by Kirk Wakefield – November 2013
[dropshadowbox align=”right” effect=”lifted-both” width=”150px” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Look for S3 State of the Sports Sales Industry Survey on December 1, 2013![/dropshadowbox]The 9th annual Sports Sponsorship & Sales 2013 board meeting was the largest to date. Look through the pictures below to find yourself (which is what so many seem to be trying to do these days) or someone else you know.
Awards
The 2013 Chevrolet S3 Awards for outstanding contributions to the S3 program and for exhibiting a WINning attitude were presented by Dave Nottoli (Regional Sales & Marketing Manager, General Motors) to:
- S3 Alum: Drew Mitchell (Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, Texas Legends)
- Corporate board member: Bill Moseley (Director, Marketing Communications, AT&T)
- Team board member: Kris Katseanes (Vice President, Ticket Sales & Service, FC Dallas)
- S3 Report Writer: Murray Cohn (Vice President, Team Ticket Sales, NBA)
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Panels
The board meeting featured Frank Miceli (SVP Spurs) as the keynote speaker, Bill Guertin leading a special training session for S3 students, and three outstanding panel discussions:
- “Have phone sales gone the way of the Dinosaur?” Moderated by Kris Katseanes (FC Dallas) with panel members Rob Zuer (Rockets), PJ Keane (Astros), Jamie Weinstein (Magic), & Wade Graf (Rangers).
- “Activation & Engagement: Effective organization & practices in a changing environment,” Moderated by Travis Dillon (The Marketing Arm) with panel members Matt Ward (Astros), Greg Grissom (Texans), George Killebrew (Mavericks), & Jeanne Garza (Spurs).
- “The Do’s & Don’t of Successful Sales Careers,” Moderated by Murray Cohn (NBA), with panel members Brian Norman (76ers), Paige Farragut (Rangers), Nic Garcia (NBA), & Kris Katseanes (FC Dallas)
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Banquet & Meetings
With over 55 executives representing 44 organizations, Baylor S3 juniors (32) and seniors (22) built relationships and interviewed for internships and full time positions. Thanks to everyone for your support & participation. [slideshow_deploy id=’3388′]
List of Registered S3 Board Member Attendees
| Last name | First name | Affiliation |
| Apgar | Bryan | Website Alive |
| Bell | Jody | RMC/Pizza Hut |
| Boyce | Bill | Texas Legends |
| Brand | Matt | Houston Astros |
| Brum | Paige | Circuit of the Americas |
| Burnett | John | Southwest Media Group |
| Busch | Jeff | Jack Morton Worldwide |
| Cheever | Adam | AEG Kings/Galaxy |
| Clark | Joe | San Antonio Spurs |
| Cohn | Murray | NBA |
| DePoy | Lisa | On The Border |
| Dillon | Travis | The Marketing Arm |
| Eldersveld | Jeff | Columbus BlueJackets |
| Farragut | Paige | Texas Rangers |
| Farragut | Paige | Texas Rangers |
| Fernandez | Eric | Media Link |
| Flynn | Steve | Chevrolet |
| Garcia | Nick | NBA |
| Garthe | Cris | Houston Rockets |
| Garza | Jeanne | San Antonio Spurs |
| George | Brian | IMG/Baylor University |
| Glenn | Bill | Breakthrough |
| Goren | Bill | Austin Toros |
| Graf | Wade | Texas Rangers |
| Grissom | Greg | Houston Texans |
| Guertin | Bill | 800 Pound Gorilla |
| Haynes | Cody | Houston Rockets |
| Heidtke | Jon | Fox Sports Net |
| Horn | Leslie | Dallas Stars |
| Hughes | Tom | NRG Energy |
| Jolesch | Chase | Baylor University |
| Katseanes | Kris | FC Dallas |
| Keene | P.J. | Houston Astros |
| Killebrew | George | Dallas Mavs |
| Kinsey | David | St. Louis Rams |
| Leva | Joe | New York Yankees |
| Lichty | Chuck | Orlando Magic |
| McKenzie | Eric | San Diego Padres |
| Metz | Lynda Carrier | RMC/Pizza Hut |
| Miceli | Frank | San Antonio Spurs |
| Mitchell | Drew | Texas Legends |
| Moseley | Bill | AT&T |
| Norman | Brian | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Nottoli | Dave | General Motors |
| Rivers | Anne | BAV Consulting |
| Robbins | Mike | New York Yankees |
| Sehgal | Anita | Academy Sports + Outdoors |
| Spicer | Bill | Dr Pepper/Snapple |
| Torres | Frank | San Antonio Spurs |
| Vogelaar | Mike | Daktronics Sports Marketing |
| Walker | Tami | Phillips 66 |
| Weingartner | Heidi | Dallas Cowboys |
| Weinstein | Jamie | Orlando Magic |
| Wright | Tommy | Legends |
| Zuer | Rob | Houston Rockets |
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