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Ripken foundation tips off with luncheon

The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation hosted its fifth annual College Season Tip-Off benefit luncheon at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront on Oct. 26: former UConn coach Jim Calhoun, Maryland coach Mark Turgeon, event honorary chair Jay Bilas of ESPN, former Maryland coach Gary Williams, Cal Ripken Jr. and Villanova coach Jay Wright.
Photo by: ROBERT SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY
Tiffany trophy

Charles Schwab and Champions Tour President Greg McLaughlin show off the new Tiffany-crafted Schwab Cup trophy as part of the tour’s announcement of the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs and the 2016 schedule on Nov. 11 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Photo by: PGA TOUR
Presidential presence

The George W. Bush Presidential Center annually hosts the Warrior Open, a golf tournament for wounded U.S. military personnel. This year’s tournament took place Sept. 28-30 at Las Colinas Country Club in the Dallas area. From left: ClubCorp CEO Eric Affeldt and former President George W. Bush.
Photo by: GRANT MILLER
Collegiate leadership symposium

The Collegiate Athletics Leadership Symposium was held Oct. 18-20 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. One panel discussion included University of Georgia AD Greg McGarity; Todd Stansbury, Oregon State AD and vice president; and Greg Brown, CEO and president of Learfield Sports.
Photo by: GRANT HILL / FINCH CREATIVE
ANOC welcome dinner in D.C.

The general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees was held in Washington, D.C., last month, and Events DC played host throughout the week, including the welcome dinner held on the roof of the American Pharmacists Association on Oct. 27. From left: Bob Sweeney of the host committee, ANOC President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, Events DC CEO Greg O’Dell, and IOC committee member Sunil Sabharwal.
Photo by: EVENTS DC
AKTIV award for Wittenberg

Mary Wittenberg, global CEO of Virgin Sport and former New York Road Runners president and CEO, received the first AKTIV Against Cancer Award at the Blue Water Grill in New York City on Oct. 27: Jack Waitz, AKTIV Against Cancer; Wittenberg; Michael Capiraso, NYRR; Helle Aanesen, AKTIV Against Cancer; and George Hirsch, NYRR.
Photo by: WEINSTEIN CARNEGIE
T-Mobile at the Series

T-Mobile President and CEO John Legere (second from right) joined MLB Network’s Greg Amsinger, Dan Plesac and Mark DeRosa on the set for “MLB Tonight” presented by T-Mobile live after Game 5 of the World Series at Citi Field on Nov. 1.
Photo by: ARIELE GOLDMAN HECHT / MLB
Ashland at Breeders’ Cup

Valvoline Oil President Samuel Mitchell Jr. (center) and wife Beth (second from left) hosted Ashland Inc. Chairman and CEO Bill Wulfsohn (second from right) and wife Stephanie (third from right) at the 2015 Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., where the group witnessed Triple Crown winner American Pharoah achieve horse racing’s first Grand Slam and claim the $5 million purse. Also attending were Ashland Inc. corporate director Vada O. Manager (far left) and Heidi Matheys, vice president, global brands, Valvoline Oil (far right).
Photo by: VALVOLINE OIL
Revving up at Advertising Week

NASCAR hosted a panel on Oct. 1 in New York as part of Advertising Week featuring, from left: Kevin Harvick, 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion; Adam Tucker, president of Ogilvy & Mather Advertising; Jill Gregory, SVP of marketing and industry services, NASCAR; and John Miller, CMO, NBC Olympics.
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