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People and Pop Culture

Faces and Places: IAF in NYC

Executives from across the college space gathered

for lively panel discussions, on-stage interviews and

networking at last week’s conference in New York City.

Photos by Marc Bryan-Brown

Clemson AD Dan Radakovich (foreground) and Tom Osborne, former Nebraska AD and football coach, gave insight into their roles on the College Football Playoff selection committee.


CBS Sports’ Tracy Wolfson answered 20 questions in a fast-paced interview session.

Armen Keteyian of CBS Sports, Drew Berst of AECOM and David Berst of the NCAA


IMG College’s Ben Sutton, Brian Shulman and Caryn Dolich of Living Social, and Andy Dolich of Dolich Consulting


Brent Swartz of Momentum Worldwide with J.W. Cannon and Betsy Wilson of UPS. Wilson spoke on “Fostering Community Engagement Through College Sponsorships.”


Molly Mazzolini of Infinite Scale, Beth Bass of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and Bob Williams of the NCAA

West Virginia AD Oliver Luck and others addressed “Athletics in Transition: The Realities of Conference Realignment.”

Tom Tingle of Skanska and Kevin White of Duke. White was among the ADs discussing “Today’s AD: Balancing Challenges and Opportunities.”


The Big Ten’s Jim Delany, the Mid-American Conference’s Jon Steinbrecher and the West Coast Conference’s Jamie Zaninovich all sat on commissioners panels.



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