2001 Recipients
Mark Abbott
COO, MLS
David Baxter
President, Sports Licensed Division, Reebok
Billy Beane
VP & General Manager, Oakland A's
Paul Brooks
VP, Broadcasting, NASCAR
Willy Burkhardt
Executive VP, ESPN Enterprises & ESPN International, ESPN
Bill Carter
President, Fuse Integrated Sports Marketing
Brian Cashman
General Manager, New York Yankees
Greg Clark
Group Manager & Managing Director, Sports Finance Group, Fleet Boston Financial
Ray Clark
Founder & CEO, The Marketing Arm
Casey Close
President, IMG Baseball, IMG
Bob Cramer
VP, Global Sponsorships and Event Marketing, MasterCard International
Bill Daly
Executive VP & Chief Legal Officer, NHL
Mark Dowley
Vice Chairman, McCann Erickson
Tom Fox
VP, Sports Marketing, Gatorade
Tim Hofferth
President & COO, Nelligan Sports Marketing
Michael Jackson
President, Yankees Net Media
Jeremy Jacobs, Jr.
Chairperson/ Executive VP, Sportservice/Delaware North Companies
Kristi Jernigan
Co-Founder, Blues City Baseball, Memphis Redbirds Baseball
Wayne Katz
Partner, Proskauer Rose
Billy King
General Manager, Philadelphia 76ers
Katie Lacey
Director, Sports Marketing, Pepsi-Cola North America, Pepsi-Cola Company
Mark Lazarus
President, Turner Sports, Turner Broadcasting
Mark Lewis
VP, Corporate Marketing and Licensing, Olympic Properties of the U.S.
Kevin McClatchey
CEO & Managing General Partner, Pittsburgh Pirates
Alan Ostfield
Senior VP, Business and Legal Affairs, Palace Sports & Entertainment
Bea Perez
Director, Motorsports, Coca-Cola North America, Coca-Cola Company
Steve Phelps
VP, Corporate Sponsorships, NFL
Scott Radecic
Principal, HOK Sports Facilities Group
Kris Rone
Executive VP & CMO, Los Angeles Dodgers
Rob Rowell
COO, Golden State Warriors
Michael Rubin
Chairman, President & CEO, Global Sports
Chris Russo
Senior VP, New Media, NFL
Jeff Shell
President & COO, NBA
Dan Snyder
Owner, Washington Redskins
Mark Steinberg
Agent, IMG
Heidi Ueberroth
Executive VP, NBA
