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SportsBusiness Journal Unveils The '13 Class Of Forty Under 40
Published March 21, 2013
SportsBusiness Journal this week announced its annual Forty Under 40 class. Members of this year's class will be honored April 4 at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Fla., during the 12th annual IMG World Congress of Sports. The names of those selected are listed below.
| EXEC | TITLE |
| Jay Adya | Evolution Media Capital Exec |
| Derek Aframe | Octagon Senior VP |
| Renie Anderson | NFL VP/Business Development, Sponsorship & Media Sales |
| Nick Arison | Heat CEO |
| Christopher Brumm | MLB Senior Counsel |
| Rob Candelino | Unilever VP/Marketing |
| Alexander Chang | American Express VP/Sports & Entertainment Marketing |
| Woodie Dixon | Pac-12 Conference General Counsel & VP/Business Affairs |
| Steve Dupee | GMR Marketing Senior VP/Client Management |
| Ray Elias | StubHub CMO |
| Amy Gleeson | Visa Senior Business Leader/Global |
| Chris Granico | adidas Global Sports Marketing & Basketball Head |
| Robb Heineman | MLS Sporting KC President, CEO & co-Owner |
| Karen Hoffman Lent | Skadden Arps Partner |
| Matt Kamienski | World Golf Championships Senior Dir and Presidents Cup Exec Dir |
| Alex Kaplan | DirecTV VP/Revenue & Product Marketing |
| Craig Karmazin | Good Karma Broadcasting President & CEO |
| Dan Keats | Allstate Integrated Marketing Communications Dir |
| Sam Kennedy | Red Sox COO and Fenway Sports Management President |
| Greg Luckman | CAA Sports Global Consulting Head |
| Doug Manning | CSE Senior VP/Marketing |
| Mike McCarley | NBC Golf Media President |
| Scott Milleisen | JPMorgan Chase Managing Dir |
| Carl Mittleman | Aramark Sports & Entertainment Regional VP |
| Brett O’Brien | Gatorade Senior VP & GM |
| Mike Ondrejko | Legends Sales & Marketing COO |
| John Papa | ESPN VP/Program Planning & Acquisitions |
| Merritt Paulson | MLS Timbers Owner & President |
| Drew Russell | Intersport VP/Sports Properties |
| Martha Saucedo | AEG Exec VP/External Affairs |
| Hans Schroeder | Senior VP/Media Strategy & Development |
| Dan Spillane | NBA VP & Assistant General Counsel |
| Brent Stehlik | Browns Exec VP & Chief Revenue Officer |
| Alex Sugarman | Cubs Senior VP/Strategy & Development |
| Bryce Townsend | GroupM Entertainment & Sports Partnerships CEO/North America |
| Brent Trager | Fanatics COO |
| Lenah Ueltzen | Wasserman Media Group Senior VP/Int’l Consulting |
| Lisa Valentino | ESPN Senior VP/Multimedia Sales |
| Jed York | 49ers CEO |
| Justin Zambuto | IMG VP |
