Life in the Front Office Podcast Presented By Sports Business Ventures

 Janet Marie Smith, EVP, LA Dodgers dives in with Pat and Jake to discuss her career of designing and renovating ballparks (Camden Yards, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, Dodger Stadium, PETCO Park, etc.)  She highlights the considerations, learnings, planning, and design behind these landmarks in which many games are played and many memories are made! 

Jessie Giordano, GMR, and Lindsay LaBennett, Wasserman, dive right into the Hard Conversations and D,E,&I within the Sports Industry as part of episode 5 on the AECOM Ohio University Sports Administration series, "Life After Court Street". Laura Waters-Brown joins as the special co-host and topics range from being a mom in the sports industry to becoming a woman leader to how to adapt to change in...

Scott Horowitz, CRO at YouGov Sports dives into the value of data, how he got started in the sponsorship world, and why data will continue to be the wave of the future.

Mitch Poll, CRO at the NWSL dives into his journey that started with the SuperSonics, and the lessons he has learned behind being passionate for the business. We dive into the NSWL and what the future holds!

Emilio Collins, Chief Business Officer, & Jose Duverge, Senior Director of Partnerships join Jake and Laura Waters-Brown on the Ohio U "Life After Court Street" Series to discuss their journeys and the future of partnerships. 

Life in the Front Office has partnered with Sportsdigita for an 8 episode series in which Ep 1 features Founder & CEO, Angelina Lawton, "From Start to 10 Years Later".  In 2018, Angelina was named in the Top 30 of most powerful Women in Sports by Forbes.  For more about Sportsdigita, visit https://www.sportsdigita.com/

Sheri Sam, Managing Director NCPGA Foundation, Former 2x WNBA Champion, joins Andy and Jake to discuss her path from competing at the highest level to becoming a college coach to becoming a high school AD to working in Golf. She's practically done it all with much more to accomplish! Fascinating insights and advice from one of the best!

Shauna Griffiths, CEO, SLG Impact dives into goal setting, adaptability, and a few perspectives around your journey as you embark on 2021! 

Fred, Andy, and Pat reflect on Tommy Lasorda’s passing and lessons learned from the legend. Jake then hosts a round table with what’s ahead in 2021!

Fitz Koehler, fitness expert and race announcer provides her insights on the business of fitness and how it’s rapidly evolving. There are many career paths in the fitness business, and we explore a few of them! For more on programs at UF, visit UFfrontoffice.com

Bringing an NFL team back to Oakland? Ray Bobbitt and Andy Dolich dive into the current push by Ray’s group to bring an NFL expansion team back to Oakland.

Amy Wise, Chief Development and Marketing Officer, of the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games dives into her journey a bit leading up to her role with the USA Games in Orlando. We then dive into everything around the games, the logo, the set up, the funding, how you can get involved, and how it works! 

Episode 225 with Nehme Abouzeid covers his journey as well as experiences in the Sports & Entertainment in Las Vegas! Nehme has spent a great amount of time in the casino industry as well as helping launch the Las Vegas Golden Knights as CMO, all prior to launching his own consulting company called LaunchVegas!

Jason Bergman Founder of MarketPryce launched towards the end of November. MarketPryce, a new website that connects professional and soon-to-be student athletes to brands for marketing campaigns, launches with plans to make athlete marketing a more accessible and pain- free process. MarketPryce has been compared to a dating app for athletes and brands -- a site that makes it easy for athletes and...

Jeff Webster of the Seattle Kraken and Jessica Smith of Angel City FC are both helping launch new teams and brands in their respective sports on the partnerships side. Special co host Laura Waters-Brown joins Jake to discuss it all on the AECOM Ohio University Sports Administration series "Life After Court Street". Episode 3 is a can’t miss!

Jens Weiden, CRO of the Rose Bowl Operating Company, joins Pat and Jake to discuss revenue in a pandemic where there are not many live events where there have been many over 98 years of history at the Rose Bowl.

Brian Campbell of the Air Force Academy Foundation discusses his experiences as an Academy grad, football player, marketer at ABInBev, and now fundraising by finding his purpose!

Eric Byrnes, former MLB Veteran, and now MLB Network analyst dives into what was next for him after playing, and now that he’s in the Guinness World Book of Records, he discusses What’s Next for him, including the No Filter Network!

Tim Mead, President of the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame and former executive for the LA Angels joins Pat, Andy, Fred and Jake to combine for over 175+ years of experience on the mic!

On the Life After Court Street series with the Ohio University Sports Administration program, special co-host of the series, Laura Waters-Brown joins Jake Hirshman to discuss the International Perspective from Athens with Karim Fathi and Kirsten Grohs.

Vince Cicero, SVP Partnerships & Broadcasting, FC Cincinnati discusses building a new stadium for the franchise! We dive into the many moving parts, impacts, and changes!

http://www.uffrontoffice.com for more info on both the on campus and online programs at the University of Florida Sports Management Programs. The Sports Business Insights from Gator Nation series hosted Adam Jones, CRO, and Jason Latimer VP Communications at Miami Marlins. Both Adam and Jason dove into the recent change over the last couple of years in the Marlins organization, and how their exper...

The Power of Sport Series in partnership with the University of Central Florida Devos Sport Business Management Program hosted guest Kim Francois of the Dallas Mavericks. Kim has had extensive experience in the partnerships realm, and is currently the Senior Manager of Partnership Activation for the Mavericks. 

On the Life After Court Street series with the Ohio University Sports Administration program, special co-host of the series, Laura Waters-Brown joins Jake Hirshman to discuss the Evolution of THE Program with Pat O'Conner and Doc Higgins.

The Power of Sport Series in partnership with the University of Central Florida Devos Sport Business Management Program hosted guest Vince Pierson to talk about the foundations of diversity & inclusion within sports and entertainment.