The Burgeoning Business of Sports

CorpGov is pleased to provide complete video coverage of the inaugural LA CorpGov Forum held on Sept. 4, 2025, at the Edelman Headquarters in the heart of Hollywood. The forum featured over a hundred institutional investors, corporate executives and USC faculty/alumni in an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking.

The Burgeoning Business of Sports​

• David Carter, Principal, The Sports Business Group ​​

• Baird Fogel, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland ​

• Noah Francis, Banker, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

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Speakers and Notable Attendees

• David Carter, Principal, The Sports Business Group ​​

• Baird Fogel, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland ​

• Noah Francis, Banker, J.P. Morgan Private Bank​

• Michael Blankenship, Managing Partner, Houston & Co-Chair, Capital Markets Practice​, Winston & Strawn LLP

• Ryan Keating, Partner, EisnerAmper ​

• Paul Haaga, Former Chairman, Capital Research and Management Company; Chair of the Board, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation; Board Director, National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution​

• Hooman Shahidi, CEO, Opus Bloom ​​

• John Marchisi, Executive Director – Capital Markets, Artex Risk Solutions​

• Mark Young, George Bozanic and Holman G. Hurt Chair in Sports and Entertainment Business, USC Business School ​

• Andy Howard, Partner and Member of the Executive Committee, Shamrock Capital​

• John Nendick, Founder, Malaga Consulting​​

• Jack Cassel, Senior Vice President, Head of Listings – Western US, Nasdaq

• Shari Mager, Partner, U.S. National Leader, Capital Markets Readiness, KPMG US ​

• Logan Tiari, Partner, Cooley LLP ​

• Noelle Amos, Executive Vice President, Edelman Smithfield ​

• Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Goodmans LLP ​

• Jon Solorzano, Partner, Governance and Sustainability, Vinson & Elkins​

• Sagar Gupta, Portfolio Manager, Anson Funds

• Dick Drobnick, Former USC Vice Provost for Globalization and IBEAR MBA Program Director, Asia Society Southern California Chairman Emeritus​

• John Evans, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tractus Asia​

• Ariel Mark, Head of Western US Investments, Tokyu Land US Corporation

• Fred Rosen, CEO, NMFR Entertainment; Former CEO, Ticketmaster Corp.

• Jarrett Banks,Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator)

• John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)

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