The Master's Program is fortunate to have a diverse group of alumni who are leaders in the sport and fitness industries to draw on as resources to enrich the program.
Alex Montoya, Manager of Latino Relations, San Diego Padres
"The USF Sport Management program came at a very interesting time in my life. I had just landed my first full-time job working in the sport industry, with the San Diego Padres, but felt I needed a more holistic understanding of the industry. USF provided that more than I could have anticipated. The program equips students with knowledge of not only how to become a sports professional, but a sports leader. The curriculum provided a depth of understanding into a multitude of leagues, professions, and the cultures of sports and business and how they intersect. Most rewarding were the relationships developed with faculty, staff, and my cohort mates. Years later they are all industry leaders, and they are peers, and they are friends. I am grateful to be an alumnus."DeShá Runnels, Director of Corporate Relations, USC Sports Properties, Fox Sports Media Group
"When my dad passed away the fall of 2001, I knew I needed to start living life to the fullest, and that started with my career. I had played sports my entire life and like so many others, dreamed of a career working in the sports industry. It was time to stop dreaming and start doing and the University of San Francisco Sports Management Program was the first step. From the first course, Leadership Critical Thinking, I was hooked! Each person associated with the program has an innate ability to connect with the students. In addition, every aspect of the program teaches you to think about things in a different way than you normally would, while challenging you to be better human beings. I was impressed how each professor brought first hand industry knowledge and presented it in their own unique way. That resonated with me and inspired me to become an Adjunct Professor in the program myself. If you want to have a career in the sports industry, there is no better place to start than the USF Sport Management Program; it changed my life and it can change yours too."
The Alumni
Connection
- Bobby Baksa, Player Community Relations Assistant, San Francisco Giants
- Ryan Brown, Manager/Premium Seating, Golden State Warriors
- Shana Daum, Director of Public Affairs and Community Relations, San Francisco Giants
- Peggy Della Rochetta, Financial Analyst, San Francisco Giants
- Eric Flemming, Minor League Operations Assistant, San Francisco Giants
- Paul Giuliacci, Associate Director, San Francisco Giants
- Brian Hampton, Director of Football Administrations, San Francisco 49ers
- Jennifer Hansen, Corporate/Community Relations, New York Yankees
- Cavan Happel, Ticket Service Representative, Oakland Athletics
- Alesia Harris, Assistant/Team Marketing, Golden State Warriors
- Nakia Hill, Scouting Supervisor, Boston Red Sox
- Clara Ho, Coordinator of Personnel Administration, San Francisco Giants
- Albert Jaimes, Hispanic Sales Marketing Coordinator, San Francisco Giants
- Caleb Jay, Assistant General Counsel, Oakland Athletics
- Courtney Jeffries, Season Ticket Service Representative, Oakland Raiders
- Tom Jones, Assistant to the Head Coach, Football Operations, Oakland Raiders
- Eric Kwait, Director, New Partnership Ventures, Golden State Warriors
- Chris Lee, Director of Partnership Development, Golden State Warriors
- Casey Leppanen, Director of Marketing and Broadcasting, LA Galaxy
- Colleen MacKinnon, Marketing Coordinator, Anaheim Ducks
- Jaron Madison, Director, Scouting, San Diego Padres
- Michael Martin, Sponsorship Services Coordinator, San Francisco Giants
- Hosei Maruyama, Stadium Operations Systems Administrator, St. Louis Cardinals
- Mark Matsunaga, Account Executive, Group Sales, San Diego Padres
- Alex Montoya, Manager of Latino Relations, San Diego Padres
- Joe Mulford, Director, Partnership Development, San Diego Padres
- Adam Nieting, Assistant, Baseball Operations, San Francisco Giants
- Rick Pellum, Client Services Manager, Oakland Raiders
- Marc Philobos, Manager, PSL Operations, New York Jets
- Scott Simmons, Manager of Premium Sales, Sacramento Kings
- Whitney Tool, Guest Services Coordinator, Oakland Athletics
- Auggie Torres, Director of Stadium Operations, San Jose Earthquakes
- Dane Vandernat, Pro Personnel Director, Oakland Raiders
- Bobby Walker, Manager of Season Ticket Services, Sacramento Kings
- Steve West, Football Operations, Oakland Raiders
- Scott Zumsteg, Finance, Oakland Athletics
- Scott Streeter, Promotion to Business Development, Sales Associate, San Francisco Giants
- Jose Bonilla, Baseball Operations Assistant, San Francisco Giants
- Spencer Williams, Corporate Partnerships Seasonal Assistant, Atlanta Falcons
- Paul Ratner, Sr. Manager of Premium Seating, Golden State Warriors
- Matt Chan, Account Executive, San Jose Earthquakes
- Douglas Carnahan, Director of Corporate Partnership Development, Palace Sports and Entertainment, Detroit Pistons
- Mike Ford, Corporate Sponsorship Department, San Francisco 49ers
- Farnoush Ansari, Client Services Manager, Marketing Partnerships, Oakland Raiders
- Julian Russell, Head Baseball Coach, Ohlone College
- Katie Lee, Assistant Director of Marketing Fan Experience, University of California, Berekely Athletics
- Scott Abbott, Track and Field/Cross Country Coach, CSU Sacramento
- Matt Andrus, Controller, Pac 12 Conference
- Matthew Atwell, Coordinator, Fitness Services Education, Washington State University
- Lenli Corbett, Director of Compliance / SWA, USF
- Jorge de la Torre, Director of Sports Information and Promotions, Point Loma Nazarene University
- Joris Drayer, Assistant Professor, Temple University
- Robin Embry, Assistant Athletic Director, UC Merced Recreation and Athletics
- Maggie Fenton, Manager of Facilities Operations Events, Stanford University
- Christine Flynn, Associate Director for Recreation, University of Pennsylvania
- Bill Fusco, Director of Athletics, Sonoma State University
- Flynn Ginty, Director of Annual and Special Gifts, University of San Francisco
- Kathryn Glunt, Director of Marketing Game Operations, Wichita State
- Glendon Hardin, Ticket Sales Account Executive, University of Washington
- Rocky Harris, Sr. Associate Athletic Director, Arizona State University
- Sean Jordan, Assistant Director of Marketing, USC
- Steven Kenyon, Director of Marketing Corporate Accounts, USF Athletics
- Earl Koberlein, Senior Associate Athletic Director, Stanford University
- Tim Koncel, Facilities Operations Coordinator, Northwestern University
- Kathryn Proffitt, Event Management, Oregon State University
- Shondell Reed, Interim Athletic Director, Colgate University
- Scott Robson, Assistant Director Ticket Sales Marketing, U.S. Military Academy (West Point)
- Joseph Schaumburg, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, Western Oregon University
- Mariella Trombetta, Assistant Director, On Campus Recruiting Events, UCLA
- Chris Watts, Recreational Sports Management/Sports Information Assistant, Chapman University
- Dave Weber, Athletic Director, Evergreen State College
- Julie Martin, Director of Operatons for Women's Basketball, University of San Francisco
- Kelsey Lee, Assistant Director at Loyola Marymount University-Burns Recreation Center
- Matt Woodward, Sponsorship Coordinator/Account Executive, Learfield Sports at Stanford University
- Robert (Robbie) Handy, Head Coach for Mens Soccer, William Jessup University in Rocklin, CA
- Joe Schaumburg, Assistant Coach Men's Basketball, Western Oregon University
- Timothy Rice, Spartan Foundation Coordinator, Athletics, San Jose State University
- Mario Trutanic, Jr., Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, California State University Northridge
- Eric Bankston, Assistant Director, Athletics Communications, UC Davis
- Kelly Coffey, Assistant Soccer Coach, San Francisco State University
- Sam Cohn, Communications Assistant, University of San Francisco Athletics
- Adrian Spinelli, Account Revenue Strategy Manager, GAGA Sports Entertainment
- Adam Sopris, Public Relations Coordinator, Gramercy Communications
- Lindsey Mirkovich, Partnerships Coordinator, StubHub
- Conner Ferguson, Senior Account Executive, Octagon
- Dave Almy, Principal, ADC Consulting
- Chris Camacho, Director, GoFit
- Kevin Carrera, Vice President of Events, Spectrum Sports Management
- Kevin Caton, Associate, Folger Levin Kahn LLP
- Jennifer Copeland, VP Marketing Program Director, Wells Fargo
- Crystal De Jesus, Account Executive, Steiner Sports
- Chrissy Deslisle, Global Event Management, Visa
- Hemant Dua, CEO, Inspiranti Sports
- Gabby Duno, Partnership Manager, StubHub
- JP Holland, Partner, Cardinal Corporate Finance Group
- Allison Hunt, Account Manager, GMR Marketing
- Gregory Ivry, Manager, Business Development, StubHub
- Pam Javandel, Senior Account Manager, Visa/SportsMark
- Kendra Jordan, Owner/Instructor, Karve Studio, Scottsdale
- Aki Kadotani, Business Development Manager, BRC Group
- Joe Kemper, General Manager, Part Owner, Emerson Sport Training and Fitness
- Matt Kern, Associate Director, Attention (Social Media)
- Andrew Kihn, Marketing Manager, SportsMark Management Group
- Chris Kwok, Director of Operations, Zeeto Group LLC
- CJ LaBoy, Senior Associate, Octagon Football
- Meghan Leon, Marketing Manager, Spectrum Sports Management
- Allison Lucia, Sports Partnerships Coordinator, StubHub
- Richard Martinez, Founder and Director, Pacific West Athletics
- Jennifer McMullen, Project Manager/Graphic Designer, SportsMark Management Group
- Ryan Moore, B2B Communications Manager, Yahoo!
- Sean Otrakul, Marketing Coordinator, Sales and Marketing, AEG
- Jonathan Pauley, Owner, Make-U-Fit
- Tarrah Pollaro, Partnership Sales, Bank of West
- Jeremy Rechtshaid, National Business Development, Thinkbigsites.com
- Kim Sawyer, Client Coordinator, Octagon Marketing
- Jonathan Schulman, Marketing Coordinator, BDA Sports Management
- Tana Smothermon, Director of Ops/Player Market, Fritz Martin Management
- Jessica Swain, Managing Supervisor, Fleishman-Hillard
- Nicholas Tsu, Taiwan Baseball, Octagon
- Nicholas Vay, Education Coordinator, Fitness Anywhere
- Jesse Zitrin, Market Metrix, Sale Manager
- Conor Ferguson, Sr. Account Executive, Octagon
- Jen Liu, Recruiting Program Lead, Facebook
- Donna Lupton, Sr. Account Manager, IMG
- Ryan Jagoe, Regional Operations Coordinator at StubHub
- Peter Aiello, Specialist, Business Development, Major League Baseball
- Peter Amador, Sales Planner, MLS Digital Properties, Major League Soccer Digital Properties
- Jimmy Becker, Assistant Director, Rules Competitions, Southern California Golf Association
- Catherine Danielowich, Manager Events, National Football League
- Ruth Feldblum, Director of Championships, NAIA
- Jason Green, Manager of International Development and Member Services, LPGA
- Christine Halsey, Senior Women's Administrator, California Collegiate Athletic Association
- Kim Hay, Assistant Commissioner, West Coast Conference
- Mario Hirose, Senior Manager Corporate Marketing, NHRA
- Everett Jacobs, Head of Sales, America's Cup Event Authority
- Kenny Lee, Advertising and Promotions Manager, National Hot Rod Association
- Patrick Luck, Guest Service Coordinator, HP Pavillion
- Alison Sandman, Treasurer, Sacramento Sports Commission
- Jonathan Sandoval, Premium Seating Ticketing Coordinator, AEG
- Pyun Sean, Director, Tournament Business Affairs, LPGA
- Brian Pierce, Team Coordinator for Team Australia, Major League Baseball / 2013 World Baseball Classic
- Maritza Loyola, Director of Private Events at Seascape Golf Club in Aptos, CA.
- Barbara Blocker, National Team Coordinator for the U.S. Soccer Federation
- Ron Nocetti, Associate Executive Director, California Interscholastic Federation
- Elizabeth Berecz, CFO, Power Balance
- Wayne Chuang, CEO/President, Two Dots Production
- Shelby Cox, Director, 2K Games
- Cary Dy Buncio, Director of Business Development, PacSports Philippines
- Rob Dye, Specialist - Manager, Nike
- Jessica Edwards, Regional Community Guru, Lululemon Athletica
- Erin Flynn, East Region Sales Director, Saucony
- Amber Hadiosenarto, Marketing Director, Kinseys Performance Sunscreen
- Adam Kinowski, Product Testing Coordinator, Taylor Made Golf
- Kim Klinedinst, Director of Education, TRX
- Rodney Knox, Communications Director, Nike
- Matt Nuthals, Retail Marketing Coordinator, Taylor Made
- Shawn Oatey, VP of Sales, Video Applications
- Kazuaki Shinkawa, Sales Analyst, Nike Japan
- Sandra Tabata, Marketing Manager, Perfect Pushup LLC
- Patrick Weather, Specialist, Customer Service/Management Groups, Taylor-Made Golf
- Mark Pasadilla, Social Media Specialist, Nike
- Gabriel Garcia, Brand Manager, UDA, Upper Deck Company
- Micahel Disataso, Sport Brand Manager, McFarlane Toys
- Tara August, Director, Production Media Group, Turner Sports
- Frank Cotata, International Researcher European Soccer, NFL NBA, ESPN
- Sara Gotfredson, Senior Director, Multimedia Sales, ESPN
- Jesse Hooper, Sales Development Manager, Global Media Sales, Electronic Arts
- Ilisa Kessler, Business Operations Manager, KGO-TV
- Kristen Lange, Production Manager, NFL Network
- Dorth Raphaely, Director of Programming, Bleacher Report
- Kelly Readinger, Account Coordinator, CBS Sports Interactive
- Dustin Rocke, Programming Director, Pac-12 Enterprise
- DeShå Runnels, Senior Account Executive/USC Sports Properties, Fox Sports Media Group
- Jennifer Semien, Manager of Finance, NFL Network
- Chris Stolte, News Desk Associate, NFL Network
- Mark Petix, Programming Coordinator, Pac-12 Enterprises
- Jae Wilson, Copywriter for Applications Commerce Marketing, AOL
- Jonathan Stevens, Sr. Product Manager (Fantasy Sports), CBS Sports
- Derek De Santiago, Co-Founder CEO, iSupportSports
- Rich Campbell, Assistant Professor, Sonoma State University
- Trinchy Floro, Teacher, Brent International School (Manila, Philippines)
- Amy Gardner, Corporate Community Relations Manager, Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
- Heather Jones, Vice President, Corporate and Retail Initiatives, Special Olympics Northern California
- Christina Low, Head of Broadcasting Services, International Olympic Committee
- Peter Marsden, Recreational Manager, Youth Villages
- Ron Nocetti, Senior Director, California Interscholastic Federation
- Kelli Sargent, Senior Event Coordinator, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Founder, Run for Her
- Russell Sypowicz, Sponsorship and Economic Development, City of Santa Clarita - Rec Services
- Nancy Waite, Project Coordinator, Sport for Development, Sierra Leone
- Stacy Wong, Executive Director, Good Tidings Foundation
- Eric Smith, Public Relations, Sony PlayStation
- Ethel Brual, Lead for search marketing strategy MLB.com and all team sites, MLB Advanced Media (MLB.com)
- Mylene (Martin) Mukhar, Production Assistant with the Pac-12 Network
- Jameson Shaw, Associate Manager, Business Operations with the ESPN X-Games
- Joni Maybury, Partnership Marketing, Sony PlayStation
- Erica Bakeman Ralston, Director of Heart Walk, America Heart Association
- Sheena Lister, Athletic Program Manager, San Francisco Jewish Community Center
- Dae Seok Chang, Director, Sponsorship Sales and Marketing Department, The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
- Brent Koonce, Vice President, US Sports Camps
- Jason Morris, Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach, Lutheran High School in Elk Grove, CA
- Ian Noh, Assistant Athletic Director, FAIS Athletic Coordinator/Transportation Coordinator, French American International School/International High School
