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| Board of Directors |
| Jim Corboy |
| Director of Alumni Relations at
Northwestern University’s
Kellogg School of Management,
Former CMO of VH1 and Lycos,
Inc. |
| Mr. Corboy has more than 20
years of marketing experience,
most recently serving as senior
vice president and chief
marketing officer for TerraLycos
Networks USA. There, Mr. Corboy
headed the marketing team’s
branding and advertising
efforts, which included market
research, network design and
integration, and promotional
efforts. From 1998 to 2000, Mr.
Corboy was senior vice president
of marketing for VH1, and from
1996 to 1998, he served as
Coca-Cola’s director of
worldwide presence marketing
development under chief
marketing officer Sergio Zyman.
His experience includes serving
as vice president of creative
services for Tribune
Entertainment, from 1990 to
1996, and director of
advertising and promotion for
NBC-5 Chicago from 1985 to 1990.
Currently, Mr.Corboy is director
of alumni relations for
Northwestern University’s
Kellogg School of Management
which is one of the strongest
brands in the business world. |
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| Peter Feigin |
Former VP of Marketing with the
New York Knicks and Current
Vice President of Corporate
Development with Marquis Jet
Partners |
| Mr. Feigin has worked with some
of the biggest brands in the
sports and entertainment
industry having worked as the
head of marketing for the NY
Knicks, Six Flags and currently
at Marquis Jet Partners which
was recently featured on the
network television shows “The
Apprentice” and “American Idol”.
Mr.Feigin is currently the Vice
President of Corporate
Development at Marquis Jet
Partners and is responsible for
the oversight of the sports and
entertainment sales and
marketing. Mr.Feigin serves as
the main point person for
hundreds of sports stars and
entertainment celebrities on all
of their private aviation needs.
Formally, Mr. Feigin was Vice
President of Marketing with New
York Knicks from 1996-2004 where
he was responsible for overall
brand management including:
Advertising, promotions, new
media, events, charitable and
community endeavors, as well as
managing and enhancing the
team’s corporate partnerships.
Mr Feigin was responsible for
the overall planning, creation,
and execution of all Knicks
marketing initiatives, including
building the Knicks brand equity
through innovative marketing
programs delivered across
traditional and new media
channels. He served as the
primary liaison between the
team, its business partners, and
MSG Advertising Sales and MSG
Network. Additionally, Mr.Feigin
oversaw all franchise
enhancement activities and new
business development projects
and initiatives for the Knicks
organization.
Mr. Feigin joined the Knicks
after five years at Six Flags
Theme Park where he served as
park’s Promotions Manager from
1995-96, and then as Marketing
Director from 1996 until his
appointment at the Knicks. Mr.
Feigin is a native of New York
City and a graduate of Franklin
and Marshall College . Mr.
Feigin lives on the Upper West
Side of Manhattan with Wife
Natalia, daughter Alexandra
(41/2) and son Thomas (2
1/2months) |
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| Steve Hartman |
| Principal with G.C. Andersen
Partners LLC |
| At G.S Andersen, Mr. Hartman
focuses on advising middle
market companies in raising
capital and mergers and
acquisitions. In the sports &
entertainment sectors, he has
worked on financing minor league
professional hockey teams,
sports management organizations,
sports & entertainment
publications and representing
professional athletes and
entertainers.
Prior to joining
G.C. Andersen Partners, Mr.
Hartman worked as a private
equity, M&A and corporate
finance investment banker and
attorney on over 100
transactions. He was a Senior
Vice President at Maxcor Inc, a
boutique M&A and restructuring
firm, where he led the firm’s
M&A divestiture transactions
focused on manufacturing,
consumer brands and business
services companies. Previously
he worked as a leverage finance
and private equity investment
banker at Deutsche Bank and
Lehman Brothers where he was
extensively involved in Buyout
Magazines 2000 LBO of the Year:
the $630 million leveraged
buyout of Buffet’s restaurants.
Prior to Wall Street, Mr.
Hartman was based in
Philadelphia working on capital
raising transactions as a
corporate attorney with Lesser &
Kaplin, a business development
Vice President and General
Counsel with Global Internet
Management, and a partner in
Premier Business Plans.
Mr. Hartman has degrees from the
University of Pennsylvania (B.A.
in Economics) Wharton (B.S. in
Entrepreneurship) Villanova Law
School (JD), and Kellogg
Graduate School of Management
(MBA in Finance). He is Chairman
of the Kellogg Private Equity
Alumni Group and sits on the
Board of Urban Options, a non
profit focused on developing
entrepreneurial skills among
urban youth. Mr. Hartman was a
competitive rower and wrestler
and was a five time Dragon Boat
National Champion, four time
National Team selection and 1997
World Champion. |
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| Scott Lange |
| Former CMO of NYC Marathon,
Former Vice President Televised
Sales of SFX Sports |
| A veteran marketing executive
with more than 25 years
experience in advertising,
promotion, television, sports,
entertainment and events
marketing, Mr. Lange's
background in sponsorship, event
marketing and production is
extensive and diverse and is an
asset to Leverage Sports Agency
as his active role on LSA's
board of advisors.
Mr. Lange
previous experience encompasses,
serving as the Vice President,
Televised Sales of SFX Sports
Group where he brought together
Cingular and the Michael Jordan
Celebrity Invitational as well
as Jaguar with the American
Century Challenge and supervised
a sales team for other SFX
Televised properties such as the
French Open. First as a
consultant to the NYC2012
Olympic Bid Committee, Mr.Lange
worked to establish the Ford NYC
Triathlon, and subsequently at
the request of Ford, became
their sponsorship consultant
from 2002 through the present.
As the marketing and licensing
consultant to The Gates Project
for Central Park by the
world-renowned artists Christo
and Jeanne-Claude, Mr. Lange
managed the exclusive, worldwide
license to commemorate ‘The
Gates” for funding an
environmental non-profit,
Nurture New York’s Nature and
provided marketing consultation
to the founding sponsors
Deutsche Bank and Paul Hastings
Law firm.
Mr. Lange served as the first
Chief Marketing Officer and
Executive Vice President of the
New York Road Runners Club, Inc.
where he marketed and
co-produced eight New York City
Marathons, transforming the
event into one of the leading
equity-marketing platforms in
the world. |
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| Andrew Sturner |
| Former President of CBS
Sportsline, VP of Business
Development for MovieFone and
Current Founder and CEO of Aqua
Marine |
| Mr. Sturner, an advisor for
Leverage Sports Agency is a
seasoned executive with a proven
entrepreneurial track record and
extensive deal making experience
having structured, negotiated
and secured more the $1Billion
dollars in deals in his career.
Before its sale to Viacom, Mr.
Sturner served as President of
SportsLine.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:
SPLN), the publisher of
cbs.sportsline.com, where he
managed all aspects of domestic
and international business
development initiatives,
corporate development, M&A,
e-commerce and legal affairs for
the company from the company's
inception until 2002. Prior to
joining SportsLine, Mr. Sturner
served as the Vice President of
Business Development for
MovieFone (NASDAQ: MOFN), after
he sold his company Interactive
Services to the Chairman of
MovieFone in 1994.
Mr. Sturner’s deal making
highlights include a $200
million, 10-year exclusive
partnership with CBS Sports, a
$150 million five-year strategic
alliance between SportsLine,
Viacom and AOL Time Warner and a
$200 million dollar partnership
with MVP.com. In addition, Mr.
Sturner developed SportsLine
portal and league strategy, as
well as, strategic initiatives
in wireless, broadband, and
e-commerce, which have
contributed more than $100
million in revenue since 1995.
Mr. Sturner has also structured
an unparalleled lineup of sports
marketing alliances, including
relationships for Sportsline
with the NFL, PGA TOUR, Major
League Baseball, The National
Basketball Association, Michael
Jordan, Tiger Woods and
Shaquille O’Neal.
Currently, Mr. Sturner is the
founder and CEO of Aqua
MarinePartners, LLC ("AMP")Mr.
Sturner led the acquisition of
the Hi Lift Marina, a 270 slip
full service marina and its 30
year-old Miami-based boat
dealership and has now
negotiated the sale of the boat
dealership to Passport Marine.
Mr. Sturner is also an advisor
for SportsLine.com, Inc.,
Air2Web, Association of
Volleyball Professionals and
Murray Hill Properties. |
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| Paul Tedeschi |
| CEO of Mr. Youth LLC |
From the early stages of his
career Mr. Tedeschi has been
entrepreneur as he founded
Collegiate Advantage in the Fall
of 1988, while a junior at
Boston University. Collegiate
Advantage was a visionary
college focused events and
promotions company whose clients
included: Sprint, Citibank,
Nike, Coca-Cola, Reebok, Sega,
Samsung, Discover Card, and
Barnes & Noble.
In 1998, Student Advantage
acquired Collegiate Advantage
prior to its initial public
offering. Mr. Tedeschi remained
with Student Advantage for
almost two years as VP of
partnership development. Paul
then joined Woolf Associates, a
Boston-based sports marketing
firm, as Chief Marketing
Officer. Woolf's corporate
accounts included EMC, John
Hancock, Fleet, and Bell
Atlantic.
More recently, Mr. Tedeschi
worked as Sr. VP of national
sales for HOST Communications
working on the NCAA Corporate
Partner program. Paul is a
graduate of Boston University's
College of Communication. |
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