The 2020 Class of Forty Under 40 – Mike Behan
Sports Business Journal begins its third decade of honoring 40 executives under the age of 40 who are excelling in their field of sports business. From teams and leagues, to agencies and brands, to player representation, media, facility design and development, these executives represent fresh and innovative approaches across all sectors of the industry.
The class includes the first Forty Under 40 honorees from a number of organizations, including two leagues, the WNBA and the NBA G League.
Two of the honorees — Nick Kelly of Anheuser-Busch InBev and ESPN’s Ryan Spoon — were previously named to the 2018 class of Forty Under 40.
All 40 executives will be featured in the March 16 issue of Sports Business Journal, where we will tell the stories of their career paths and successes. They also will be honored at our annual Forty Under 40 gala, March 26, at the Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, Calif. That event comes at the conclusion of the annual CAA World Congress of Sports, March 25-26.
Michael Behan, Legends
TJ Adeshola, Twitter
Whit Albohm, Fox Sports
Nic Barlage, Cleveland Cavaliers / Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Gabe Braselton, Populous
Austin Brown, CAA Sports
Nate Checketts, Rhone
Arjun Chowdri, PGA of America
Ishwara Glassman Chrein, Verizon Media / Yahoo Sports
Ahron Cohen, Arizona Coyotes
Wes Day, Teall Capital Partners
Bethany Donaphin, WNBA
Michael Fedele, BodyArmor
Geoff Garmhausen, Lagardère Sports
Jessie Giordano, GMR Marketing
Adam Grossman, Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management
Ben Gumpert, Sacramento Republic FC
Brian Herbst, NASCAR
David Jurenka, National Football League
Nick Kelly, Anheuser-Busch InBev
Akshay Khanna, StubHub
Francesca Leiweke-Bodie, Oak View Group
Joe Maczko, National Basketball Association
Andrea Marini, Deltatre
Joseph Markowski, DAZN
Zach Maurides, Teamworks
Maura McGreevy, IMG
Jared Merrell, Optimum Sports
Tanja Olano, LA 2028
Melissa Proctor, Atlanta Hawks / State Farm Arena
Uzma Rawn, Major League Baseball
Neema Sahni, Covington & Burling
Brent Schoeb, San Francisco 49ers
Adam Schwartz, Horizon Media
Russell Scibetti, New York Giants
Ari Segal, Immortals Gaming Club
Ryan Spoon, ESPN
Jared Stacy, Amazon
Benjamin Tario, Atlantic Coast Conference
Shelly Wilkes, Lakeland Magic