Faculty
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Abbott is the Head Cross Country/Assistant Track and Field
Coach at Sacramento State. In 5 years at Sacramento State, Abbott
has transformed the Hornet distance running program to help elevate
Sacramento State into one of the premier NCAA Division I track and
field programs in the country, as they have won 12 conference team
championships in the past 5 years. Abbott has coached 15
All-Americans and 35 conference champions in his collegiate
coaching career. Abbott was named Big Sky Conference Coach of the
Year in 2008 and has three times been nominated as USTFCCCA
Regional Coach of the Year.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Assistant Professor
Dr. Agha is an Assistant Professor in the Sport Management
Program at the University of San Francisco.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Alamar is the founding editor of the Journal of
Quantitative Analysis in Sport and a professor of sports management
at Menlo College.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Amly is the co-founder of ADC Partners. Dave teaches the
Sports and Sponsorship marketing elective.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Azzolina is Executive Director of Events and Promotions
for the Golden State Warriors.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Bair teaches in the area of legal issues in sport
management. Mr. Bair is Senior Vice President and General Counsel
for the San Francisco Giants.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Barrett founded Barrett Sports Group, LLC, a boutique
consulting firm specializing in sports business issues. Mr. Barrett
teaches the Business of Sport elective in Southern
California.
Tel:415.422.2675
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Beadling is the co-founder and Managing Partner of
Mavericks Surf Ventures, LLC. Mr. Beadling teaches the
Entrepreneurial Brand Building in Sports course in San
Francisco.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Ms. Liz Berecz currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of
Power Balance Technologies Inc.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Berman is currently Vice President of Business Development
for TicketMaster.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Ms. Campbell is the Associate Director at the Koret Health and
Recreation Center at the University of San Francisco.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Dr. Campbell is an Associate Professor in the School of
Business and Economics at Sonoma State University. He has taught
Sports Business Research Methods and Understanding Fan Behavior
(elective course) within the program.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Cavalli is the Executive Director of the Kraft Fight
Hunger Bowl and President of the San Francisco Bowl Game
Association.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Associate Professor
Dr. Cellini teaches the Leadership and Critical Thinking
course at both campuses. He also serves as the Internship professor
for The Master's Program. He is currently a lead
play-by-play announcer for Sports USA Radio.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Assistant Professor
Dr. Choi is an Assistant Professor at USF and teaches Sport
Marketing, Business Development and Sales in Sport, and Global
Sport Management Immersion classes at both campuses.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Clamme is currently the Director of Sponsorship Sales for
the Northern California Division of Live Nation / Ticketmaster.
John is a seasoned corporate sponsorship and marketing expert with
nearly fifteen years of experience in the sports and entertainment
industries. John has a great familiarity with the Northern
California market with an extensive rolodex of C-Level
professionals within the corporate sponsorship, marketing and
advertising agency industries.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Colback is the President of Epic States.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Program Assistant
Ms. Cooper is the Program Assistant for the Southern
California Program.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Dallin brings 20 years experience in the sports business
and corporate consulting fields. Mr. Dallin teaches the Sports and
Sponsorship Marketing elective course in Northern California.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Ms. Daum is the Director of Public Affairs and Community
Relations for the San Francisco Giants.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Davis is the Vice President of Loma Media, Sports
Division.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Dillon currently serves as the Vice President of Ticket
Sales, Service and Operations for the San Diego Padres.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Dittmann is the Director of Venue Operations for ESPN
Productions, Inc.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Drew teaches the Strategic Communication and Public
Relations course in Northern California. Mr. Drew is a
Communications Consultant, specializing in media relations, crisis
communications and issues management.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Mr. Dukakis is the General Manager with Cal ISP Sports
Network.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Faas
teaches Accounting & Budgeting in Sports. Mr. Faas is in his
ninth year with Sharks Sports & Entertainment (SSE) as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Director of Administration
Dr. Fasci is the Director of Administration for the Sport
Management Master's Program at the University of San
Francisco's Northern and Southern California
Programs.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Dr. Ferriera is the head of the marketing research and
analytics at the Hypothesis Group, a Los Angeles-based research and
marketing consultancy.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Ferrer is CEO/President of Linea Consulting which has
provided interpreters for many MLB teams and Sport Angencies.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Ms. Fulp is currently the Senior Vice President-Conference
Relationship Manager for ISP Sports.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Fung graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a B.S. in Business
Administration from the Haas School of Business. He teaches
Accounting and Budgeting in Sport.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Fusco has taught the Master's Project and offers
the Administrative Leadership in Intercollegiate Athletics elective
course. He is the Director of Athletics at Sonoma State
University.
Tel:415.422.2678
mgilleran@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Gilleran is the Executive Director of the Santa Clara
University Institute for Sports Law and Ethics. He teaches the
Sports Law class at the San Francisco campus.
Tel:415.422.4365
gjgmelch@usfca.edu
Professor
Dr. Gmelch
is Professor of Anthropology at the University of San Francisco. He
is a cultural anthropologist who studies tourism, sport, migration,
and environmental anthropology with most of his fieldwork
concentrated in Ireland, the Caribbean, and Alaska. He is the
author of eleven books and has also written widely for general
audiences.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Grey, as a veteran of digital media, joined Polaris
Venture Partners as Executive-In-Residence (EIR) in October
2008.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Halvaks is the Deputy Commissioner and Chief Financial
Officer of the Big West Conference.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Ms. Hill serves as the Vice President of Finance for the
Sacramento Kings.
Tel:415.422.6875
howell@usfca.edu
Professor
Dr. Howell has a joint appointment in the Sport
Management Graduate Program and Kinesiology Department. He is
currently a member of the President's Commission on Health
Professions Education. The Commission is charged with expanding the
scope and depth of USF's graduate level health professions
education. Jeremy is also the
University's NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative and sits
on the Executive Council of the West Coast Conference. From
2010-2011, he was part of a three member Interim Athletic Director
transition team that oversaw the daily operations of the Athletic
Department.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Humenik is Vice President and General Counsel of Athletes
First, a sports agency located in Irvine, California.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Ms. Kessler was the News Business Operations Manager for ABC7
KGO-TV.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Klein has over 15 years experience working for a variety
of sports properties in marketing and sales. In 2010 he launched 88
Marketing where he works with sports properties to help with their
sponsorship sales efforts.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Leunig is the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager for
The North Face.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Lippard is Vice President at GMR Marketing and is
responsible for the Visa U.S.A. Event and Sponsorship Marketing
account.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Mr. Lorenzen is the principal and founder of the CASA Group,
which is a consultancy dedicated to providing strategy consulting
to intercollegiate athletic administrators.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Lowe is the Vice President of Marketing for the LA
Kings.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Marks is currently COO of Premier Partnerships, LLC (a
mid-sized sports marketing agency), having just moved into that
position from The Sports Business Group.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Ms. Martin
is a corporate communications executive with an established
reputation of creating and executing high-touch, award-winning
communications strategies for global audiences. Stephanie has
extensive experience in corporate public relations, internal
communications, crisis communications, social media and corporate
social responsibility.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Mater is currently the Director of Operations for the
Honda Center.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Ms. McHale is currently the Senior Manager, Corporate
Sponsorship for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Menard has an extensive background in event and facility
management and has directed operations and managed facilities for
nearly every major sporting event, including Super Bowl XLV in
Dallas, Super Bowl XXVI and NCAA Final Four in New Orleans, Olympic
tennis, archery and cycling in Atlanta and World Cup Soccer in
Dallas.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Dr. Nagel is currently an Associate Professor in Sport and
Entertainment Management at the University of South Carolina.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Padberg is the Paralympic Games Sports Manager for the
International Paralympic Committee, Germany.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Mr. Pappas is currently Vice President of Corporate Alliances
for Dick Clark productions.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Pauley has over 20 years of experience in the fitness and
health club industry and started Make-U-Fit Productions LLC and
Renegade Racing in 2005.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Professor
Dr. Rascher is Professor and Director of Academic Programs for
the Sport Management Program at the Northern & Southern
California Programs. He has taught sports economics and finance,
business research methods, and master's project. Dr.
Rascher is President of SportsEconomics.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Mr.
Ratner is the Senior Manager of Premium Seating at the Golden State
Warriors. In his current role his main job responsibility is
selling multi-year leases in luxury suites for all events hosted at
the Oracle Arena.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Reeves is the International Commercial Director for the
National Football League (NFL).
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Associate Director
Mr. Andrew "Drew" Roberts serves as the Associate Director for
the Southern California Sport Management Master's
Program.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Rogers is the Manager of Operations for USTA NorCal.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Runnels is the Senior Account Executive for USC Sports
Properties with Fox Sports Media Group.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Ms. Shaff is currently the Senior Manager of Partnership
Marketing at 24 Hour Fitness.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Shapiro is a veteran of over 25 years in the sports and
entertainment industries.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Srabian is now entering his 16th year in professional
sports.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Program Assistant
Mr. von Forstmeyer is the Program Assistant for the Northern
California Program.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Walden teaches the Sport Law course at the Los Angles area
location. He is also a partner in the law firm of Burris,
Schoenberg & Walden in Los Angeles, CA.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Wallgren, who played golf professionally and has been
coaching various sports at the High School and college level for
20+ years, has just become a certified sports counselor (American
Institute for Learning and Cognitive Development,
criticalthinkingforsuccess.com) in cognitive learning and
development as well as nuero-feedback and concussions. In other
words he assists people with critical thinking "on and off the
field".
Tel:7143.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Ms. Ward has a unique ability to motivate and influence others
to take action and adapt to change. As a Career Consultant she
coaches people across all functions and industries to execute
successful career transitions and build lifelong career management
strategies.
Tel:714.633.5626
lasportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Webster serves as President and CEO of CMPR (Crimson
Marketing & Public Relations), an LLC specializing in the world
of entertainment and sports.
Tel:415.422.2678
sportmgt@usfca.edu
Adjunct Professor
Mr. Williams is the Vice President of Marketing for the San
Francisco 49ers. With over 18 years of team sports and advertising
agency experience, Michael Williams is recognized as one of the
industry's top marketing executives.
