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Faces and Places: World Congress

The Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, Calif., was the place to see and be seen at the 18th World Congress of Sports on April 3-4. The sports industry’s business leaders gathered for discussions ranging from diversity and inclusion to fan engagement and leadership.

Photos by Tony Florez
CAA Sports’ Paul Danforth, Howie Nuchow and Michael Levine join SBJ Publisher/Executive Editor Abe Madkour (second from right).
MLS’s Jamil Northcutt and Brent Stehlik and Lyle Ayes of RedBird Capital Partners.
Alan Gold of Evolution Media Capital and Nick Thimm and Rob DeAngelis of CAA Sports.
SBJ Champion honoree Kevin Warren of the Minnesota Vikings; his wife, Greta Warren; his assistant, Mai Davis; AJ Maestas of Navigate and Emily Bohmback of the Minnesota Vikings.
Chris LaPlaca of ESPN, Scott Rosner of Columbia University, Andy Zipfel of Proskauer and Chris Russo of Houlihan Lokey.
Tracy O’Such of Diversified Search and Asher Simons of CAA Sports.
Second Spectrum co-founder and CEO Rajiv Maheswaran and Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer discuss the impact of Clippers CourtVision with SBJ’s Abe Madkour.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman discusses how insights from the league’s new player tracking will interest fans and lessons teams can learn from new franchises in Las Vegas and Seattle.
Anmol Malhotra of Snap, Steve Horowitz of Inner Circle Sports and Gordon Saint-Denis of Citizens Bank catch up during a break.
Special Olympics athlete Daina Shilts and Special Olympics International CEO Mary Davis discuss how the event has made inclusion a reality.
Ryan Valenza, Denis Braham and David Staas of Winstead gather at an afternoon networking reception.
SBJ’s 2019 Class of Champions celebrate on stage: Earl Santee of Populous; X Games founder Ron Semiao; Buffy Filippell of TeamWork Consulting/TeamWork Online; former IMG President and Co-CEO Bob Kain; and Minnesota Vikings COO Kevin Warren. Not pictured, N.C. State Athletic Director Debbie Yow.

 

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