This week’s line up
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Tuesday, October 6th - Ishveen Anand is the Founder + CEO, OpenSponsorship
Ishveen is the Founder + CEO of award-winning marketplace OpenSponsorship, a VC backed startup connecting brands to pro athletes, teams and events. Ishveen, a gradate of Oxford University, was named on the Forbes30under30 list as well as CIO's list of top female CEO's. She is an expert on sports sponsorship having been asked to speak at many conferences and quoted in many top publications. Brands who have used OpenSponsorship to find athletes include Anheuser Busch, Verizon and Draftkings; Athletes include Draymond Green, Rob Gronkowski and Wayne Rooney.
Thursday, October 8th - Kari Cohen, General Counsel, New York Red Bulls
Kari Cohen serves as the General Counsel for Red Bull New York. Cohen is responsible for advising ownership and her executive management colleagues on key legal, business and strategic matters, including for the New York Red Bulls, New York Red Bulls II, New York Red Bulls Academy, New York Red Bulls Youth Programs, and Red Bull Arena. Cohen has oversight for all transactional, litigation, and day-to-day legal affairs for the Red Bull New York companies.
Before joining the Red Bull New York organization at the end of January 2020, Cohen was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for BSE Global for nine years, where she represented the Brooklyn Nets, the Long Island Nets, Barclays Center, NYCB Live, Home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and Webster Hall. In addition to her legal role with BSE Global, Cohen also was responsible for overseeing governmental affairs for the organization.
Prior to BSE Global, Cohen worked at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in its New Media, Entertainment, and Technology practice group. As an associate at HHR, she provided transactional support and counseling to media and technology companies in connection with content and software licensing, syndication, and intellectual property issues.
Cohen graduated with honors from The George Washington University where she was a member of the Dean’s List, with degrees in Journalism and Political Science. She went on to attend law school at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where she was the recipient of the Floersheimer Fellowship and served as senior editor for the Journal of Law and Literature. During law school, Cohen interned at the NHL General Counsel’s office and with Blue Equity.
Cohen, who is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association and a Regional Captain on its Outreach Committee, lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with her husband Ben, a partner in the capital markets practice group at Latham & Watkins LLP, and their two sons.
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