October 9-11, 2013 | St. Regist Monarch Beach | Dana Point, California

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Heather Scheer

Rob King

Senior Vice President, Editorial for ESPN Digital and Print Media

Donna Orender

CEO, Orender Unlimited

Lindsay E. Brown

Managing editor at Eco-Chick.com

Chris McKendry

Commentator Co-Host Midday SportsCenter

Erin Kennedy

USA Rugby, Youth Development Manager

Sara Frazier

Paul Hertel

Hannah Storm

ESPN Anchor

Kristy Scrymgeour

Chief Executive Officer for Velocio Events

Amy Jo Martin

Founder and CEO of Digital Royalty

Lauren Stevenson

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

Alana Nichols

Paralymic Athlete, Wheelchair Basketball

Michael Millay

Chris LaPlaca

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

Lori Castillo

Assistant Brand Manager, COVERGIRL

Ambre Moton

Dr. Jill Brooks

Tonya Antonucci

Abby Wambach

Caroline Andrew

Vice President of Mfa Marketing and Communications

Chris Talbott

Kerin Hempel

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

Kirsten Atkinson

Media Director at Team One

Michelle Kwan

Sarah Hirshland

Kim McFadden

Vice President of Human Resources for the NFL

Dawn Scott

Kathleen Francis

President, Oasis Sports Ventures, LLC

Adam Silver

Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer National Basketball Association

Kathleen Behrens

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

Britt Kahn

CONAN Talent Executive

Sheryl Swoopes

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

Jodi Markley

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS

John Walsh

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR ESPN

Sue Hovey

Former VP and Executive Editor, ESPN The Magazine

Dara Pettinelli

managing editor of Disney Interactive Media Group

Jenna Mielnicki

laurie orlando

Senior Vice President, Talent Development & Planning

Kate Johnson

Diane Lamb

Vice President, Communications

Elysa Walk

General Manager, Giant Bicycle, Inc.

Tiana B. Holt

Laura Gentile

Vice President, espnW

Val Ackerman

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

Faith Popcorn

BrainReserve, founder and CEO

Liesl Holtz

Global Women's Sports Marketing Manager at Oakley

Mary Wittenberg

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

Sue Rodin

Alan Abrahamson

John Kosner

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, DIGITAL & PRINT MEDIA

Sue Enquist

Katie Mundell

Jill Kinney

Marketing/Branded Entertainment at Gatorade

Kathryn Olson

Chief Executive Officer of the Women's Sports Foundation

Carrie Brzezinski

Sara Gotfredson

Sr. Director, ESPN Customer Marketing & Sales

Gabrielle Reece

Shelley Taniguchi-Sabol

Ann Meyers Drysdale

Vice President, Phoenix Mercury Vice President, Phoenix Suns

Adriana Rizzo

Erin Leyden

Producer, ESPN Films

Lauren Cheney

Carmelita Jeter

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

Marie Purvis

Alex Morgan

Lisa Baird

Chief Marketing Officer of the United States Olympic Committee

Allison Leahy

Donald McPherson

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

Danielle Summers

Senior Business Operations Coordinator, ESPN

Andrea Berry

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT MEDIA SERVICES FOX NETWORKS ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS

Tina Johnson

Editor-in-Chief, espnW

Summer Sanders

Olympic Swimmer and Television Personality

Tracey Black

Christine Godleski

Chief Operating Officer of the Women's National Basketball Association

Jessica Cassity

Aimee Crawford

Kevin R Stone

Orthopedic Surgeon, The Stone Clinic

Julie Moeller

Julie Foudy

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

Kevin Jackson

Laura Suchoski

Associate Manager of Social Media, espnW

Mimi Griffin

President & CEO, MSG Promotions, Inc.

Josh Grau

Global Brand Strategy, Twitter

Marcia Keegan

Valerie Gordon

Coordinating Producer

James Parker

Director of Operations for the Amateur Athletic Union

Joanna Rice

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

Natara Holloway

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

Holly Campbell

Vice President, Marketing Communications for Enterprise Holdings

Kathleen DeBoer

Executive Director of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)

Peg Moline

Ashley McCullough

Chief Communications Officer for Velocio Events

Amy Stanton

Founder & CEO, Stanton & Company, LLC

Emma Cookson

Chairman BBH US

Talley Sergent

Director of Strategic Initiatives U.S. Department of State

Danielle Tiedt

Kay Moore

Nancy Hogshead-Makar

Dr. Richard E. Lapchick

Endowed Chair and Director, DeVos Sports Business Management Program

Marie Donoghue

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

Elizabeth Bass

WBCA

Cherie Cohen

Vice President Multimedia Sales, ESPN

Katie Richman

Kerry D. Chandler

Executive Vice President, Human Resources National Basketball Association

Sarah Spain

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

Erika Carlson

Mental Skills Coach

Maureen Lindsey

Elly Deutch

Susan Cohig

Senior Vice President, Integrated Marketing National Hockey League

Julie Juarez

Tonya Cornileus Ph.D.

VICE PRESIDENT, LEARNING & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Nichole Smith

The Walt Disney Company

Jemele Hill

Columnist and Television Personality for ESPN

Kat Kirsch Alford

Diane Cummins

Dina Gerson

Stephanie Cheng

Premier Partnerships

Amanda DeCastro

Communications Manager

Julie Eddleman

NA Brand Operations Marketing Director

Nancy Hubbell

LEXUS PRESTIGE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Jackie Stasi

Andrea Fairchild

Global Vice President of Sports Nutrition for Gatorade

Kristine Lilly

Retired American Soccer Player

Alexandra Raisman

Olympic Gymnast

Adam Deutsch

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

Lori LeBas

SVP Bus Ops, Sales and Marketing at ESPN

Stacey Allaster

Chairman and CEO of the Women’s Tennis Association

Lisa Stokes

Senior Talent Producer, ESPN

Kerri Walsh

Patricia Phillips

NACWAA CEO

Megan Porteous

Oakley Sports Marketing Manager

Jessica Long

Dr. Jordan Metzl

Sports Medicine Physician

Rosa Gatti

Senior Vice President, Communications Counsel and Corporate Outreach, ESPN

Ashley Koff, RD

Celebrity Dietitian, Author, Health and Lifestyle Contributor

Heather Mitts

Michele Foley

Morgan Flatley

Christina King

Joy Russo

Rana Dershowitz

General Counsel

Cindy Timchal

Head Coach, United States Naval Academy

Linda Cohn

Christine Plonsky

Minda Santiago Garvens

Felice Beitzel

Ph.D. L.M.T.

Tina Thornton

Tina Pic

Six-time US Criterium National Champion

Patricia Betron

Senior Vice President, Multimedia Sales

Michael Bayle

Mary O'Connor

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

Carol Stiff

VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMMING & ACQUISITIONS

Shamila Kohestani

Former Captain of the Afghan women’s national soccer team

Jennifer Love

Coordinating Director, VP NFL Network

Alex Mallen

Sport Chalet

Janey Marks

Therese Steiner

President and Founder of Therese Steiner Consulting

Sloane Stephens

Porter Littlepage

Dr. Henry Friedman

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

Sage Steele

SportsCenter Co-Host, ESPN

Sarah Robb O'Hagan

Matthew Weeks

Julie McGlone

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

Latanna Stone

10-year-old Golf Phenom

Susanna Earnest

Alicia McConnell

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

Leslie Gittess

Rahul Brahmbhatt

Director, Magic Bus USA

Stephanie Druley

Vice President, Production

Russell Wolff

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR ESPN INTERNATIONAL

Jill Frederickson

Sr. Coordinating Producer, ESPN

John Lisko

Executive Communication Director Saatchi & Saatchi

Lindsay Amstutz

Vice President of Marketing for FOX Sports Regional Sports Networks

Lee Satterfield

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Professional and Cultural Exchanges

John Skipper

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

Britt Jorgenson

adidas USA

Ashley Smeltzer

Athlete Marketing Coordinator at Red Bull North America

Jessica Mendoza

Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist

Barb Lazarus

Owner and Founder of Game On!

Carolyn Feinstein

Senior Vice President, Global Acquisition Marketing Electronic Arts

Jackie MacMullan

Molly Carter

Circe Wallace

Maggie Helm

Sr. Director, Multimedia Sales, ESPN

Lydia Craver

Molly Barker

MSW, founded Girls on the Run

Rosalyn Durant

Cindy Freed

Vice President, Sales Marketing

Judith Sweet

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

Eric Johnson

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

Rose Smith

Jane McManus

Anna Isaacson

Director of Community Affairs, National Football League

Christine Driessen

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, ESPN

Ed Erhardt

President, ESPN Global Customer Marketing and Sales

PAST PARTICIPANTS


Sage Steele

SportsCenter Co-Host, ESPN

Sage Steele joined ESPN in 2007 and is a co-host of ESPN's SportsCenter. Most recently, Steele served as update host during live daytime SportsCenter editions, which debuted in August 2008. She also previously contributed to First Take and Mike & Mike in the Morning and has served as a guest co-host of ESPN2's SportsNation.
Steele began her television career at WSBT-TV in South Bend, Ind., as a producer and reporter (1995-1997). She then moved to WISH-TV in Indianapolis where she was the beat reporter for the Indianapolis Colts, in addition to covering the 1997 NCAA Men's Final Four, NASCAR and the Izod IndyCar Series.
In August 1998, Steele moved to Tampa and worked as a reporter, anchor, and host for WFTS-TV. She was the beat reporter for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1998-2001 and covered the 1999 NCAA Men's Final Four. In 2000, she joined Fox Sports Net in Tampa as a reporter and covered Super Bowl XXXV for the 2000-01 NFL season.
In April 2001, Steele became the anchor for the debut of Comcast SportsNet, serving the Washington DC/Baltimore region. She anchored the flagship show SportsNite for six years and was also a beat reporter for the Baltimore Ravens from 2001-2005, hosting a magazine show for all five seasons.
Steele graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in sports communications. In her spare time, Steele volunteers for the Alzheimer's Association events, enjoys horseback riding, and spending time with her family.