April 21, 2018
Dallas, TX
Southern Methodist University
@SportsCareerCon
#SportsCareerCon
Schedule
9:00am to 9:10am — Welcome — Chris Cabott, COO, Steinberg Sports
9:10am to 9:30am — Keynote Address — Leigh Steinberg, CEO, Steinberg Sports
9:30am to 10:30am — Sports Media Panel
Dale Hansen, Sportscaster, WFAA ABC TV Dallas
Bryan Broaddus, Staff Writer, Dallas Cowboys
Brian Estridge, Play-By-Play Commentator, TCU Radio Sports Network
10:30am to 10:45am — Break
10:45am to 11:45am — Careers with Teams Panel
*Room 1 (Front Office/Operations)
Jim Nill, General Manager, Dallas Stars
Sean Decker, Senior Vice President of Operations, Texas Rangers
Jeff Davis, Director & General Manager, College Park Center at UT Arlington
Todd Slavinsky, Director of Baseball Analytics, Texas Rangers
Jason Cohen, General Counsel, Dallas Cowboys
*Room 2 (Philanthropy and Foundations)
Katie Edwards, Foundation Director, Dallas Mavericks
Karin Morris, Vice President of Community Outreach & Executive Director of Rangers Foundation, Texas Rangers
Melissa Reddick, Executive Director of the FC Dallas Foundation, FC Dallas
11:45am to 12:00pm — Break
12:00pm to 1:00pm — Sports Marketing Panel
Becky Kimbro, Vice President of Marketing, Texas Rangers
Matt Bowman, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Dallas Stars
Robert Rardin, Senior Director of Marketing and Event Production, FC Dallas
Jason Howarth, Vice President of Marketing, Panini Trading Cards
1:00pm to 1:30pm — Lunch
1:30pm to 2:30pm — Mentoring Hour (All attendees will have the chance to do 5 one-on-one networking meetings with panelists).
*Attendees should designate the five panelists they would like to meet with when signing up for the conference.
2:30pm to 2:45pm — Break
2:45pm to 3:45pm — Athletes Discussing Sports Careers Panel
Ronald Jones II, 2018 NFL Draft Prospect, Running Back, University of Southern California
Nic Shimonek, 2018 NFL Draft Prospect, Quarterback, Texas Tech University
Jeffery Wilson Jr., 2018 NFL Draft Prospect, Running Back, University of North Texas
3:45pm to 4:00pm — Break
4:00pm to 5:00pm — Sports Entrepreneurship Panel
Alex Alt, President & CEO, Bluestar Sports
Bryan Monroe, Performance Specialist, Michael Johnson Performance
Bobby Stroupe, Founder & Director, Accelerate Performance Enhancement Center (APEC)
Early bird registration discounts end March 15, 2018 – $195 (students), $295 (professionals).
The registration fee increases to $295 (students), $395 (professionals) thereafter.
Please email SportsCareerConference@
For registration and payment, please click on this link: Sports Career Conference
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