2020 HOSTS & FEATURED SPEAKERS
Malika
Andrews
NBA Reporter
Kelley
Carter
Senior Culture Writer, The Undefeated
Chelsea
Clinton
Author, “She Persisted in Sports”
Antonietta
Collins
SportsCenter anchor
Ayo
Davis
Executive Vice President, Talent & Casting, ABC Entertainment & Disney+
DeMar
DeRozan
NBA All-Star & Olympic gold medalist
Glennon
Doyle
Founder, Together Rising, best-selling author, and activist
Elle
Duncan
SportsCenter anchor
Cathy
Engelbert
WNBA Commissioner
Julie
Foudy
espnW Writer & ESPN Commentator, World Cup champion
Dany
Garcia
Chairwoman and CEO, The Garcia Companies; Co-Founder, Seven Bucks Companies and Co-Owner, XFL
Laura
Gentile
Senior Vice President, ESPN Marketing & Founder, espnW
Gracie
Gold
Professional figure skater & Olympic medalist
Kate
Johnson
Head of Global Sports & Entertainment Marketing, Google
Flora
Kelly
Senior Director, Strategic & Brand Insights, ESPN
Suzy
Kolber
Monday Night Countdown Host
Jewell
Loyd
Professional basketball player, WNBA Champion
Simone
Manuel
Professional swimmer & Olympic gold medalist
Alison
Overholt
Senior Vice President, Multiplatform Storytelling & Journalism, ESPN
Gunnar
Peterson
Professional Trainer & Director of Strength and Endurance, LA Lakers
Shelley
Pisarra
Executive Vice President, Global Insights & Strategy, Wasserman
Jimmy
Pitaro
Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content
Natalie
Portman
Actress, filmmaker, and Angel City FC Co-Owner
LaChina
Robinson
Women's College Basketball and WNBA, Analyst and Sideline Reporter
Monica
Rustgi-Mody
Vice President, Marketing, Budweiser
Molly
Seidel
Professional distance runner, NCAA Champion
Sarah
Spain
espnW Columnist, ESPN Reporter and Radio Host, and Summit Co-Host
Sage
Steele
SportsCenter anchor and espnW Summit Host
Carol
Stiff
Vice President, Women's Sports Programming, ESPN
Shiz
Suzuki
Assistant Vice President, Sponsorships and Experiential Marketing, AT&T
Maria
Taylor
College Sports Host & reporter, NBA Countdown Host
Abby
Wambach
Soccer legend, best-selling author, and activist
Dany
Garcia
Chairwoman and CEO, The Garcia Companies; Co-Founder, Seven Bucks Companies and Co-Owner, XFL
Dany Garcia is a groundbreaking visionary, and the definition of a mogul: a chairperson, entertainment magnate, founder, investor, producer, professional athlete, and philanthropist. Garcia is the architect behind some of today’s most successful enterprises, brands, and talent. Her innovative, global approach to every professional and personal endeavor has contributed to her continued success. Her precise instincts, paired with years of experience in the finance industry, have led to innovative and trusted business partnerships in a variety of verticals. Garcia’s passion for bettering the world through socially responsible decisions is consistently reflected in the culture of her teams and the businesses she builds.
Garcia is the Chairwoman, Founder, and CEO of The Garcia Companies, and TGC Management. As chairwoman, Dany oversees a vast portfolio and utilizes her keen expertise to foster growth for brands within the business, entertainment, entrepreneurial and food spaces, including TGC Management, Seven Bucks Companies, the XFL, Teremana Tequila, virtual platform and live event experience Athleticon, the groundbreaking Project Rock line at Under Armour, VOSS, Acorns, Atom Tickets, CAVA, and Salt & Straw. Her agile thinking and risk-taking has garnered explosive growth for her brands, particularly guided by her unmatched ability to seamlessly adapt business models in the rapidly changing business and media landscape. Garcia employs one main philosophy throughout every facet of her business; to produce synergy amongst all endeavors in order to maximize success for each individual branch of business.
Most recently, Garcia broke yet another glass ceiling in her groundbreaking acquisition of the XFL, becoming the first woman to own an equal or majority ownership stake in a major professional sports league in the United States. With partners Dwayne Johnson and RedBird Capital, the group has the unprecedented opportunity to option live entertainment intellectual property for further expansion across sports, live events and original entertainment programming. Melding her expertise and commitment to deliver inspiring, unique content, Garcia and team will develop the brand into a multimedia experience that athletes, partners and fans will embrace and love.
TGC Management is a global brand development and management company consisting of an elite team of seasoned management executives responsible for guiding strategy and building enterprises for some of the world’s most coveted names and brands. Through her immersive work within TGC Management, Garcia is the visionary behind the careers of Dwayne Johnson and Henry Cavill. TGC Management has built billion-dollar brands by taking risks and changing business models to adapt to the needs of its clients.
Garcia also serves as Co-Founder of Seven Bucks Companies, a multi-platform production company and digital studio pioneering original content for television, film, emerging technologies, and digital networks. Crossing all entertainment verticals, Seven Bucks Productions creates innovative content rooted in authenticity, strong storytelling, and passion. Garcia looks beyond box office numbers and focuses on how a project can make an international impression, create conversation, and impact the social landscape as a whole. Most recently, Jumanji: The Next Level became Seven Bucks’ biggest opening weekend of all time, and fan-favorite Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw (Universal Pictures) set the record as the only 2019 title to lead the global box office for four weeks, racing past $700 million worldwide.
Most importantly, Garcia simultaneously epitomizes powerful, timely and authentic storytelling through her projects. The docuseries “Finding Justice” helped illuminate inequality in black communities across America, “Fighting With My Family” depicted raw female strength in a new light, and in top-rated competition show “The Titan Games,” the competitions for men and women were developed exactly the same through her vision. Garcia’s continued commitment to lifting up her community was evident particularly when she was honored at the 2020 National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Impact Gala with the Outstanding Film Producer Award. In her acceptance speech, she noted, “having a credit with the last name Garcia means so much more than me getting credit. It means something to our community.”
In 2019, Garcia, in partnership with Dwayne Johnson, announced one of their most ambitious endeavors to date – Athleticon, a first-of-its-kind community-driven virtual experience and immersive live event that will take place in October 2021 in Atlanta.
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