2024 AGENDA
* Subject to change
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Game Changers Evening of Celebration
4:30 PM
Exclusive Honoree-Only Networking for the 2024 Class
(2024 Game Changer Class Members Only) Location: 7th floor - Soho Complex
5:00 PM
Registration/Pre-Ceremony Reception
(All Conference Registrants and Ceremony-Only Guests)
Location: 7th Floor Pre-Function
5:15 PM
2024 Game Changers Honorees Class Photo
(2024 Game Changer Class Members Only)
Location: 7th floor - Astor Ballroom
6:00 PM
2024 Game Changers Honoree Ceremony
(All Conference Registrants, 2024 Honorees and Ceremony-Only Guests)
Location: 7th Floor – Astor Ballroom
7:00 PM
Celebration Reception and Networking
(All Conference Registrants, 2024 Honorees and Ceremony-Only Guests)
Location: 7th Floor – Soho Complex
8:30 PM
Evening of Celebration Concludes
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Game Changers Conference
8:15 AM
Registration Opens
Location: 6th Floor Pre-Function
Continental Breakfast | Networking
Location: 6th Floor – Floor Pre-Function
8:30 AM
Game Changers Connect Structured Networking Session
(Reserve your seat for this session during the online registration process)
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom South A curated and highly intentional thought leadership and networking program designed to touch on some of the hottest topics and challenges facing your industry and to ensure every attendee leaves with new, meaningful business ideas and relationships.
9:30 AM
Welcome | Opening Remarks
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North
- Abe Madkour, Publisher & Executive Editor, Sports Business Journal
9:40 AM
Unleash Your Inner Moxie: Build Unwavering Confidence and Become Unstoppable
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North
- Fia Fasbinder, Founder & CEO, Moxie Institute
10:25 AM
One-on-One: A Woman Changing the Game and Disrupting the Status Quo
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North
- Nicole Lynn, President, Football, KLUTCH Sports Group Moderator: Bonnie Bernstein, Founder & CEO, Walk Swiftly Productions
10:55 AM
Networking Break
Location: 6th Floor Pre-Function
11:25 AM
From the C-Suite: One-on-One Interview
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North
- Mollie Marcoux Samaan, Commissioner, LPGA Moderator: Abraham Madkour, Publisher & Executive Editor, Sports Business Journal
11:50 AM
Athlete, Mother, Wife and Entrepreneur: Meet the Multifaceted Jade Cargill
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North
- Jade Cargill, WWE Superstar, WWE
12:05 PM
Partner Insight
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North
12:25 PM
Networking Lunch
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom South
1:40 PM
Building a Global Brand: How the Kansas City Chiefs Are Becoming the “World’s Team”
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North
- Lara Krug, EVP & CMO, Kansas City Chiefs
2:10 PM
Advice to My Younger Self: Career Insights from Past Game Changers
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North
- Dawn Aponte, SVP, Football Operations & Chief Football Administrative Officer, NFL
- Alison Birdwell, President & CEO, Aramark Sports & Entertainment
- Chrysa Chin, EVP, Strategic Relations, NBPA
- Chris Plonsky, Exec. Sr. Associate AD and Chief of Staff, University of Texas Moderator: Patti Phillips, CEO, Women Leaders in Sports
2:50 PM
A Conversation with a Trailblazer Changing the Norm
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North
- Sandra Douglass Morgan, President, Las Vegas Raiders
Moderator: Ellen Hyslop, Co-Founder & Head of Content, The Gist
3:20 PM
Networking Break
Location: 6th Floor - Pre-Function
3:50 PM
The Industry Trends and Stories You Should be Following
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North - Chelle Adams, CFO, U.S. Soccer
- Katie Haas, EVP, Ballpark Operations & Experience, New York Mets
- Elizabeth Lindsey, President, Brands and Properties, Wasserman
- Tina Thornton, EVP, Creative Studio and Marketing, ESPN
Moderator: Abraham Madkour, Publisher & Executive Editor, Sports Business Journal
4:30 PM
Reaching and Engaging the Next Generation of Fans
Location: 6th Floor – Broadway Ballroom North
- Meghan Heinchon, VP, Sports Properties, Learfield
- Kirby Porter, Chief Brand Officer, Unrivaled Basketball
5:00 PM
“Wine Down” Networking Reception
Location: 6th Floor Pre-Function
6:30 PM
