Independent, outside judges sat on various committees in helping determine the winners of the 2015 Sports Business Awards. Earlier this month, the committees met and deliberated on 13 of the 15 categories. The following are the judges and their respective committees. We want to thank them for their valuable insight during this process.
Two categories (Athletic Director and Sports Executive) were selected solely by a SportsBusiness Journal/Daily editorial committee.
■ Tim Brosnan (Facility, Team, League)
■ Greg Busch, BeSpoke Sports & Entertainment (Event, Technology, Sponsor)
■ Lenny Daniels, Turner Sports (Corporate, Property, Event Marketing, Talent)
■ Kit Geis, Genesco Sports Enterprises (Digital, Television, Media)
■ Leslie Gittess, Blue Sky Media NYC (Event, Technology, Sponsor)
■ Sarah Hirshland, U.S. Golf Association (Corporate, Property, Event Marketing, Talent)
■ Michael Lynch, Repucom (Event, Technology, Sponsor)
■ Scott McCune, McCune Sports & Entertainment Ventures (Corporate, Property, Event Marketing, Talent)
■ Donna Orender, Orender Unlimited (Facility, Team, League)
■ Doug Perlman, Sports Media Advisors (Digital, Television, Media)
■ Len Perna, Turnkey Sports & Entertainment (Event, Technology, Sponsor)
■ George Pyne, Bruin Sports Capital (Facility, Team, League)
■ Claude Ruibal, (Corporate, Property, Event Marketing, Talent)
■ Chris Russo, Fifth Generation Sports (Digital, Television, Media)
■ Ken Shropshire, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Digital, Television, Media)
