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)