Please check back as more speakers are confirmed. Click on names to view abbreviated bios. updated 11.13.12
Steven A. Adelman,
Esq.
Attorney,
Adelman Law Group (Scottsdale, AZ)
Lexie Boone
General Manager, Colonial Life Arena (Columbia, SC) / Global Spectrum
Tim Carr
Senior Manager of Social Media, Live Nation
Pat Coyle
President and Founder, Coyle Media
Ashley De Walt
Founder and
CEO, FusionSports, Inc.
Bill Dorsey
Chairman of the Board, Association of Luxury Suite Directors
Jerry Gepner
Consultant, Broadcast Media Industry
Kelly Henderson
Director of Client Marketing, Rockhouse Partners LLC
Barbara Hubbard
Executive Director, American Collegiate Talent Showcase (ACTS)
Susette Hunter
Director of Sales and Marketing, Birmingham-Jefferson (Ala.)
Convention Complex
Khalil Johnson Sr.,
CFE
President, Common Sense Consultants
Vanessa Kromer
Senior Director of Publicity, Nederlander Concerts
Nathan Levinson
COO, Adler Integrated Marketing
Brad Mayne, CFE
President and CEO, MetLife Stadium (home to the NFL's New York
Football Giants and New York Jets)
Lindsay McAllister
Manager, Event Marketing and Sales - Northeast Region, Feld
Entertainment, Inc.
Mike McGee, CFE
Consultant, Barmac
Jeff Nickler
Assistant General Manager, BOK Center (Tulsa,
Okla.) / SMG
Brian Penix
Talent Buyer, National Shows 2
Cyndee Pennington
General Manager, Pensacola (Fla.) Bay Center / Southeast
Regional Director of Live Entertainment, SMG
Bill Powell
Vice President, Event Marketing and Sales - Southern Region/
Mexico, Feld Entertainment, Inc. and Motorsports
Jay Purves
Vice President, Contemporary Services Corporation, Nevada
Jaime Sarachit
Chief Marketing Officer, TicketMob
Betty Siegel
Director of VSA and Accessibility, The John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts
Dr. William A. "Bill" Sutton
Founder and Principal, Bill Sutton & Associates / Founding
Director, Sport and Entertainment Management MBA
Program, Department of Management and Organization, University of South Florida
Scott Williams, CFE
retired, Senior Vice President, Utah Jazz
Cassandra Zebisch
Communications Manager, AEG
Dave Brooks
Managing Editor, Venues Today
Linda Deckard
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Venues Today
Monty Jones Jr.
General Manager, Augusta (Ga.) Entertainment Complex / Global
Spectrum
Dr. Armen Shaomian
Assistant Professor, Department of Sport and Entertainment
Management, University of South Carolina
Steven A. Adelman,
Esq.
Attorney,
Adelman Law Group (Scottsdale, AZ)
Stacey Altman, J.D.
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Department of
Kinesiology, East Carolina University
Dr. Robin Ammon Jr.
Associate Professor and
Sport Management Coordinator, Department of Kinesiology and
Sport Science, University of South Dakota
Dr. John Grady
Associate Professor, Department of Sport and Entertainment
Management, University of South Carolina
Michael Finnegan
Magellan Scholar, Department of Sport and Entertainment
Management, University of South Carolina
Barbara Osborne,
J.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science,
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill