Selection Criteria
Winners are selected based on the following criteria: the influence and power in the sports business industry, as well as their achievements on and off the so-called playing field.
March 17 - 18
9th Annual IMG World Congress of Sports
LA Live
Los Angeles
March 18
Forty Under 40 Awards
LA Live
Los Angeles
April 7 - 8
2010 Sports Facilities & Franchises
Sheraton Arlington Hotel
Arlington, TX
May 20
Sports Business Awards 2010
Marriott Marquis
New York, NY
June 9 - 10
Forty Under 40 Leadership Retreat 2010
The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort
South Carolina
December 8 - 9
9th Annual IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum
The W Hotel, Lexington Avenue
New York City
SportsBusiness Journal/Daily Forty Under 40 Class of 2010 Announced Today
Winners To Be Honored At Black-Tie Ceremony
In Los Angeles on March 18
The winners of the 2010 Forty Under 40 Awards were announced today by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily. Recipients will receive their awards in Los Angeles during a black-tie ceremony at the JW Marriott at L.A. Live on Thursday, March 18.
The Forty Under 40 Awards program was initiated in 1999 to identify and honor the most promising young executives in sports business under the age of 40. Winners are selected by a committee of SportsBusiness Journal/Daily editors and writers.
“Our Forty Under 40 program recognizes the very best young talent from all the different segments of the sports industry, from teams and leagues, to agencies and media, to sponsors and partners,” said SportsBusiness Journal/DailyPublisher Richard Weiss. “This year’s class is another outstanding group of young men and women who are at the top of their game and who wield enormous influence in sports.”
The winners were chosen from hundreds of nominees and were cited for specific achievement in the sports industry, including demonstrations of innovation, entrepreneurialism, leadership and influence. Full stories on each of the 40 honorees can be found in the March 8-14 issue of Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal.
Please visit the sportsbusinessjournal.com or sportsbusinessdaily.com Web sites for articles on the winners.
The full list of winners and their company affiliation follows:
| Steve | Battista | Senior Vice President, Brand | Under Armour |
| Katie | Boes | President | Reel Enterprises Inc. |
| Christopher | Brearton | Partner | O'Melveny & Myers LLP |
| Marc | Bruno | President, Aramark Sports, Entertainment and Conventions | Aramark |
| Chris | Canetti | Chief Operating Officer | Houston Dynamo |
| Andrew | Cohen | Group Director, Partnership Marketing | Visa USA |
| Paul | Danforth | Marketing Executive | CAA Sports |
| Jeff | Eccleston | Vice President, Group Director | Sponsorship Research International |
| Max | Eisenbud | Vice President, IMG Tennis | IMG |
| John | Entz | Senior Vice President, Production | MLB Network |
| Todd | Goldstein | President, AEG Global Partnerships | AEG |
| Chris | Granger | Senior Vice President, Team Marketing and Business Operations | NBA |
| Kirby | Hocutt | Director of Athletics | University of Miami |
| Matt | Hong | Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sports Operations | Turner Sports |
| Joe | Inzerillo | Senior Vice President, Multimedia and Distribution | Major League Baseball Advanced Media |
| Derek | Jackson | Vice President and General Counsel | Florida Marlins |
| Rachel | Jacobson | Vice President, Business Development | NBA |
| Sam | Kennedy | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer / President | Boston Red Sox / Fenway Sports Group |
| Mike | Kerns | CEO and Founder | Citizen Sports Inc. |
| Todd | Krinsky | Vice President, Sports and Entertainment Marketing | Reebok |
| Elizabeth | Lindsey | Senior Vice President, Consulting | Wasserman Media Group |
| Lawton | Logan | Senior Vice President, Collegiate Properties | IMG College |
| Chris | Mater | Head of Sports Marketing | Red Bull USA |
| Mike | McCarley | Senior Vice President, Marketing, Promotions and Communications | NBC Universal Sports & Olympics |
| Daryl | Morey | General Manager | Houston Rockets |
| Mike | Mulvihill | Vice President, Programming and Research | Fox Sports |
| Matt | Pensinger | Senior Vice President, Marketing Services and Consulting | Relay Worldwide |
| Damon | Phillips | Vice President, ESPN360.com | ESPN |
| Bastien | Renard | Global Brand Director Action Sports | Nike Inc. |
| Bill | Rhoda | Principal / President | CSL International / CSL Marketing Group |
| Alec | Scheiner | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | Dallas Cowboys |
| Bill | Schlough | Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer | San Francisco Giants |
| Eric | Shanks | Executive Vice President | DirecTV Entertainment |
| Thad | Sheely | Executive Vice President, Stadium Development and Finance | New York Jets |
| Shawn | Tilger | Senior Vice President, Business Operations | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Julie | Tyson | Vice President, Title Sponsor Relations | PGA Tour |
| Keith | Wachtel | Senior Vice President, Integrated Sales | NHL |
| Cameron Hall | Wagner | Vice President, Client Services | GMR Marketing |
| Mark | Whitaker | Partner | Nixon Peabody LLP |
| Jamie | Zaninovich | Commissioner | West Coast Conference |
2010 Forty Under 40 Awards
Winners to be honored at the Forty Under 40 Awards Banquet on Thursday, March 18th at The J.W. Marriott, Los Angeles at L.A. Live Honored
Join the winners of the most coveted awards in sports business, the SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily Forty Under 40 Awards, for an evening of celebration, good times and good friends from all over the sports industry. Ask anyone who has been there, the Forty Under 40 awards banquet is a night to remember and one not be missed.
LOCATION:
The Forty Under 40 Awards Banquet will be held at:
Grand Ballroom of the JW Marriott, Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE
800 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015
1-800-228-9290
AGENDA:
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Cocktails
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6:30-7:30 p.m.
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Banquet and Awards Ceremony
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7:30-10:00 p.m.
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Post Reception
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10:00 -11:00 p.m.
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Don’t wait. Make your plans now to join us.
To purchase a ticket or corporate table, contact Donna Johnson by phone at (704) 973-1421 or by e-mail at dojohnson@sportsbusinessjournal.com.
About the Forty Under 40 Awards Program
The Forty Under 40 Awards program was initiated in 1999 by Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily to identify and honor the most promising young executives in sports business under the age of 40. A committee of SportsBusiness Journal editors and writers select the forty executives from among hundreds of nominations received each year.
Winners will be announced in our March 8, 2010 issue and will be honored at our Forty Under 40 Awards Banquet on Thursday, March 18th at The J.W. Marriott, Los Angeles at L.A. Live.
Scenes from 2009 awards ceremony
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