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10 | 25 | 2024
School of Kinesiology
MSBC 13 brought together the brightest minds and most influential leaders in sports, breaking records with 1,137 attendees. The conference was hosted by Dannie Rogers, team reporter for the Detroit Lions and featured speakers such as Jeffrey Kessler, a leading sports attorney; Julie Uhrman, President of Angel City FC; Eli Kumekpor, CEO of Mitchell & Ness; Fredrick Richard, Olympic gymnastics star; and Tom Garfinkel, CEO of the Miami Dolphins. Moderators like Kate Johnson, Global Marketing Director for Sports, Entertainment, and Content Partnerships at Google, guided panels and keynotes on cutting-edge topics such as the 2028 Olympics, private equity in sports, NFL international expansion, and careers in sports content.
Julie Uhrman is the President and Co-Founder of Angel City Football Club (ACFC), Los Angeles’ professional women’s soccer team that debuted in 2022 in the National Women’s Soccer League. ACFC is one of the world’s only majority female-founded and run professional sports teams and was recently named the world’s most valuable women’s sports team. Uhrman founded ACFC with Academy Award-winning actress and activist Natalie Portman, and technology venture capitalist Kara Nortman. She was named a member of the 2023 Sports Business Journal (SBJ) Game Changer class. She was listed as one of the Ten Influencers of 2023 by SportsPro Media, one of the Most Influential People in Sports Business 2022 by the SBJ, and a member of Adweek’s 2021 and 2020 Most Powerful Women In Sports. In May of 2023, Angel City Football Club was named Sports Team of the Year by SBJ and was the first women’s team ever to win the category. Most recently, Angel City Football Club was honored by ESPN as the Humanitarian Team of the Year at the 2024 ESPY Awards, in recognition of the club’s incredible community impact work.
Julie
Uhrman
President & Co-Founder | Angel City Football Club (ACFC)
Julie Uhrman is the President and Co-Founder of Angel City Football Club (ACFC), Los Angeles’ professional women’s soccer team that debuted in 2022 in the National Women’s Soccer League.
Mary Ellen
Coe
Chief Business Officer | YouTube
Mary Ellen serves as the Chief Business Officer for YouTube, driving YouTube as the home of the creative economy and the epicenter of culture, content, innovation and building businesses.
Jeffrey
Kessler
Co-Executive Chairman | Winston & Strawn LLP
Co-Executive Chairman of Winston & Strawn, Jeffrey is one of the world’s leading antitrust, sports law, and trial lawyers.
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