Sport Entertainment and Venues Tomorrow
2012 Speakers

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

 

Moderators

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

 

Craig Kelly Sport & Entertainment Law Symposium

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