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Sara Gotfredson

Sr. Director, ESPN Customer Marketing & Sales

John Kosner

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, DIGITAL & PRINT MEDIA

Eric Johnson

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

Carolyn Feinstein

Senior Vice President, Global Acquisition Marketing Electronic Arts

Lauren Stevenson

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

Dr. Henry Friedman

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

Andrea Fairchild

Global Vice President of Sports Nutrition for Gatorade

Sarah Spain

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

Shamila Kohestani

Former Captain of the Afghan women’s national soccer team

Tonya Cornileus Ph.D.

VICE PRESIDENT, LEARNING & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Liesl Holtz

Global Women's Sports Marketing Manager at Oakley

Kerin Hempel

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

Kathleen DeBoer

Executive Director of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)

Julie McGlone

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

Carol Stiff

VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMMING & ACQUISITIONS

Holly Campbell

Vice President, Marketing Communications for Enterprise Holdings

Christine Driessen

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, ESPN

Rob King

Senior Vice President, Editorial for ESPN Digital and Print Media

Caroline Andrew

Vice President of Mfa Marketing and Communications

Jemele Hill

Columnist and Television Personality for ESPN

Donald McPherson

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

Kathleen Behrens

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

Lisa Baird

Chief Marketing Officer of the United States Olympic Committee

Natara Holloway

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

Alicia McConnell

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

Kerry D. Chandler

Executive Vice President, Human Resources National Basketball Association

Ashley Koff, RD

Celebrity Dietitian, Author, Health and Lifestyle Contributor

Kristy Scrymgeour

Chief Executive Officer for Velocio Events

Christine Godleski

Chief Operating Officer of the Women's National Basketball Association

Kim McFadden

Vice President of Human Resources for the NFL

Joanna Rice

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

Anna Isaacson

Director of Community Affairs, National Football League

John Skipper

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

Dara Pettinelli

managing editor of Disney Interactive Media Group

Chris LaPlaca

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

Mary Wittenberg

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

Laura Suchoski

Associate Manager of Social Media, espnW

Talley Sergent

Director of Strategic Initiatives U.S. Department of State

Ann Meyers Drysdale

Vice President, Phoenix Mercury Vice President, Phoenix Suns

Mary O'Connor

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

Lindsay Amstutz

Vice President of Marketing for FOX Sports Regional Sports Networks

Danielle Summers

Senior Business Operations Coordinator, ESPN

Ashley Smeltzer

Athlete Marketing Coordinator at Red Bull North America

Alana Nichols

Paralymic Athlete, Wheelchair Basketball

Julie Foudy

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

Judith Sweet

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

Ashley McCullough

Chief Communications Officer for Velocio Events

James Parker

Director of Operations for the Amateur Athletic Union

Marie Donoghue

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

Rosa Gatti

Senior Vice President, Communications Counsel and Corporate Outreach, ESPN

Therese Steiner

President and Founder of Therese Steiner Consulting

Dr. Richard E. Lapchick

Endowed Chair and Director, DeVos Sports Business Management Program

laurie orlando

Senior Vice President, Talent Development & Planning

Kathryn Olson

Chief Executive Officer of the Women's Sports Foundation

Sue Hovey

Former VP and Executive Editor, ESPN The Magazine

Lori LeBas

SVP Bus Ops, Sales and Marketing at ESPN

Adam Deutsch

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

Sheryl Swoopes

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

John Walsh

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR ESPN

Lee Satterfield

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Professional and Cultural Exchanges

Hilary Shaev

Vice President, Marketing WNBA, NBA Development League

Stacey Allaster

Chairman and CEO of the Women’s Tennis Association

Carmelita Jeter

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

Adam Silver

Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer National Basketball Association

Jill Kinney

Marketing/Branded Entertainment at Gatorade

Russell Wolff

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR ESPN INTERNATIONAL

Andrea Berry

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT MEDIA SERVICES FOX NETWORKS ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS

Summer Sanders

Olympic Swimmer and Television Personality

Susan Cohig

Senior Vice President, Integrated Marketing National Hockey League

Ed Erhardt

President, ESPN Global Customer Marketing and Sales

Val Ackerman

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

John Lisko

Executive Communication Director Saatchi & Saatchi

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Dr. Jordan Metzl

Sports Medicine Physician

Jordan D Metzl, MD www.DrJordanMetzl.com is a nationally recognized sports medicine physician at Hospital for Special Surgery, America’s premier orthopedic hospital located in New York City. With a practice of more than 20,000 patients, Dr. Metzl is widely known for his passion for sports medicine and fitness. His focus is to safely return athletes to the playing field of their choice and to keep them there. In addition to his busy practices in New York and in Greenwich, Connecticut, Dr. Metzl is an award winning author and medical columnist for Triathlete Magazine. His books include The Young Athlete (Little Brown) and The Athlete’s Book of Home Remedies (Rodale).

Dr. Metzl’s training includes residency at Tufts medical center in Boston and two sports medicine fellowships, one at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the second at Harvard University in Boston.

Regularly voted among New York’s top sports medicine doctors by New York Magazine, Dr Metzl takes care of athletic patients of all ages and lectures and teaches extensively both nationally and internationally to both medical and lay audiences. He has lectured extensively in Europe, Asia, South America, and throughout the United States on issues of sports medicine and fitness. Dr. Metzl is the sports medicine consultant to the Radio City Rockettes and for several high schools in the New York area.

Dr. Metzl appears regularly on media programs including the Today Show and Good Morning America, and in print media including the New York Times, discussing the issues of fitness and health. In addition to his busy medical practice and academic interests, he practices what he preaches. He is a former collegiate soccer player, a 29-time marathon runner and 10-time Ironman finisher. He created and teaches his Ironstrength workout which teaches athletes of all ages to strengthen the kinetic chain through functional strength training.

Dr. Metzl lives, works, and works out in New York City.

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