The red carpet was the place to see and be seen.marc bryan-brown
Twenty-nine independent, outside judges sat on various committees to help determine winners at the 2019 Sports Business Awards. Earlier this month, the committees met and deliberated on 15 of the 17 categories. Two categories (Athletic Director and Sports Executive) were selected solely by a Sports Business Journal/Daily editorial committee.
Jessica Berman, National Hockey League
Denis Braham, Winstead PC
K. Don Cornwell, PJT Partners
Ann Wells Crandall, Big East Conference
Blaise D’Sylva
Rob DiGisi, The Wharton School
Rosalyn Durant, ESPN
Eric Fernandez, Bowlsby Sports Advisors
Katie Haas, Western & Southern Open
Haynes Hendrickson, Turnkey Intelligence
Steve Herbst
Scott Horowitz, YouGov Sport
Jason Kohll, Professional Sports Partners
Brian Lafemina, LA 2028
Steve Lauletta, Pigeon Sports Marketing
Michael O’Hara Lynch, 3 Emerald Marketing
Danielle Maged, Zelnick Media Capital
Jaymee Messler
Ann Rodriguez, Borinquen Management
Stephanie Rudnick, XFL
Angela Ruggiero, Sports Innovation Lab
Patrick Ryan, Eventellect
David Schwab, Octagon
Bobby Sharma, Electronic Sports Group / GACP / Foley & Lardner
Rob Simmelkjaer, Persona Media
Renata Simril, LA84 Foundation
Doug Smoyer, Smoyer Commercial Strategies
Tracie Speca-Ventura, Sports & The Arts
Miheer Walavalkar, LiveLike
