SportsBusiness Journal this week announced its annual Forty Under 40 class. Members of this year's class will be honored March 22 at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel at Dana Point, Calif. during the 11th annual IMG World Congress of Sports. The names of those selected are listed below.
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'12 FORTY UNDER 40 WINNERS
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| Subway Dir of Sports Marketing & PR Paul Bamundo |
| IMG VP & Dir of Global Business Development Michael Brown |
| NBA Senior VP/Global Marketing Partnerships Emilio Collins |
| NBC Sports Digital VP & GM Rick Cordella |
| NFL VP/Legal Affairs Anastasia Danias |
| Madison Square Garden Senior VP & GM Alex Diaz |
| Wasserman Media Group VP/Consulting Denise Durante |
| Home Team Marketing President & co-Founder Peter Fitzpatrick |
| Magic Exec VP/Business Development Charles Freeman |
| Stewart-Haas Racing Exec VP Brett Frood |
| Under Armour COO Kip Fulks |
| espnW VP Laura Gentile |
| Fox Regional Sports Networks Senior VP/Marketing Chris Hannan |
| MLS Sporting K.C. CEO Robb Heineman |
| Fenway Sports Management co-Managing Dir Billy Hogan |
| Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard |
| IOC Head of Int'l Business Development Evan Hunt |
| NASCAR VP/Digital Media Marc Jenkins |
| Intersport VP/Sponsorship & Event Marketing Dan Jones |
| NHL VP/Integrated Sales & Marketing David Lehanski |
| IMG Senior VP/U.S. Business Development Lawton Logan |
| NHL Kings and MLS Galaxy COO Chris McGowan |
| Fox Soccer Exec VP & GM David Nathanson |
| Gatorade North America President Sarah Robb O’Hagan |
| Proskauer Rose partner Jon Oram |
| MLB VP/Labor Economics and Deputy General Counsel/Labor Chris Park |
| Centerplate CMO Bob Pascal |
| Timbers Owner Merritt Paulson |
| AEG China GM/Sales Sam Piccione III |
| The Marketing Arm Group VP/Account Service Trina Roffino |
| ESPN Films Exec Producer Connor Schell |
| NFL Senior VP/Media Business Development Hans Schroeder |
| Octagon First Call Managing Dir David Schwab |
| Lagardère Unlimited Tennis President John Tobias |
| CAA Sports agent Brodie Van Wagenen |
| GMR Marketing VP Tyson Webber |
| MLS/SUM Senior VP/Global Sponsorship David Wright |
| Heat and AmericanAirlines Arena VP & Assoc General Counsel Eve Wright |
| 49ers CEO Jed York |
| Covington & Burling partner Peter Zern |
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REAX: The Forty Under 40 announcement has drawn reaction on Twitter. Blue Jackets Season Ticket Sales Account Exec
Corey Poches wrote, "Congrats to all the @SBJSBD #40Under40 award winners, should be a career goal for anyone in #SportsBiz." Full Sail Univ. sports media professor
Kathryn Stuart: "STUDENTS: Be inspired! You could make this list one day." Former VCU men's basketball Sales Rep
Whitney Henry wrote, "I make it my duty to read every bio of @SBJSBD's 40 for 40. Definitely my career goal to make it on this list one day." NASCAR blogger
John Daly wrote, "NASCAR well represented in @SBJSBD's 40 under 40." Meanwhile, rEvolution Senior Dir/Consulting & Research
Megan Griffiths wrote, "Only 6 out of 40 were females. @BetsyGrider and I are going to change that ASAP." Sports & Entertainment Attorney
Darren Heitner: "#SportsLaw is a part of #SportsBiz. Would like to see @SBJSBD honor class of lawyers in future Forty Under 40s."
