg
Managing Director, Greenberg Sports Management; Partner, Pepper Hamilton, LLP
Brian Hamilton
President and Founder of CurvSports.com
Rick Janac
Executive Vice President, Greenberg Sports Management, SC Spikes, Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Dean Jordan
Senior Vice President - Wasserman Media Group
Jim Meister
VP Sales ALCOA (ret); PSU Athletic Dept. (ret)
Malcolm Moran
Knight Professor and John Curley Center Director - Penn State College of Communications
Greg Myford
Associate Athletic Director - Penn State Athletic Department
Jesse Neumyer
Alliance Sports Capital
Jim Plake
Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer - Pittsburgh Pirates
John Powell
Instructor of Sports Business - Penn State University
Darren Rovell
CNBC Sports Reporter and Book Author
Jeff Schmal
Senior Marketing Director - Outdoor Channel
Tom Sharbaugh
President (ret) - Leapnet, Inc.
John Slusher
VP, Global Sports Marketing - Nike
Mike Stevens
President - PGA Champions Tour
Vernal Taylor
Partner Relationship Manager, Global Media Sales - Electronic Arts
Coquese Washington
Head Coach - Penn State Lady Lions Basketball
Ed Weber
CFO & Senior Vice President, Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM)
