Snapshots of events, conferences, parties and announcements from across the sports business industry.
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KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONS DINNER Past KPMG Women’s PGA champions gathered during the Champions Dinner on June 16 at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco. Top row, from left: Beth Daniel, Meg Mallon, Karrie Webb, Sei Young Kim, In Gee Chun, Yani Tseng, Danielle Kang, Ruoning Yin and Anna Nordqvist. Middle row, from left: Christa Johnson, Sandra Post, Hannah Green, Amy Yang, Cristie Kerr and Suzann Pettersen. Front row, from left: Jan Stephenson, Gloria Ehret, Mary Mills and Sandra Haynie. (PGA of America)
MEDAL OF LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNERS Pro Sports Assembly celebrated Medal of Leadership honorees on June 17 at The Assembly: Pro Sports Leadership Retreat and Workshop in Austin. From left: Pam Frasco, executive director of the Cavaliers Foundation, the Jason Jenkins Victory for Humanity Award; Todd Taylor, president of business operations for Pacers Sports & Entertainment, the Visionary Leadership Award; Chris Granger, president of OVG360, the Marshall Award for Values in Sport; and Sheila Sickau, youth marketing manager for the Kansas City Chiefs, the Rising Leader Award. (Courtesy of Pro Sports Assembly)
PARTNERSHIP CELEBRATION The staff at Arts & Letters Creative Co.’s Richmond, Va., headquarters celebrated being named the creative agency for FanDuel earlier this month. (Courtesy of Arts & Letters Creative Co.)
LEADERSHIP HR SUMMIT Chad Biagini (left), president of Excel Search & Advisory, led a panel discussion with Matt Rogers, partner, North America, Excel Search & Advisory; Anita Martin of the Houston Texans; JaAn Scofield-Meche of the Minnesota Wild; and Kara Allen, formerly of the San Antonio Spurs, during Excel’s Excellent Leadership HR Summit in partnership with the Dallas Cowboys at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on June 10 and 11. (Robert Ables)
LURIE AUTISM INSTITUTE GIFT Philadelphia Eagles Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie contributed $50 million to launch the Lurie Autism Institute in partnership with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine. At the gift’s announcement on June 10, from left: CHOP CEO Madeline Bell; Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker; Lurie’s sister, Cathy Lurie; Lurie; Dr. Jonathan Epstein, dean of the Perelman School of Medicine and EVP of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System; Lori Shapiro, first lady of Pennsylvania; Penn Medicine CEO Kevin Mahoney; and Lurie Autism Institute Interim Director Dr. Daniel Rader. (Philadelphia Eagles)
TRENDSETTERS & TASTEMAKERS From the SBJ Trendsetters & Tastemakers dinner on June 18 at Reverie in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood: Denis Braham of Greenberg Traurig; Mali Friedman of the Washington Commanders; D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser; and Franklin Jones of Greenberg Traurig. (Eileen Silvergleid)
HAPPY HOUR AT SPORT BEACH IN CANNES SMAC Entertainment co-founder and CEO Constance Schwartz-Morini, actress Gabrielle Union and Emma Wade, coach of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, gathered at the SMAC happy hour at Sport Beach in Cannes, France, on June 17. (SMAC Entertainment)
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