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As the leading executive search firm in sports & entertainment, Prodigy Search is excited to launch a virtual interview series that we have long planned for called Prodigy Search Presents. In the coming days, weeks, months & beyond we will be posting brief, informative, “casual interviews” led by Scott Carmichael & Mark Gress Jr. as they converse w/ industry leaders & thought-provoking executives to discuss a variety of relevant issues, challenges, & opportunities w/ the current content, clearly focused on how their respective organizations are being adversely affected by the global pandemic.

  1. Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Pamela Wheeler, Chief D&I Officer - NFP

    05/18/2023

    Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Pamela Wheeler, Chief D&I Officer - NFP

    Pamela Wheeler is an accomplished leader with nearly three decades of experience improving diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) outcomes for employees, clients, partners and communities. She works with leaders across NFP, building from the solid DEIB foundation in place, to move the organization forward with deliberate action, measurable results and continuous refinement. Prior to NFP, Wheeler consulted with National Football League Operations on their DEIB efforts. Prior to that, she led the Women’s National Basketball Players Association, where she accelerated DEIB in a number of areas for the players. She also served as director of Business Development for the Continental Basketball Association, and general counsel and marketing manager for Bob Woolf Associates/Arnold Communications. Wheeler is also a lecturer in Columbia University’s MS Sports Management program, serves on the board of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, is a former member of the foundation board of the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, and is a member of the trustee emeritus board of the Women’s Sports Foundation. She earned a BA from Dartmouth College and a JD from Boston University.

    24 min
  2. Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series Sukhi Sandhu, DEI Practitioner

    05/17/2023

    Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series Sukhi Sandhu, DEI Practitioner

    Sukhi Sandhu is an accomplished international sports industry executive and program leader with 20+ years of experience helping organizations in planning, venue operations and competitions. Throughout his career, Sandhu’s experience includes event operations roles with some of the most iconic global events including International Champions Cup, the FIFA World Cup, Indian Premier League, Asian Champions Field Hockey, the Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games, among others. In 2013, he was appointed as Head of Events at the Aspire Zone Foundation in Doha, Qatar, one of the world's finest sporting destinations, which hosts many international competitions and training camps. During this time, he was delegated to lead the 2015 Doha GOALS Forum in Los Angeles, CA, highlighting the role of Sport as a driver for social change. Sandhu has also served on several committees and Boards, always advocating the need for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in society. This includes his role as Chair of the Intercultural Inclusivity Taskforce for the City of Surrey, whose report was recipient of the National Race Relations Award. He has consistently led tough conversations in the anti-racism space and his community activism helps bring a strong voice towards the greater empowerment of marginalized groups. A native of Vancouver, Canada, Sandhu is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Diversity and Inclusion at Tufts University, focusing his research on a "Holistic approach to DEI in Sport."

    22 min
  3. Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Mark DeMontis Sports Accessibility Speaker & Advisor

    05/17/2023

    Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Mark DeMontis Sports Accessibility Speaker & Advisor

    Mark DeMontis, working in Disability Policy over the past few years, is an emerging voice and visionary advancing accessibility for fans with disabilities in sports and entertainment. With over 15 years of lived and professional experience as a blind athlete, advocate and speaker, he is best known as a trailblazer in the Parasport of Blind Hockey. DeMontis continues to help brands and businesses remove barriers for consumers with disabilities and speaks on the benefits of embedding disability within diversity and inclusion efforts. DeMontis currently resides in Toronto where he continues to contribute to the sport of hockey and has recently even started working with the National Hockey League to support their digital accessibility journey. Among many prestigious accolades in, DeMontis was graciously awarded the honor of being the torchbearer in the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games, and again in the 2015 Toronto PANAM Games. DeMontis is also a recipient of the 2005 Terry Fox Humanitarian Award.

    30 min
  4. Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Scott Rochelle, President & CEO - National Basketball Retired Players Association

    05/17/2023

    Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Scott Rochelle, President & CEO - National Basketball Retired Players Association

    Scott Rochelle serves as President and CEO of the National Basketball Retired Players Association since 2018, after serving in several senior roles, including Senior Vice President of Partnership Development / General Counsel, and Vice President of Membership, Programming and Chapter Development. In his role as President and CEO, Rochelle oversees the Retired Players Association’s day-to-day operations, including securing new cutting-edge partnerships for former players to thrive and prosper. In addition, he continues to strengthen and foster the association’s local chapters which has expanded to 12 cities during his tenure as President and CEO. At 41, Rochelle, is a rising star in the basketball world, working closely with the NBA executive team to guide revenue-generating and philanthropic programs that involve the greatest names in the NBA. He is re-writing the business strategy of the Retired Players Association and has the support of the NBA and NBPA. Prior to joining the Retired Players Association, Rochelle served as an attorney for a mid-sized Chicago law firm, leading the Sports and Entertainment practice group with a focus on professional athlete business advisement, contract and endorsement representation. He currently serves as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee for the U.S. Center for SafeSport and has served as a Board Trustee of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame since 2018. Rochelle is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and received his Master’s in Education and a law degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

    25 min
  5. Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Amy Hever, Dir MLB Players Trust - MLBPA

    05/17/2023

    Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Amy Hever, Dir MLB Players Trust - MLBPA

    Amy Hever is an accomplished social impact executive with more than 20 years of progressive experience delivering measurable results to nonprofit and for[1]profit companies, across a range of industries. Her career journey has given her the opportunity to lean into some of the world’s most pressing and complex challenges through a variety of vehicles the arts and humanities, youth development, health and human services, disaster recovery, scientific research, and professional sports philanthropy. Originally hailing from NJ, Amy grew up in the Garden State and in Tokyo, Japan. After receiving her bachelor’s in History and East Asian Studies from Binghamton University in NY, she accepted her first role as the General Manager position with a German-toy company with a subsidiary office in Palm Beach County, Florida. Her affinity for the Sunshine State took hold, along with her interest in the social sector. Amy made Palm Beach County home for more than 12 years on and off, landing her first nonprofit role with the Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens. Her career has brought her to destinations up and down the I-95 corridor, including the American Red Cross of the Palm Beaches, Scripps Research Institute and the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum here in Florida, as well as the distinguished Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, before making yet another transition into sports philanthropy with the Philadelphia 76ers and the NJ Devils. She now leads the Major League Baseball Players Trust – the charitable arm of the Players Association. Her first “union job”, Amy is responsible for accelerating and amplifying the charitable interests and efforts of professional baseball players.

    25 min

  6. 09/14/2022

    Prodigy Search Presents - D&I Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Regina Ford, DEI Executive - Amazon

    Regina Ford is a strategic initiatives HR leader and certified PROSCI change management professional who helps organizations of all types to improve operational productivity by building diverse, inclusive, and equitable work cultures with highly engaged team members.  With more than 20 years of human resources experience and 15 years of DEI experience, Ford has worked across a number of industries - including sports, entertainment, gaming, hospitality, technology, science, and nonprofits. She also lived throughout Europe for 10 years managing complex international IT and business process reengineering projects as a consultant with Accenture, Ernst & Young, and Trintech Consulting.  Ford holds her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Harvard University and her MBA from Pepperdine, with a concentration in Finance.

    26 min
  7. Prodigy Search Presents - D&I Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Kyle Ellington, Oakland Athletics

    08/16/2022

    Prodigy Search Presents - D&I Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Kyle Ellington, Oakland Athletics

    Kyle Ellington is the first Director of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging for the Oakland A's. His role is to strengthen and build a comprehensive strategic strategy across all areas of the organization in the space of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.   Ellington has 10 years of experience working in the sports and entertainment industry, most recently as the Director, Human Resources and Diversity & Inclusion for the Sacramento Kings. At the Sacramento Kings, he held the first D&I Title and implemented key D&I initiatives throughout the organization: Diversity Career Fair, Diversity Council, and robust Kings U Internship program which sourced diverse local talent. He has additional sports HR experience working with the Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Falcons, and Levy Restaurants at the Georgia Dome. Kyle holds a Bachelor's Degree in Management and a Master's Degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development from the University of Georgia.

    19 min
  8. Prodigy Search Presents - D&I Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Tim Wise, University of Notre Dame

    07/06/2022

    Prodigy Search Presents - D&I Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Tim Wise, University of Notre Dame

    Tim Wise was named Senior Associate Athletic Director, Facilities, Events and Revenue at the University of Notre Dame in January 2022. In this role, Wise has oversight of facilities, game operations, capital projects and revenue generation. Prior to Notre Dame, Wise served as the Senior Associate Athletic Director, Facilities and Event Operations at the University of Miami.  Throughout his career, Wise has served on several boards, most recently in February 2017 he was appointed to the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association Board of Directors, and in 2019, he was named to the organization’s Executive Committee. In June 2021, Wise was appointed 2nd Vice President. He has participated in the NCAA Leadership Institute Continuing Education Series, the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males, the NACDA Mentoring Institute, the NCAA Diversity Education Training and the NCAA Achieving Communications Success Workshop. In 2009-10, Wise completed and graduated from the highly prestigious collegiate athletics executive leadership training program at the Sports Management Institute.  Wise is a 1996 graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and earned a Master’s Degree in Human Performance and Sport Studies from the University of Tennessee in 1998.

    26 min
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As the leading executive search firm in sports & entertainment, Prodigy Search is excited to launch a virtual interview series that we have long planned for called Prodigy Search Presents. In the coming days, weeks, months & beyond we will be posting brief, informative, “casual interviews” led by Scott Carmichael & Mark Gress Jr. as they converse w/ industry leaders & thought-provoking executives to discuss a variety of relevant issues, challenges, & opportunities w/ the current content, clearly focused on how their respective organizations are being adversely affected by the global pandemic.

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  • Creator
    Prodigy Search
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    48
  • Rating
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