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Game Changers

Game Changers 2016

I ntroducing the Game Changers of 2016.

The women you’ll read about on the following pages are spearheading key initiatives across the industry. They’re securing critical deals, developing new technologies, and affecting how fans experience sports both at home and in-person.

They’re also playing a meaningful role in the lives of younger executives who are looking to advance their own careers.

We’re proud to share their stories.

Karen Ashnault, LeadDog Marketing Group
Wendy Bass, NBC Sports Group
Pam Batalis, Learfield
Jody Bennett, Charge
Kristin Bernert, Madison Square Garden Co. / New York Liberty
Tera Black, Charlotte Checkers
Valerie Camillo, Washington Nationals
Jen Compton, TD Garden
Keli Cunningham, West Virginia University
Janet Fletcher, Procter & Gamble
Jessica Giordano, GMR Marketing
Robin Harris, Ivy League
Kelly Hyne, LPGA
Denise Karkos, TD Ameritrade
Tracy Marek, Cleveland Cavaliers
Molly Mazzolini, Infinite Scale
Priya Narasimhan, YinzCam
Deanna O’Toole, CBS Sports
Michelle Palmer, The Marketing Arm
Katie Pandolfo, StubHub Center
Diane Pelkey, Under Armour
Sallie Sargent, Houston Super Bowl Host Committee
Susan Schandel, NASCAR
Kathryn Schloessman, Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission
JoAn Scott, NCAA
Tina Shah, Turner Sports
Debbie Spander, Wasserman
Carol Stiff, ESPN
Kerry Tatlock, NBA
Sarah Tourville, Fox Networks
Amanda Vandervort, MLS
Jaime Weston, NFL
Denise White, EAG Sports Management
Carla Williams, University of Georgia
Xan Young, Meis Architects

GETTING TO KNOW THE GAME CHANGERS

A closer look: Game Changers selfies
The people who have had an impact on their careers

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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