SINC2024 SPEAKERS
Senior Salary Cap & Contract Manager, NFL Players Association, Forbes 30 Under 30
Alex Kerr
CEO, Trajektory
Vice President, Partnership Marketing, Los Angeles Football Club
Allie Hanlon
Assistant Athletics Director, Facilities, Operations & Events, University of Maryland Athletics
Director, Media Strategy, Zoomph
Anna Savino
Player Development Coordinator, NBA
Anu Rangappa
Senior Vice President, Social Impact, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Barbara Harris
Director, People & Culture, Octagon
Vice President, Marketing, Philadelphia Eagles
Brett Diamond
Chief Operating Officer, Version1 + Minnesota Rokkr Esports
Wizards/NBA Reporter, Monumental Sports Network, Monumental Sports Network
Catherine Marquette
Director, Head of Collegiate Partnerships, Under Armour
Vice President, Client Management, Bespoke Sports & Entertainment
Chris Weiner
Power, Access and Influence | Building Relationships with Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs
Cydney Crasa
Sports Manager, Raymond Representation
Darren Montgomery
Senior Vice President, Capitals Sales and Arena Events, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Director, Premium Services, Crypto.com Arena
Strategist, Baseball Operations, Baltimore Orioles
Donald Fishman
Assistant General Manager, Washington Capitals
Vice President, Business Operations & Strategy, D.C. United & Audi Field
Account Director, GMR Marketing
General Counsel, USA Lacrosse
Elvis Pereymer
Co-Founder & CTO, RockDaisy
Gina Ekmekjian
Director of Events, TGR Foundation, A Tiger Woods Charity
Gregory Shapiro
Multiple Emmy Winning Producer, ESPN
James Mason
Premium Hospitality Executive, New York City Football Club
Jason Dunn
Partnership Sales, The Birmingham Squadron, The New Orleans Pelicans
Jasmin Marquez
Head of Music Licensing, NBA
Jeff Kaiser
Head of US Sports Programming, Amazon Prime Video
Jennifer Ridgeway
Chief Impact Officer, Minnesota Timberwolves & Lynx
Jim Tanner
Founder and President of Tandem Sports + Entertainment
Director, US Sport Operations, YMU Group
JR Butler
Founder, Shiftgroup
Julie Donaldson
SVP Media and Content, Washington Commanders
Associate Brand Manager, NFL Partnership, E. & J. Gallo Winery
Kara Rooney
Senior Manager, Community Relations, Los Angeles Lakers
Katie Savarise
Founder & CEO, NOVA Innovation Group
Katherine Cord
Vice President, Communications & Brand Strategy, Tandem Sports & Entertainment
Kevin Wynne
CEO, Citi Open
Manager, Brand Marketing, Excel Sports Management
Deputy Athletics Director, A-10 Conference
Lara Toscani Weems
Senior Vice President, Global Communications, Elevate
Leila Ahadi
Manager, People & Culture, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Mark Cobb
Executive Associate, NFL Players Association
Mark Washo
Founding Partner, Freedom Sports and Entertainment
Matt Taylor
Vice President, Crisis Communications, Risa Heller Communications
Matthew Watley
Commercial Director, Anheuser-Busch
Senior Director, Social Responsibility, National Football League
Megan Bell
Vice President, Business Intelligence, Los Angeles Chargers
Mei-Lyn Bautista
Senior Coordinator, Youth Engagement, Knicks at Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
Sr. Sales Director, Data & Artificial Intelligence Solutions, Microsoft
Michelle Duplinsky Garvin, PhD
Psychologist/Owner, Elite Performance Psychology
Michelle Price
Recruiting Consultant, TeamWork Online
Nathan Lindberg
Commercial Lead, Gaming, Super Awesome / Epic Games
Nitra Rucker
VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Talent, United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
TV host and on-air multimedia talent, Mike Janela Media
R. Alan Eisenman
Manager, Strategic Analytics, Aramark Sports & Entertainment
Ralph Morton
Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Sports & Entertainment Division, Events DC
President, The Sacks Group, PLLC
Senior Vice President, Marketing, Washington Wizards
Rob Kligman
Vice President, Sales Operations, G FUEL
Sally Nnamani
Social Impact | Sports | Social Entrepreneurship | Co-Executive Director - PeacePlayers US
Scott Lewis
Director, Strategic Initiatives & Business Intelligence, Zoomph
Shanell Mosley
Director of Community Relations Executive Director at the D.C. United Foundation, D.C. United
Shari Ciapka
Chief Of Staff to the VP of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Charitable Giving & Cigna Foundation at Cigna
Sheldon Phillips
Director, Player Safeguarding and Welfare, Philadelphia Union
Tracie Rodburg
SVP, Sponsorship Management, National Football League
Director, Hotels and Hospitality, NHL
Valerie Biberaj
Executive Director, Foundation, Washington Football Team
Athlete Relations Manager, OneTeam Partners
And More!
Past Speakers
Adam Behnke
Chief Operating Officer at D.C. Pickleball Team
Adam Falkson
Vice President, Business Intelligence, Pistons Sports & Entertainment
Alex Kerman
Director, Business Operations & Research, SFIA
Amir Zonozi
President, Zoomph
Andrew Demsey
Vice President, IMG, North America, IMG (Endeavor)
Andrew McNeill
Senior Director of Esports, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Ariel Krieger
Director, Sales/Marketing, Tennis, Octagon
Ashleigh Huffman
Sports Diplomacy Division Chief, The US Department of State
Brandon Rhodes
Vice President of Business Development at Overtime
Brett Goldslager
Senior Manager, Twitter
Caiti Donovan
VP of Data and Insights, Sports Innovation Lab
Carly Tower
Account Executive, Altius Sports Partners
Charlie Myers
CTO, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Chineze Nwagbo
Director Player Affairs, NFLPA
Chris Gargani
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Jacksonville Jaguars
Christine Bowen
Chief Operating Officer, Running USA
Dan O’Neil
Deputy AD, External Affairs, Georgetown University
Darren Heitner
Founder, Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C
Darren Weiner
President & CEO, Celebrity Advisors
Dennis Dean
FIA International Steward, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)
Derek Watford
Co-founder, High Point Gamer
Dior Ginyard
Athlete Partnerships, Dapper Sports, Dapper Labs
Dori Silverman
Director, Regional Marketing, Coca-Cola
Emma May
President of Business Operations, Washington Spirit
Evan Kashan
Senior Coordinator, eMLS & MLS Properties, Major League Soccer
Friday Abernethy
GM, Network, Monumental Sports and Entertainment
George Atallah
Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs, NFL Players Association
Gerard Williams
Gaming Media Personality, HipHopGamer / HOT97
Grant Paranjape
Vice President, Esports Business, Washington Justice
Hailie Cadeau
People Acquisition Coordinator, MSG
Jamal Jones
Director of Retail, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Jennifer Matthews
VP, Brand Strategy, FanDuel
Joanne S Pasternack
Oliver+Rose & Athletes' Voices
Joe Qiu
Project Analyst, Sport Squad, Inc./JOOLA
Kacy Harmon
Senior Director, Ticket Sales & Service, Speedway Motorsports
Karen Lorenzo
General Counsel, LOVB
Katia Zaitsev
Co-Founder, Chief Business Officer, LEXIT
Kayla Carto
Director, Global Soccer, Wasserman
Kelly Wilson Jones
Senior Counsel, Marketing, Sports, & Entertainment, Under Armour
Lauren Ferris
Manager People Acquisition, Madison Square Garden
Lauren Johnson
Vice President, Global Partnership Strategy & Development, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Lauren Renschler
CEO, William Raymond Communications
Lisa Marie Czop
Senior Vice President, Ballpark Operations, Washington Nationals
Lindsay Coachman
Program Manager, The Washington Commanders
Lori Robinson
Player Engagement Team, Baltimore Ravens
Lou Lauria
Chief of Sport and Competition, Special Olympics International
Lydia Zakhari
General Counsel, The Trust (Powered by the NFLPA)
Maddie Shandy
Go-To-Market, Under Armour
Mark Davidson
Ticket Operations Manager, Pittsburgh Steelers
Mark Levin
Director of Salary Cap & Agent Administration, NFLPA
Mary Kate Meals
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cleveland Cavaliers
Mike Kenney
EVP Ripken Baseball, Ripken Baseball
Molly Arbogast
President & CEO, POV Sports Marketing
Morgan Frazier
Assistant General Counsel, Student Athlete NIL, LLC
Neil Johnson
Director, Esports Events DC, Gaming, Events DC
Nick Green
Co-Founder, Progressive Sports & Entertainment
Nick Perna
Executive, CAA
Nicole Murray
Director, Community Relations, Washington Nationals
Palmer Moody
Senior Director of Communications and Advancement, First Tee
Pat Ryan
General Manager, Ticket Sales, Learfield Amplify- Virginia Tech
Paul Michael Santoro
Community Manager, Head of Talent and Social Media Lead, Collegiate Sports Management Group
Peter Navin
Board Member, CHRO, Advisor
Preston Gittelson
Agent Trainee, WME Sports
Ray Katz
Chief Operating Officer/Co-Founder, Collegiate Sports Management Group
Richard Brand
San Francisco Managing Partner, Arent Fox
Richie Smith
Global Sponsorship Strategy and Operations, Twitch
Ricky Medina
VP, Business Development & Licensing, OneTeam Partners
Ryan Becker
Manager, Human Resources, Washington Nationals
Sally Bae
Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships, AEG
Samantha Bilzi
Director, Global Partnerships and Business Development, U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Sara Hemmings
Vice President, Wealth Management, Financial Advisor, Global Sports and Entertainment Associate Director, Morgan Stanley
Shaun Fulton
Executive Director, Branch Manager at Morgan Stanley
Steve Beck
President/Executive Director, Military Bowl presented by Peraton
Taj Deshaun
Athlete Career Transition Coach & "Thrive After Sports" Podcast Host
Tanya Vogel
Director of Athletics, GWU
Thomas Nguyen
Chief Marketing Officer, JOOLA/Sport Squad, Inc
Zain Jafri
Director of Data Science, Washington Wizards