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Lindsay Amstutz

Vice President of Marketing for FOX Sports Regional Sports Networks

Donald McPherson

Activist, Educator, Feminist, Entrepreneur College Football Hall of Famer

laurie orlando

Senior Vice President, Talent Development & Planning

Mary O'Connor

Vice President of Olympic Marketing and Global Platforms for Omnicom’s The Marketing Arm (TMA)

Joanna Rice

Director of Finance & Strategy for ESPN Publishing, Licensing & espnW

Shamila Kohestani

Former Captain of the Afghan women’s national soccer team

Stacey Allaster

Chairman and CEO of the Women’s Tennis Association

Andrea Fairchild

Global Vice President of Sports Nutrition for Gatorade

Talley Sergent

Director of Strategic Initiatives U.S. Department of State

Adam Deutsch

Sr. Director of Product Development for Global X Games, ESPN

Liesl Holtz

Global Women's Sports Marketing Manager at Oakley

John Lisko

Executive Communication Director Saatchi & Saatchi

Julie Foudy

Founder, Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy, Television Analyst and Reporter for ABC/ESPN

Julie McGlone

Coordinating Producer for the Creative Content Unit in ESPN's Production Department

Carolyn Feinstein

Senior Vice President, Global Acquisition Marketing Electronic Arts

Lisa Baird

Chief Marketing Officer of the United States Olympic Committee

Susan Cohig

Senior Vice President, Integrated Marketing National Hockey League

Lori LeBas

SVP Bus Ops, Sales and Marketing at ESPN

James Parker

Director of Operations for the Amateur Athletic Union

Kathryn Olson

Chief Executive Officer of the Women's Sports Foundation

Kathleen DeBoer

Executive Director of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)

Lauren Stevenson

Senior Director of National Accounts, Disney and ESPN Media Networks.

Kristy Scrymgeour

Chief Executive Officer for Velocio Events

Kathleen Behrens

Executive Vice President, Social Responsibility & Player Programs National Basketball Association

John Skipper

President, ESPN, Inc. Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks

Ed Erhardt

President, ESPN Global Customer Marketing and Sales

Holly Campbell

Vice President, Marketing Communications for Enterprise Holdings

Kerry D. Chandler

Executive Vice President, Human Resources National Basketball Association

Ashley Koff, RD

Celebrity Dietitian, Author, Health and Lifestyle Contributor

Mary Wittenberg

NYRR President and CEO Race Director of the ING New York City Marathon

Russell Wolff

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR ESPN INTERNATIONAL

Adam Silver

Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer National Basketball Association

Jill Kinney

Marketing/Branded Entertainment at Gatorade

Christine Driessen

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, ESPN

Dara Pettinelli

managing editor of Disney Interactive Media Group

Rob King

Senior Vice President, Editorial for ESPN Digital and Print Media

John Kosner

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, DIGITAL & PRINT MEDIA

Ashley McCullough

Chief Communications Officer for Velocio Events

Alicia McConnell

Director of Training Sites and Community Partnerships for the United States Olympic Committee

Ann Meyers Drysdale

Vice President, Phoenix Mercury Vice President, Phoenix Suns

Anna Isaacson

Director of Community Affairs, National Football League

Rosa Gatti

Senior Vice President, Communications Counsel and Corporate Outreach, ESPN

Laura Suchoski

Associate Manager of Social Media, espnW

Carol Stiff

VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMMING & ACQUISITIONS

Kerin Hempel

Leads the Strategy & Planning department at New York Road Runners (NYRR)

Therese Steiner

President and Founder of Therese Steiner Consulting

John Walsh

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR ESPN

Alana Nichols

Paralymic Athlete, Wheelchair Basketball

Natara Holloway

Vice President of Retail Development in the Consumer Products department of the NFL

Sarah Spain

Columnist, espnW SportsCenter Anchor, Chicago's ESPN 1000 Reporter, ESPNChicago.com

Chris LaPlaca

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

Tonya Cornileus Ph.D.

VICE PRESIDENT, LEARNING & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Eric Johnson

Executive Vice President, Multimedia Sales for ESPN Customer Marketing and Sales

Lee Satterfield

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Professional and Cultural Exchanges

Kim McFadden

Vice President of Human Resources for the NFL

Sara Gotfredson

Sr. Director, ESPN Customer Marketing & Sales

Dr. Richard E. Lapchick

Endowed Chair and Director, DeVos Sports Business Management Program

Summer Sanders

Olympic Swimmer and Television Personality

Carmelita Jeter

THREE-TIME OLYMPIC MEDALIST TRACK & FIELD WORLD CHAMPION FASTEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD

Sheryl Swoopes

Six time WNBA All Star and Three Time Defensive Player of the Year

Val Ackerman

Former President, WNBA U.S. Representative, International Basketball Federation

Jemele Hill

Columnist and Television Personality for ESPN

Ashley Smeltzer

Athlete Marketing Coordinator at Red Bull North America

Sue Hovey

Former VP and Executive Editor, ESPN The Magazine

Christine Godleski

Chief Operating Officer of the Women's National Basketball Association

Judith Sweet

Co-Director, Alliance of Women Coaches NCAA Senior Vice President, Retired UC San Diego, Director of Athletics Emerita

Andrea Berry

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT MEDIA SERVICES FOX NETWORKS ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS

Danielle Summers

Senior Business Operations Coordinator, ESPN

Caroline Andrew

Vice President of Mfa Marketing and Communications

Dr. Henry Friedman

Co-Director, Collegiate Athlete Premedical Experience (CAPE) Deputy Director, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke

Marie Donoghue

Sr VP Global Strategy, Business Development and Business Affairs, ESPN

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Sarah Spain

Columnist, espnW SportsCenter Anchor, Chicago's ESPN 1000 Reporter, ESPNChicago.com

Sarah grew up in Lake Forest, IL, where she played basketball and was all-state in field hockey and track. She went on to attend Cornell University, where she was a heptathlete and captain of the Track & Field team. After college Sarah briefly worked at Intersport Television in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles. She spent six years in L.A., working as an associate producer for The Final Score on Fox Sports Net, doing freelance sportswriting, performing at Second City and hosting an online fantasy football show. Sarah returned to the Midwest in late 2008 to work for Chicago start-up website MouthpieceSports.com. She was a jack of all trades there, acting as a producer, writer and reporter. Before joining ESPN in 2010, Sarah wrote a popular sports blog on ChicagoNow.com, acted as a recurring guest-host of ChicagoNow radio on WGN AM-720 and was a freelance writer for the Chicago Tribune Red Eye. Sarah also did some sidelines reporting for the Big Ten Network and hosted the Coors Light Fantasy Players Minute, an online fantasy football show.

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