Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, FASA

20^th U.S. Surgeon General
Executive Director of Health Equity Initiatives
Purdue University

Dr. Jerome Adams was appointed as a presidential fellow and the executive director of Purdue’s health equity initiatives on October 1, 2021. He is also a distinguished professor of practice in the departments of pharmacy practice and public health.

Adams, who came to Purdue after serving as the surgeon general and on the White House Coronavirus task force, has been at the forefront of America’s most pressing health challenges. He is an expert not just in the science, but also in communicating the science to the public and making it relevant to various audiences. He served as Indiana’s health commissioner, helping to convince the governor and state legislature to legalize syringe service programs in the state, and to prioritize $13 million in funding to combat infant mortality. As surgeon general, Dr. Adams oversaw responses to three hurricanes and a once in a century pandemic.

Steve Ballmer

Chairman
LA Clippers

Steve Ballmer is co-founder of Ballmer Group and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Ballmer retired as chief executive officer of Microsoft in 2014 after leading the company for nearly 14 years. He remains a significant investor.

Through philanthropy and civic activism, Ballmer Group strengthens promising and proven approaches that increase economic mobility for children and families in the U.S. Ballmer also leads USAFacts, a project seeking to improve transparency in government, including disclosing taxes and borrowings raised, money allocated and spent, and outcomes achieved, much as corporations do through their 10-K reports.

Ballmer became Microsoft’s CEO in 2000, having served for 20 years in roles as president, senior vice president of sales and support, senior vice president of systems software, and vice president of marketing. He was the company’s first business manager. During his tenure Microsoft grew to almost $80 billion in revenue and was the third most profitable company in the U.S.

Larry Bird

NBA Legend

Larry Bird—aka “Larry Legend” and “The Living Legend”—is the only person in NBA history to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, the NBA Coach of the Year Award, and the NBA Executive of the Year Award. He played 13 seasons in the NBA, all with Boston, and led the Celtics to three NBA titles. Bird earned numerous honors, including three NBA MVP Awards, 12 NBA All-Star Game selections, 10 All-NBA selections and a gold medal as co-captain of the “Dream Team” at the 1992 Olympics.

After retiring as a player, Bird coached the Pacers for three seasons, garnering the 1999-00 NBA Coach of the Year Award after guiding Indiana to its first NBA Finals appearance. He spent 14 seasons as the Pacers’ president, winning the 2011-12 NBA Executive of the Year Award, and he still serves as a consultant for the team. Bird has been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame twice: in 1998 in recognition of his extraordinary career, and again in 2010 as a member of the Dream Team.

Mark Cuban

Co-Founder, Cost Plus Drugs
Entrepreneur

Mark Cuban has been a natural businessman since age 12, when he sold garbage bags door to door. He went on to found MicroSolutions right out of college, selling it to H&R Block. In 1995, he and Todd Wagner started the first commercial streaming company, AudioNet, which became Broadcast.com. They later sold the company in 2000 for $5.7 billion.

Cuban was the majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks from 2000 to 2023, during which time the franchise had the second-best record in the NBA. The Mavs competed in their first NBA Finals in 2006, and won their first League title in 2011. Cuban sold majority ownership in 2023, but still retains a significant stake.

Among his other accomplishments, Cuban first appeared as a “Shark” on the ABC hit show Shark Tank in 2011; he started HDNet, the first all High Definition TV network; and his production company produced a number of critically acclaimed films, including Good Night and Good Luck and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Deb Cupp

President, Microsoft Americas

As president of Microsoft Americas, Deb Cupp leads a $70 billion business responsible for the sales strategy, execution, and revenue growth for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. This includes enterprise, public sector, small and medium businesses, services, and partner communities.

Cupp leads a team pursuing Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. She leads with a culture-first mentality, driving a diverse, inclusive, and flexible workplace that connects her team to the company’s purpose and values.

Cupp serves on the board of directors for Ralph Lauren, where she brings extensive tech and digital experience to one of the world’s foremost fashion brands. She also serves on the board for Avanade, the leading provider of digital and cloud services on the Microsoft ecosystem.

Pau Gasol

NBA Legend
President, Gasol16 Ventures & Gasol Foundation
Partner, Consello Strive

Pau Gasol is an advisor, investor and activist in projects related to sports, health and well-being. He played professional basketball for 20 years, winning two NBA titles with the Lakers, three Olympic medals, and three European Championships. In 2023, the Lakers retired his jersey, and he was welcomed into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as well as the Spanish Basketball Federation Hall of Fame.

Pau Gasol and his brother Marc founded the Gasol Foundation in 2013. The Foundation’s mission is to reduce childhood obesity by promoting healthy habits. He is a member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission and a UNICEF Global Champion for Nutrition and Zero Childhood Obesity, and in 2023, he launched Gasol16 Ventures to invest in startups in the sports, health and wellness sector.

His many honors include the Prince of Asturias Sports Prize (2006 and 2015), the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in Spain (2021), and the NBA J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2012).

Naomi Gleit

Head of Product
Meta

Naomi Gleit is the head of product at Meta. She leads the team building products and tools that work across its technologies, overseeing the growth of Facebook’s core app, the product management organization, the team building products that empower people to do good, and the team working to keep people safe on and off Meta technologies.

As one of Meta’s very first employees, Gleit has worked on nearly every major initiative at the company, including privacy, elections, and charitable giving tools. She was a founding member of the growth team that helped Meta’s family of apps grow from 1 million people when she joined to more than 3 billion today.

Gleit graduated from Stanford with a degree in science, technology and society and wrote her senior thesis on Facebook. Originally from Brooklyn, she currently lives in New York City.

Eric Horvitz, PhD, MD

Chief Scientific Officer, Microsoft

Dr. Eric Horvitz is Microsoft’s chief scientific officer. He leads strategic initiatives at the intersection of the sciences, technology, and society, including frontier efforts in AI and the biosciences. Horvitz is known for his research on AI theory and practice. He has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI). He serves on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and has been an advisor to multiple national agencies including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the National Academy of Sciences. He has served as president of AAAI and as a commissioner on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI).

Andre Iguodala

Acting Executive Director
National Basketball Players Association

Andre Iguodala is the acting executive director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). In this role, Iguodala works on behalf of NBA players to ensure their rights are protected and they are fairly compensated for the tremendous value they bring to the sport, both on the court and as global ambassadors.

Iguodala is a four-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors, former All-Star, NBA Finals MVP, and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Since 2010, he has been at the forefront of venture capital and technology, with a portfolio that spans more than 50 companies. Known for his keen business savvy, Iguodala recently co-founded MOSAIC, a $200 million early-stage venture capital firm focused on enterprise, fintech, healthcare, and sports companies. In 2022, he partnered with former teammate Evan Turner to launch New Amendment, a content production company. Together with Vox Media they produce and co-host “Point Forward,” which consistently ranks in the top five sports podcasts.

Sabrina Ionescu

WNBA Player, New York Liberty
Philanthropist; Founder, SI20 Foundation

New York Liberty guard and two-time WNBA All-Star Sabrina Ionescu has become one of the most notable names in sports since being selected as the first overall pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft.

Before joining the Liberty, Ionescu played at Oregon, where she was unanimously voted The Associated Press 2020 women’s basketball Player of the Year. She is the only player, male or female, in NCAA history with 2,000 career points (2,562), 1,000 career rebounds (1,040) and 1,000 career assists (1,091).

In 2023, Ionescu set the internet on fire with her performance in the WNBA 3Point Contest, when she scored 37 out of a possible 40 points, the most ever in an NBA or WNBA 3Point competition. She also became a Nike signature athlete, the first woman to globally lead a unisex shoe and apparel collection for the brand.

Through the SI20 Foundation, Ionescu aims to inspire kids to stay active through sport while building relationships with their teammates to foster deeper community connections.

Ted Leonsis

Founder, Chairman, Principal Partner &
Chief Executive Officer
Monumental Sports & Entertainment

Ted Leonsis is founder, chairman, principal partner and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns and operates the NHL’s 2018 Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals, the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the 2019 WNBA champion Washington Mystics, the NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go and the 2019 and 2020 NBA2K League champion Wizards District Gaming. Leonsis is a co-owner of aXiomatic, which has controlling interest in global esports franchise Team Liquid. Monumental also owns the 20,000-seat Capital One Arena, which hosts the first in-arena sportsbook in the U.S.

Monumental acquired full ownership of the linear channel with exclusive local television rights to Capitals’ and Wizards’ games, rebranded as Monumental Sports Network. It is a first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile and over-the-top platforms and direct-to-consumer subscriptions. In addition, Leonsis is co-founder and a partner at Revolution Growth, a $1 billion set of investment funds.

Brad Lightcap

Chief Operating Officer
OpenAI

Brad Lightcap serves as OpenAI’s chief operating officer, overseeing its business, operations, and strategic partnerships across research, Applied AI, and go-to-market. He also manages the OpenAI Startup Fund. Previously, Lightcap was part of Y Combinator Continuity and led finance and operations initiatives at Dropbox. He holds degrees in economics and history from Duke.

Christina Mack, PhD, MSPH, FISPE

Chief Scientific Officer
IQVIA

Christina Mack is chief scientific officer at IQVIA, an S&P 500 company with operations in more than 100 countries. She is responsible for driving scientific and technical innovation that has a direct impact on improving patient health. She and her team of epidemiologists and data scientists have partnered with the NBA, NFL and other professional sport organizations for more than a decade to prevent injuries and improve athlete health.

Mack’s research has been published in top journals including JAMA, NEJM and NEJM AI, AJSM, CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, and Annals of Internal Medicine. An epidemiologist and engineer by training, she holds adjunct faculty positions at Notre Dame and UNC Chapel-Hill. She was recently named to the 2023 PharmaVoice 100, which recognizes innovative leaders in the pharmaceutical industry. Mack serves as a board member and advisor for organizations such as Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, the FDA Medical Device Epidemiology Network Scientific Oversight Committee, and the World Economic Forum gender equality initiatives.

Jay Marine

Vice President, Global Head of Sports & Ads
Prime Video

Jay Marine is vice president and global head of sports and ads for Prime Video at Amazon. In this role, Marine oversees all aspects of Prime Video Sports, including the entire customer experience and distribution on more than a billion devices, across living rooms, mobile, and web, as well as all Prime Video Sports production, technology, and business teams around the globe. Marine also oversees the newly launched integration of advertising into Prime Video content, including live sports, movies, and TV series.

During his 20-year career at Amazon, Marine has led teams across all aspects of general management, product, marketing, design, pricing, software development, and business development. Most recently, he spent five years in London as vice president over Prime Video’s international business. Previously, Marine spent eight years within the Amazon Kindle business, including shepherding the first Kindle device from concept to launch, before going on to serve as Jeff Bezos’ technical advisor.

CJ McCollum

NBA Player, New Orleans Pelicans
President, National Basketball Players Association

CJ McCollum, guard for the New Orleans Pelicans, is a well-known professional basketball player, journalist, philanthropist, and businessman. A committed leader and champion of others, McCollum serves as president of the National Basketball Players Association.

McCollum’s offensive prowess paired with his contagious charisma has made him into a fan favorite around the NBA. Engaging as he is intelligent, McCollum can be found putting his journalism degree to work as the host of the top-rated basketball podcast, “The CJ McCollum Show.”

McCollum creates change wherever he goes. He works with local Boys & Girls Clubs in New Orleans to develop “CJ McCollum Dream Centers,” innovative learning rooms that provide a safe space for underserved youth to learn, explore, create, and grow and has recently launched the McCollum Scholars program, a scholarship program whose overall mission is to support low-income students in New Orleans achieving their dream of a college degree.

Neal Mohan

Chief Executive Officer
YouTube

Neal Mohan is CEO of YouTube, which is used by more than two billion people across the globe to watch and share video, access information, build community, and shape culture. Before his appointment as CEO, Mohan served as the company’s chief product officer, where he was responsible for YouTube products, user experience, and trust and safety on all platforms and devices globally.

Prior to YouTube, he was senior vice president of display and video ads at Google. In this role, Mohan was responsible for the company’s ad products on YouTube, the Google Display Network, AdSense, AdMob, and DoubleClick, which are used by millions of Google’s advertising and media partners around the world. Before joining Google, he was senior vice president of strategy and product development at DoubleClick, where he played a critical role in the sale of the company to Google, and subsequently led the integration.

Stephen Pagliuca

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Founder, PagsGroup
Co-Owner, Managing Partner, Boston Celtics
Co-Owner, Co-Chair, Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio

Steve Pagliuca is the chair, CEO and founder of PagsGroup, an investment firm focused on high growth companies in tech, biotech, healthcare and the sports industry. He has played a leading role in investing in prominent tech, media, telecom and financial services businesses. PagsGroup was recently announced as a lead investor in Liquid AI, a pioneering liquid neural network technology company.

In 2016, the Pagliuca Family Foundation helped create the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab. With a focus on biotech and life sciences, the lab teams have raised $1.16 billion and incubated 59 companies. In addition, Pagliuca is the co-founder and executive chair of Arena BioWorks, a privately funded, fully independent biomedical institute.

Pagliuca is a co-owner and managing partner of the Boston Celtics, president of the Shamrock Foundation and serves on the NBA Board of Governors. He is also a co-owner and co-chair of Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, a professional football club based in Italy.

Jimmy Pitaro

Chairman, ESPN

Jimmy Pitaro was named chairman, ESPN in February 2023, responsible for full operational control of ESPN, one of the three core business segments of The Walt Disney Company. This includes the management and supervision of the organization’s full portfolio of sports content, products and experiences across all of Disney’s platforms worldwide.

A visionary leader, Pitaro has identified and consistently communicated internally and externally the following business priorities–direct-to-consumer, innovation, storytelling and programming, and audience expansion–with diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging woven through it all.

Under Pitaro, ESPN has reached landmark rights agreements with the NCAA, NFL, MLB, NHL and more.  ESPN continues to strengthen its hold on digital and social platforms, standing as number one among U.S. digital sports properties; the ESPN App is the clear number one U.S. sports app; ESPN Social remains the top sports media publisher by far; and ESPN is the most popular brand on TikTok.

Vivek Ranadivé

Owner & Chairman
Sacramento Kings

Vivek Ranadivé is the owner and chairman of the Sacramento Kings. He is an entrepreneur, technology visionary, best-selling author and philanthropist recognized for his innovative thinking.

As a technology entrepreneur, Ranadivé pioneered the use of real-time event processing software and created TIBCO, a multibillion-dollar software company. In addition to digitizing Wall Street, his software became the central nervous system for most of the world’s largest companies and government agencies. Ranadivé is also the founder and managing partner of Bow Capital, a partnership with the University of California to fund technology companies that advance society and make the world a better place.

Ranadivé is a longtime basketball fan whose affiliation with the NBA began in 2010, when he became the co-owner and vice chairman of the Golden State Warriors. In 2013, he became the first Indian majority owner of an NBA team when he purchased the Sacramento Kings, securing the team’s future in California’s capital city.

Michael Rubin

Chief Executive Officer, Fanatics
Co-Chair, REFORM Alliance

Michael Rubin, noted internet entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social justice advocate, has built several multibillion-dollar companies. Driven by a deep passion for business and lifelong love of sports, Rubin is CEO of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform that is reimagining the fan experience across many different businesses, including licensed merchandise, trading cards and sports betting. He founded GSI Commerce, which was sold to eBay in 2011 for $2.4 billion.

In addition to his entrepreneurial success, Rubin is an advocate for criminal justice reform and the co-chair of REFORM Alliance, an organization that includes some of the biggest names in sports, business and culture joining together to advance criminal justice reform and eradicate antiquated probation laws.

Rubin was the driving force behind Fanatics’ partnership with Make-A-Wish, through which all sports-related wishes will be granted and enhanced through Fanatics’ relationships with thousands of teams and athletes.

Luis Silberwasser

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
TNT Sports

Luis Silberwasser is chairman and CEO of TNT Sports, overseeing a premium U.S. sports rights portfolio highlighted by long-standing relationships with the NBA, NCAA, MLB and NHL, along with leading consumer platforms in Bleacher Report and House of Highlights. Silberwasser is also charged with overseeing key growth strategies and global priorities for the sports organization. Warner Bros. Discovery is home to a wide array of marquee sports content in the U.S. and global assets that include TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland, along with Eurosport, the largest pan-European sports brand and rightsholder of the 2024 Olympics in the region.

Silberwasser previously served as executive vice president and chief content officer of Discovery Networks International; as president of Univision Television Networks Group; and as president of Telemundo Networks. In addition to his career in media, Silberwasser was brand manager at Procter & Gamble, where he led top beauty care brands for its U.S. division.

John Stankey

Chief Executive Officer
AT&T

John Stankey has led AT&T as CEO since July 2020 after previously serving as president and chief operating officer.

With more than $122 billion in 2023 revenues, AT&T is one of the world’s largest companies in technology and telecom. AT&T is consistently one of the top annual investors of capital in the United States and currently serves more than 100 million customers, including nearly 2.5 million businesses.

Stankey’s leadership is driving AT&T’s strategy and focus on being the best connectivity provider through 5G and fiber. He joined AT&T in 1985 and has 38 years of accomplished leadership spanning nearly every area of AT&T’s business. He currently serves on AT&T’s board of directors.

Steve Stoute

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
UnitedMasters + Translation

Steve Stoute is an advertising entrepreneur and music industry pioneer. The founder and CEO of both UnitedMasters and Translation, Stoute was named “Executive of the Year” by Ad Age in 2013. With funding from Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz and 21st Century Fox, Stoute’s companies operate at the intersection of technology, culture, innovation and storytelling.

UnitedMasters is a revolutionary platform that enables artists to maximize their creative and economic potential while allowing them to maintain full ownership of their master recording rights. Translation is a leading agency bringing together award-winning creative and insights to connect brands to culture. Translation works with some of today’s leading brands, including State Farm, AT&T, and the NBA. The two companies come together to offer a unique brand to culture platform that leverages cultural insights to connect brands to audiences in a new, sophisticated way.

Casey Wasserman

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Wasserman
Chairperson, LA2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games

Casey Wasserman is the chairman and CEO of Wasserman, a global entertainment and sports company he founded in 2002, which now operates in over 25 cities, and represents some of the world’s leading sports talent, music artists, brands and properties. Wasserman was also appointed chairperson of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, after he headed the city’s successful 2014 bid campaign. The summer games in 2028 will be the first in the United States since 1996, also making Los Angeles only the third city, with London and Paris, to host the Summer Olympics three times.