Rebooting the American Dream · October 27 & 28, 2026
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Tuesday, October 27
Welcome reception · Wintrust Arena
Wintrust Arena
GSV x DePaul Athletics Welcome Reception
Cocktails, heavy appetizers and conversation with fellow attendees. Brief remarks at 6:15 p.m. with DePaul University President Robert L. Manuel and Senior Vice President and Director of Athletics DeWayne Peevy.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Main program · Obama Presidential Center
Your Emcee for the DayMichael CohnCo-Founder, GSV Sports · Partner, GSV Ventures10:00 – 11:40
Morning at Home Court · Lunch & Learns
Leadership & Human Capital Transformation: Building the Next Generation of Sports Leaders
Sport has long been one of our most powerful platforms for developing leaders, building communities and expanding opportunity. That belief is at the heart of the Obama Foundation's vision for Home Court: making sport more accessible and empowering the next generation of leaders. At the same time, organizations at every level of sport are going through their own transformation. Artificial intelligence, new commercial models and new definitions of success are forcing a fundamental rethink of leadership, the talent pipeline, athlete support and organizational culture.
Joe KennedyModeratorDirector of Athletics & Sports Leadership, Obama Foundation; Co-Founder, The Team
Gordon GeeFormer President, West Virginia University, University of Colorado Boulder, The Ohio State University, Brown University, Vanderbilt UniversityAWAndrea WilliamsUniversity of Illinois ChicagoDPDeWayne PeevySVP and Athletic Director, DePaul University
Greg FinkelsteinManaging Director, Tyton PartnersThe Women's Sports Paradox: Record Growth, Rising Barriers, and What's at Stake for the American Economy
A high-octane, interactive discussion and Q&A moderated by Leela Srinivasan (CEO, Parity). Bringing together leaders from across athletics, higher education, law, policy, business and philanthropy, we'll explore what's working, what's at risk, and how institutions and organizations are innovating to expand opportunities for women and girls. The goal is to bring different perspectives and real-world experiences together, challenge assumptions, and explore what practical, forward-looking solutions and protections could look like for the next generation. On the table: Title IX and its future, the impact of the House Settlement and the PCSA, what strong legislation to protect women should look like, and why sport matters so much to the lives and careers of women and to the American economy.
Leela SrinivasanModeratorCEO, Parity; Leader in Women's Sports Sponsorship and Athlete Income Equity
Tina TchenOpening remarksFormer Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle ObamaABAnurima BhargavaFounder & CEO, Anthem of UsSMSteven MoloFounding Partner, MoloLamken LLP
James KvaalFormer U.S. Under Secretary of Education
Sarah SpainEmmy & Peabody Award-Winning Journalist Host, iHeart12:00 – 1:45
The Auditorium
Elie Wiesel Auditorium, The Forum
The Auditorium
Welcome & GSV Manifesto
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Carlos MorenoCo-CEO, Big Picture Learning
Deborah QuazzoCo-Founder, GSV SportsElie Wiesel Auditorium, The Forum
Fireside
What Really Matters… Significance vs. Success
A conversation on what sport is really for — the difference between a scoreboard life and a significant one.
View full session detailsPSPenny SchwinnModeratorFormer Education Commissioner, Tennessee
Michael MoeModeratorCo-Founder, GSV Sports
Tim Tebow7x NYT Best-Selling Author, 2x National Champion, Heisman Trophy Winner, Founder & Chairman of the Tim Tebow Foundation, The Tebow Group and ESPN AnalystElie Wiesel Auditorium, The Forum
Panel
Protecting the Base… Leadership & Integrity at the Core of Sports
Presidents, athletic directors and chancellors on holding the line on integrity while the model around them changes.
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Jeff SelingoModeratorSpecial Advisor to the President, Arizona State University; Contributor to The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal; Co-host Future U podcastLELen ElmoreCo-Chair, Knight Commission; Senior Lecturer, Columbia Sports Management; Former College Basketball Analyst, CBS SportsBCBetsy CantwellPresident, Washington State University
Mark ReedPresident, Loyola University Chicago; Member, NCAA Division I Board of Directors
Bubba CunninghamSenior Advisor to the Chancellor and Former Director of Athletics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marie Lynn MirandaChancellor, University of Illinois ChicagoElie Wiesel Auditorium, The Forum
The debate
I'm Just a Bill on Capitol Hill… NOT! Everything You Want to Know About the PCSA
Where the Protect College Sports Act actually stands, what it would change, and who it would change it for.
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Ross DellengerModeratorNational College Football Reporter, Yahoo Sports, Former Sports Illustrated WriterEREvan RichterFounder & Partner, Smash Capital
Brandon CopelandCo-Founder and Executive Director, Athletes.org; 10-Year NFL Veteran
Meghann BurkeExecutive Director, National Women’s Soccer League Players Association (NWSLPA)JPJay PaternoFounder, Blue Line 409, Co-Founder of Success With Honor, Former Penn State Football Coach and Penn State TrusteeElie Wiesel Auditorium, The Forum
Overview
8 Rooms, 1 Future… The Overview
How the eight working rooms run, and what each one is being asked to design.
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Saurabh SanghviPartner, McKinsey & Company
On the program
Who we heard from.
Joe Kennedy
Director of Athletics & Sports Leadership, Obama Foundation; Co-Founder, The Team
Gordon Gee
Former President, West Virginia University, University of Colorado Boulder, The Ohio State University, Brown University, Vanderbilt University
Andrea Williams
University of Illinois Chicago
DeWayne Peevy
SVP and Athletic Director, DePaul University
Greg Finkelstein
Managing Director, Tyton Partners
Leela Srinivasan
CEO, Parity; Leader in Women's Sports Sponsorship and Athlete Income Equity
Tina Tchen
Former Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama
Anurima Bhargava
Founder & CEO, Anthem of Us
Steven Molo
Founding Partner, MoloLamken LLP
James Kvaal
Former U.S. Under Secretary of Education
Sarah Spain
Emmy & Peabody Award-Winning Journalist Host, iHeart
Carlos Moreno
Co-CEO, Big Picture Learning
Deborah Quazzo
Co-Founder, GSV Sports
Penny Schwinn
Former Education Commissioner, Tennessee
Michael Moe
Co-Founder, GSV Sports
Tim Tebow
7x NYT Best-Selling Author, 2x National Champion, Heisman Trophy Winner, Founder & Chairman of the Tim Tebow Foundation, The Tebow Group and ESPN Analyst
Jeff Selingo
Special Advisor to the President, Arizona State University; Contributor to The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal; Co-host Future U podcast
Len Elmore
Co-Chair, Knight Commission; Senior Lecturer, Columbia Sports Management; Former College Basketball Analyst, CBS Sports
Betsy Cantwell
President, Washington State University
Mark Reed
President, Loyola University Chicago; Member, NCAA Division I Board of Directors
Bubba Cunningham
Senior Advisor to the Chancellor and Former Director of Athletics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marie Lynn Miranda
Chancellor, University of Illinois Chicago
Ross Dellenger
National College Football Reporter, Yahoo Sports, Former Sports Illustrated Writer
Evan Richter
Founder & Partner, Smash Capital
Brandon Copeland
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Athletes.org; 10-Year NFL Veteran
Meghann Burke
Executive Director, National Women’s Soccer League Players Association (NWSLPA)
Jay Paterno
Founder, Blue Line 409, Co-Founder of Success With Honor, Former Penn State Football Coach and Penn State Trustee
Saurabh Sanghvi
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Tom Farrey
Executive Director, Sports & Society Program, The Aspen Institute
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
CEO, Harlem Children's Zone, Senior Advisor, Dynasty Equity
Ed Foster-Simeon
President and CEO, U.S. Soccer Foundation; Former USA TODAY Deputy Managing Editor
Chad Gruen
CEO, 3Step Sports, Founder & CEO, SMP Holdings
Kelly Mehrtens
Former Executive Director of NFL Trust, Founder of SMART SPORTS, Former Deputy Athletics Director, University of Maryland
Jacqueline Kronk
Chief Strategy Officer, Office of Indiana Secretary of Education
Ben Wallerstein
CEO & Co-Founder, Whiteboard Advisors
Adam Weinberg
President, Denison University, NCAA Div III Presidents Advisory Group
Bridget Burns
CEO, University Innovation Alliance
Andrew Donovan
Steve Hank
Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal, Former CRO / Sr. Associate AD, UT Austin
Sarah Hubbard
Regent & Former Board Chair, University of Michigan, Principal, Acuitas LLC
Karen Weaver
Academic Director, The New Athletics Enterprise Certificate Program, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Michael B. Horn
Award Winning Author, Co-Founder, Clayton Christensen Institute
Jason Belzer
Founder and CEO, Athlemy
Alayna Williamson
Chief of Staff, University of Michigan Football, Former Director of Undergraduate Admissions & Scholarships, University of Utah
Joe Kennedy
Director of Athletics & Sports Leadership, Obama Foundation; Co-Founder, The Team
Gordon Gee
Former President, West Virginia University, University of Colorado Boulder, The Ohio State University, Brown University, Vanderbilt University
Andrea Williams
University of Illinois Chicago
DeWayne Peevy
SVP and Athletic Director, DePaul University
Greg Finkelstein
Managing Director, Tyton Partners
Leela Srinivasan
CEO, Parity; Leader in Women's Sports Sponsorship and Athlete Income Equity
Tina Tchen
Former Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama
Anurima Bhargava
Founder & CEO, Anthem of Us
Steven Molo
Founding Partner, MoloLamken LLP
James Kvaal
Former U.S. Under Secretary of Education
Sarah Spain
Emmy & Peabody Award-Winning Journalist Host, iHeart
Carlos Moreno
Co-CEO, Big Picture Learning
Deborah Quazzo
Co-Founder, GSV Sports
Penny Schwinn
Former Education Commissioner, Tennessee
Michael Moe
Co-Founder, GSV Sports
Tim Tebow
7x NYT Best-Selling Author, 2x National Champion, Heisman Trophy Winner, Founder & Chairman of the Tim Tebow Foundation, The Tebow Group and ESPN Analyst
Jeff Selingo
Special Advisor to the President, Arizona State University; Contributor to The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal; Co-host Future U podcast
Len Elmore
Co-Chair, Knight Commission; Senior Lecturer, Columbia Sports Management; Former College Basketball Analyst, CBS Sports
Betsy Cantwell
President, Washington State University
Mark Reed
President, Loyola University Chicago; Member, NCAA Division I Board of Directors
Bubba Cunningham
Senior Advisor to the Chancellor and Former Director of Athletics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marie Lynn Miranda
Chancellor, University of Illinois Chicago
Ross Dellenger
National College Football Reporter, Yahoo Sports, Former Sports Illustrated Writer
Evan Richter
Founder & Partner, Smash Capital
Brandon Copeland
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Athletes.org; 10-Year NFL Veteran
Meghann Burke
Executive Director, National Women’s Soccer League Players Association (NWSLPA)
Jay Paterno
Founder, Blue Line 409, Co-Founder of Success With Honor, Former Penn State Football Coach and Penn State Trustee
Saurabh Sanghvi
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Tom Farrey
Executive Director, Sports & Society Program, The Aspen Institute
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
CEO, Harlem Children's Zone, Senior Advisor, Dynasty Equity
Ed Foster-Simeon
President and CEO, U.S. Soccer Foundation; Former USA TODAY Deputy Managing Editor
Chad Gruen
CEO, 3Step Sports, Founder & CEO, SMP Holdings
Kelly Mehrtens
Former Executive Director of NFL Trust, Founder of SMART SPORTS, Former Deputy Athletics Director, University of Maryland
Jacqueline Kronk
Chief Strategy Officer, Office of Indiana Secretary of Education
Ben Wallerstein
CEO & Co-Founder, Whiteboard Advisors
Adam Weinberg
President, Denison University, NCAA Div III Presidents Advisory Group
Bridget Burns
CEO, University Innovation Alliance
Andrew Donovan
Steve Hank
Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal, Former CRO / Sr. Associate AD, UT Austin
Sarah Hubbard
Regent & Former Board Chair, University of Michigan, Principal, Acuitas LLC
Karen Weaver
Academic Director, The New Athletics Enterprise Certificate Program, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Michael B. Horn
Award Winning Author, Co-Founder, Clayton Christensen Institute
Jason Belzer
Founder and CEO, Athlemy
Alayna Williamson
Chief of Staff, University of Michigan Football, Former Director of Undergraduate Admissions & Scholarships, University of Utah
David Hollander
Assistant Dean & Clinical Professor, Tisch Institute for Global Sport, NYU
Michael Sorrell
President, Paul Quinn College
Libby Naumes
Co-Founder, NU Advisory Partners
Lisa Young
COO, Deputy Athletics Director, Arizona State University (Sun Devil Athletics)
Amy Privette Perko
CEO, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
Arthur H. Bryant
Title IX Athletics Lawyer & founder of Arthur Bryant Law, P.C.
Mark Jackson
Vice President for Athletics and Recreation, Northwestern University
Mike Tirico
Emmy Winning American Sports Commentator for NBC Biggest Events: Sunday Night Football, Olympics & the NBA
Mollie Marcoux Samaan
CEO U.S. Squash, Former Commissioner, LPGA, Former Director of Athletics, Princeton
Larissa Fontaine
Deputy Athletics Director, Olympic Sports and Student-Athlete Success, Stanford, Board Member, USA Gymnastics
Pat Kelleher
Executive Director, USA Hockey
Kevin Ring
President & CEO, USA Swimming, Former CRO, PGA of America and VP, IMG
Max Siegel
CEO, USA Track & Field, Sports and Entertainment Executive
Seth Davis
Editor-in-Chief, Hoops HQ, In-Studio Analyst, CBS Sports, Former Sports Illustrated Senior Writer
Brian Hainline
VP, World Tennis & Immediate Past President, USTA, Former Chief Medical Officer, NCAA
Lennie Waite
Chief Science Officer, HITE EQ; 2x All-American, Rice University
Gerald J. Harrison
Vice President and Director of Athletics, Marshall University
Dr. Sheila Ohlsson Walker
Senior Scientist, Tufts University; Founder, Scobie Institute for Wellness; Board Member, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation & International Tennis Hall of Fame
Doug Scott
Senior Expert, McKinsey & Company
Craig Sloan
CEO, Playfly Sports
Isaiah Kacyvenski
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Will Ventures; Former NFL Linebacker and Co-Founder, Sports Innovation Lab
Chris Bevilacqua
Sports, entertainment, media and technology entrepreneur, investor, executive and advisor.
Gordon Jones
President, College of Western Idaho; Founding Dean College of Innovation + Design Boise State University
Angela Ruggiero
Co-Founder, Sports Innovation Lab; 4x Olympian and Olympic Gold Medalist, Ice Hockey; IOC Member
Beth Brooke
Director, The New York Times and US Olympic and Paralympic Committee; Co-Chair, WomenDriveToo; Member, Knight Commission
MaliVai Washington
Founder, MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation; Olympian, Wimbledon Finalist and USTA Florida Hall of Famer
Kevin Connors
Founder, Million Coaches Challenge; Managing Director, Susan Crown Exchange
Michael Lazar
Chief, Soccer Markets and Pathways, U.S. Soccer Federation
Phyllis Lockett
Founder & Senior Advisor, LEAP Innovations
Michael Alter
Owner, Chicago Sky
Kelly Amonte Hiller
Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach, Northwestern
Nina King
Vice President and Director of Athletics, Duke University
Muffet McGraw
Legendary Head Women's Basketball Coach, Notre Dame, Winner of 2 NCAA National Championships, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee, Studio Analyst, ESPN
Chris Howard
EVP and Chief Operating Officer, Arizona State University, College Football Playoff Committee
Curtis Granderson
Former MLB All-Star, Philanthropist and Baseball Analyst
Steve Mesler
US Olympic Hall of Fame Bobsled Gold Medalist; Managing Director, Mesler Performance Group; Co-Founder & Chairman, Classroom Champions; Former Board Member, USOPC
Patrick Eilers
Founder & Managing Partner, Transition Equity Partners, NFL Veteran & Notre Dame National Champion
Don Garber
Commissioner, Major League Soccer & CEO, Soccer United Marketing
Tiffany Taylor
President, GSV Summit
Arne Duncan
Former Co-Chair, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Craig Robinson
Executive Director, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC); Former Head Men's Basketball Coach, Oregon State University
Candice Storey Lee
Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director, Vanderbilt University
Tom Theodorakis
Director of Athletics, United States Military Academy at West Point, Former Syracuse Lacrosse Player and NCAA Champion
David Hollander
Assistant Dean & Clinical Professor, Tisch Institute for Global Sport, NYU
Michael Sorrell
President, Paul Quinn College
Libby Naumes
Co-Founder, NU Advisory Partners
Lisa Young
COO, Deputy Athletics Director, Arizona State University (Sun Devil Athletics)
Amy Privette Perko
CEO, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
Arthur H. Bryant
Title IX Athletics Lawyer & founder of Arthur Bryant Law, P.C.
Mark Jackson
Vice President for Athletics and Recreation, Northwestern University
Mike Tirico
Emmy Winning American Sports Commentator for NBC Biggest Events: Sunday Night Football, Olympics & the NBA
Mollie Marcoux Samaan
CEO U.S. Squash, Former Commissioner, LPGA, Former Director of Athletics, Princeton
Larissa Fontaine
Deputy Athletics Director, Olympic Sports and Student-Athlete Success, Stanford, Board Member, USA Gymnastics
Pat Kelleher
Executive Director, USA Hockey
Kevin Ring
President & CEO, USA Swimming, Former CRO, PGA of America and VP, IMG
Max Siegel
CEO, USA Track & Field, Sports and Entertainment Executive
Seth Davis
Editor-in-Chief, Hoops HQ, In-Studio Analyst, CBS Sports, Former Sports Illustrated Senior Writer
Brian Hainline
VP, World Tennis & Immediate Past President, USTA, Former Chief Medical Officer, NCAA
Lennie Waite
Chief Science Officer, HITE EQ; 2x All-American, Rice University
Gerald J. Harrison
Vice President and Director of Athletics, Marshall University
Dr. Sheila Ohlsson Walker
Senior Scientist, Tufts University; Founder, Scobie Institute for Wellness; Board Member, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation & International Tennis Hall of Fame
Doug Scott
Senior Expert, McKinsey & Company
Craig Sloan
CEO, Playfly Sports
Isaiah Kacyvenski
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Will Ventures; Former NFL Linebacker and Co-Founder, Sports Innovation Lab
Chris Bevilacqua
Sports, entertainment, media and technology entrepreneur, investor, executive and advisor.
Gordon Jones
President, College of Western Idaho; Founding Dean College of Innovation + Design Boise State University
Angela Ruggiero
Co-Founder, Sports Innovation Lab; 4x Olympian and Olympic Gold Medalist, Ice Hockey; IOC Member
Beth Brooke
Director, The New York Times and US Olympic and Paralympic Committee; Co-Chair, WomenDriveToo; Member, Knight Commission
MaliVai Washington
Founder, MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation; Olympian, Wimbledon Finalist and USTA Florida Hall of Famer
Kevin Connors
Founder, Million Coaches Challenge; Managing Director, Susan Crown Exchange
Michael Lazar
Chief, Soccer Markets and Pathways, U.S. Soccer Federation
Phyllis Lockett
Founder & Senior Advisor, LEAP Innovations
Michael Alter
Owner, Chicago Sky
Kelly Amonte Hiller
Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach, Northwestern
Nina King
Vice President and Director of Athletics, Duke University
Muffet McGraw
Legendary Head Women's Basketball Coach, Notre Dame, Winner of 2 NCAA National Championships, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee, Studio Analyst, ESPN
Chris Howard
EVP and Chief Operating Officer, Arizona State University, College Football Playoff Committee
Curtis Granderson
Former MLB All-Star, Philanthropist and Baseball Analyst
Steve Mesler
US Olympic Hall of Fame Bobsled Gold Medalist; Managing Director, Mesler Performance Group; Co-Founder & Chairman, Classroom Champions; Former Board Member, USOPC
Patrick Eilers
Founder & Managing Partner, Transition Equity Partners, NFL Veteran & Notre Dame National Champion
Don Garber
Commissioner, Major League Soccer & CEO, Soccer United Marketing
Tiffany Taylor
President, GSV Summit
Arne Duncan
Former Co-Chair, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Craig Robinson
Executive Director, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC); Former Head Men's Basketball Coach, Oregon State University
Candice Storey Lee
Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director, Vanderbilt University
Tom Theodorakis
Director of Athletics, United States Military Academy at West Point, Former Syracuse Lacrosse Player and NCAA Champion
The heart of the day · 2:05 – 4:05
8 Rooms,
1 Future
Be in the Room Where it Happens
2:05 – 3:00
1st Half · Sessions 1–4
- 2:05 – 3:00
Room F (downstairs in the Forum)
System Reboots
Sidelined… Ensuring all Youth are in the Game in a Pay to Play Era
Youth sports in America has become a pay-to-play system, and too many kids are priced out, burned out or never in the game at all. This room asks how we give every child a place to play and make it fun again. Leaders from youth development, community soccer, sport organizations and state education will each make an ask of the sectors that can change the model, from cities and schools to brands and private operators.
View full session detailsTom FarreyFacilitatorExecutive Director, Sports & Society Program, The Aspen InstituteKwame Owusu-KesseTable setterCEO, Harlem Children's Zone, Senior Advisor, Dynasty EquityEd Foster-SimeonTable setterPresident and CEO, U.S. Soccer Foundation; Former USA TODAY Deputy Managing EditorCGChad GruenTable setterCEO, 3Step Sports, Founder & CEO, SMP HoldingsKelly MehrtensTable setterFormer Executive Director of NFL Trust, Founder of SMART SPORTS, Former Deputy Athletics Director, University of MarylandJacqueline KronkTable setterChief Strategy Officer, Office of Indiana Secretary of Education - 2:05 – 3:00
Elie Wiesel Auditorium
System Reboots
Design Thinking: Imagining the University of Tomorrow
For the first time in a generation, universities have permission to design the athletics model they actually want. With the economics of college sports being rewritten, this room brings together presidents, regents, system leaders and advisors to imagine the university of tomorrow: how athletics can stay sustainable, serve the academic mission and give students more, not less.
View full session detailsBWBen WallersteinFacilitatorCEO & Co-Founder, Whiteboard AdvisorsAdam WeinbergTable setterPresident, Denison University, NCAA Div III Presidents Advisory GroupBridget BurnsTable setterCEO, University Innovation AllianceADAndrew DonovanTable setterSteve HankTable setterSenior Director, Alvarez & Marsal, Former CRO / Sr. Associate AD, UT AustinSarah HubbardTable setterRegent & Former Board Chair, University of Michigan, Principal, Acuitas LLCKaren WeaverTable setterAcademic Director, The New Athletics Enterprise Certificate Program, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education - 2:05 – 3:00
Room A-B (downstairs in the Forum)
System Reboots
Building for Life… Redesigning the Student Athlete Experience Post NIL
NIL and revenue sharing have changed what it means to be a college athlete. This room asks what the student athlete experience looks like when it is built for the whole life, not just four years: keeping the economic value athletes now receive while giving them the support and recognition for everything sport teaches them about navigating life after college.
View full session detailsMichael B. HornFacilitatorAward Winning Author, Co-Founder, Clayton Christensen InstituteJason BelzerTable setterFounder and CEO, AthlemyAlayna WilliamsonTable setterChief of Staff, University of Michigan Football, Former Director of Undergraduate Admissions & Scholarships, University of UtahDavid HollanderTable setterAssistant Dean & Clinical Professor, Tisch Institute for Global Sport, NYUMSMichael SorrellTable setterPresident, Paul Quinn College - 2:05 – 3:00
Room G (downstairs in the Forum)
System Reboots
Don’t Bench Future Generations… Protecting Women’s Pathways from Sports to Economic Leadership
For fifty years, sport has been one of the surest pathways for women into leadership: 94% of women in Fortune 500 C-suites played sport. As the House settlement and new legislation reshape college sports, this room looks past the debate to what effective leadership looks like within today's constraints, and how universities and partners can move from protecting women's and Olympic sports to investing in their growth.
View full session detailsLibby NaumesFacilitatorCo-Founder, NU Advisory PartnersLYLisa YoungTable setterCOO, Deputy Athletics Director, Arizona State University (Sun Devil Athletics)Amy Privette PerkoTable setterCEO, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate AthleticsArthur H. BryantTable setterTitle IX Athletics Lawyer & founder of Arthur Bryant Law, P.C.Leela SrinivasanTable setterCEO, Parity; Leader in Women's Sports Sponsorship and Athlete Income EquityMark JacksonTable setterVice President for Athletics and Recreation, Northwestern University
3:10 – 4:05
2nd Half · Sessions 5–8
- 3:10 – 4:05
Room A-B (downstairs in the Forum)
System Reboots
Keeping the Flame Lit… Fueling the American Olympic Dream
With LA28 less than two years away, this room brings together the leaders of USA Hockey, USA Swimming, USA Track & Field, U.S. Squash and Stanford's Olympic sports to ask what keeps young athletes in the game and loving it, from first practice to the podium. The goal is a shared picture of the pathway and a short list of what national governing bodies, colleges and partners can build together before the Games.
View full session detailsMike TiricoFacilitatorEmmy Winning American Sports Commentator for NBC Biggest Events: Sunday Night Football, Olympics & the NBAMollie Marcoux SamaanTable setterCEO U.S. Squash, Former Commissioner, LPGA, Former Director of Athletics, PrincetonLFLarissa FontaineTable setterDeputy Athletics Director, Olympic Sports and Student-Athlete Success, Stanford, Board Member, USA GymnasticsPat KelleherTable setterExecutive Director, USA HockeyKevin RingTable setterPresident & CEO, USA Swimming, Former CRO, PGA of America and VP, IMGMSMax SiegelTable setterCEO, USA Track & Field, Sports and Entertainment Executive - 3:10 – 4:05
Room F (downstairs in the Forum)
System Reboots
Sports as the Engine of Mental Wellness & Human Performance… Defining the New Paradigm
We know there is a mental health crisis in sport. This room is the one that says what the better model looks like. A sports medicine leader, a performance scientist, a researcher on resilience and an athletic director will make the case for wellbeing as the foundation of performance in every program, not the emergency response, and ask who has to fund and build it.
View full session detailsSeth DavisFacilitatorEditor-in-Chief, Hoops HQ, In-Studio Analyst, CBS Sports, Former Sports Illustrated Senior WriterBHBrian HainlineTable setterVP, World Tennis & Immediate Past President, USTA, Former Chief Medical Officer, NCAALWLennie WaiteTable setterChief Science Officer, HITE EQ; 2x All-American, Rice UniversityGerald J. HarrisonTable setterVice President and Director of Athletics, Marshall UniversityDr. Sheila Ohlsson WalkerTable setterSenior Scientist, Tufts University; Founder, Scobie Institute for Wellness; Board Member, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation & International Tennis Hall of Fame - 3:10 – 4:05
Elie Wiesel Auditorium
System Reboots
The Innovation Playbook… The Role of Tech, Media & Data in Transforming Athletics
Technology, media, data and capital are reshaping college sports faster than any rulebook. Media executives, investors, founders and a college president will lay out where college sports should be heading and what innovation should be solving for, from quick wins to bold bets, and what good capital looks like as new money comes into the game.
View full session detailsDoug ScottFacilitatorSenior Expert, McKinsey & CompanyCSCraig SloanTable setterCEO, Playfly SportsEREvan RichterTable setterFounder & Partner, Smash CapitalIKIsaiah KacyvenskiTable setterCo-Founder and Managing Partner, Will Ventures; Former NFL Linebacker and Co-Founder, Sports Innovation LabCBChris BevilacquaTable setterSports, entertainment, media and technology entrepreneur, investor, executive and advisor.Gordon JonesTable setterPresident, College of Western Idaho; Founding Dean College of Innovation + Design Boise State UniversityAngela RuggieroTable setterCo-Founder, Sports Innovation Lab; 4x Olympian and Olympic Gold Medalist, Ice Hockey; IOC Member - 3:10 – 4:05
Room G (downstairs in the Forum)
System Reboots
Coaching American Youth to Greatness… Sport is Life’s Original Learning Accelerator
A great coach can change the course of a young person's life. This room looks at how quality coaching, and the schools, clubs and organizations around it, can support the development and wellbeing of the whole young person, and how we measure success beyond wins, rankings and advancement.
View full session detailsCarlos MorenoFacilitatorCo-CEO, Big Picture LearningBeth BrookeTable setterDirector, The New York Times and US Olympic and Paralympic Committee; Co-Chair, WomenDriveToo; Member, Knight CommissionMaliVai WashingtonTable setterFounder, MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation; Olympian, Wimbledon Finalist and USTA Florida Hall of FamerKevin ConnorsTable setterFounder, Million Coaches Challenge; Managing Director, Susan Crown ExchangeJoe KennedyTable setterDirector of Athletics & Sports Leadership, Obama Foundation; Co-Founder, The TeamMichael LazarTable setterChief, Soccer Markets and Pathways, U.S. Soccer Federation
4:15 – 5:40
Back to the Auditorium
- 4:15 – 4:50
Elie Wiesel Auditorium, The Forum
Panel
Invest in the BEST… POW! The Power of Women
The economics, the audience and the investment case behind the fastest-growing category in sport.
View full session detailsPhyllis LockettModeratorFounder & Senior Advisor, LEAP InnovationsMichael AlterOwner, Chicago SkySarah SpainEmmy & Peabody Award-Winning Journalist Host, iHeartKelly Amonte HillerHead Women’s Lacrosse Coach, NorthwesternNina KingVice President and Director of Athletics, Duke UniversitySMSteven MoloFounding Partner, MoloLamken LLPMuffet McGrawLegendary Head Women's Basketball Coach, Notre Dame, Winner of 2 NCAA National Championships, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee, Studio Analyst, ESPN - 4:55 – 5:25
Elie Wiesel Auditorium, The Forum
Panel
Game Changer… How Athletics Led to Life's Success
Leaders whose careers were built on what sport taught them first.
View full session detailsChris HowardModeratorEVP and Chief Operating Officer, Arizona State University, College Football Playoff CommitteeCurtis GrandersonFormer MLB All-Star, Philanthropist and Baseball AnalystSteve MeslerUS Olympic Hall of Fame Bobsled Gold Medalist; Managing Director, Mesler Performance Group; Co-Founder & Chairman, Classroom Champions; Former Board Member, USOPCPatrick EilersFounder & Managing Partner, Transition Equity Partners, NFL Veteran & Notre Dame National ChampionAngela RuggieroCo-Founder, Sports Innovation Lab; 4x Olympian and Olympic Gold Medalist, Ice Hockey; IOC Member - 5:25 – 5:40
Elie Wiesel Auditorium, The Forum
Readouts
System Reboot Readouts
Each of the eight rooms reports back to the full room.
View full session detailsMichael B. HornAward Winning Author, Co-Founder, Clayton Christensen Institute
5:40 – 7:00
Private Museum Tour & Reception
- 5:40 – 6:45 PM · Private tour of the Obama Presidential Center museum
- 6:00 – 7:00 PM · Drinks at Home Court
- 5:40 – 6:45
Exhibition Viewing & Reception
A private tour through the Obama Presidential Center museum, 5:40 – 6:45 PM. Drinks are served at Home Court from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, before dinner upstairs.
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7:00 – 9:00
Dinner at Home Court
Dinner was served at 7:15 in Home Court, followed by a fireside with Don Garber and a closing conversation.
- 7:00 – 9:00
Dinner
Dinner at Home Court
Drinks start at 6:00 PM at Home Court. Dinner starts at 7:00 PM upstairs in Home Court, overlooking Jackson Park.
View full session details7:40 – 8:00Fireside
The Sports Architect… Dinner Fireside with Don Garber
Three decades of building a league, and what that teaches the people rebuilding college and youth sports.
View full session detailsMollie Marcoux SamaanModeratorCEO U.S. Squash, Former Commissioner, LPGA, Former Director of Athletics, PrincetonDon GarberCommissioner, Major League Soccer & CEO, Soccer United Marketing8:00 – 8:40Closing conversation
Sports and Advancing the American Dream
The closing conversation of the night: what sport can still do for the country, and who has to do it.
View full session detailsTiffany TaylorModeratorPresident, GSV SummitArne DuncanFormer Co-Chair, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, Former U.S. Secretary of EducationCraig RobinsonExecutive Director, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC); Former Head Men's Basketball Coach, Oregon State UniversityMike TiricoEmmy Winning American Sports Commentator for NBC Biggest Events: Sunday Night Football, Olympics & the NBACSCandice Storey LeeVice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director, Vanderbilt UniversityTTTom TheodorakisDirector of Athletics, United States Military Academy at West Point, Former Syracuse Lacrosse Player and NCAA Champion