Advisors

Josh Pick brings over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, leading companies across tax strategy & preparation, & investment advisory. A seasoned entrepreneur & investor, he has played a pivotal role in launching startups, executing successful business transitions, & navigating company exits across industries such as finance, technology, real estate, & professional services. He serves as the financial planning & markets expert on the Aptus Blueprint Radio Show & the Bruce Hooley Radio Show on 98.9 The Answer in Columbus.

Baseball mega-agent Scott Boras has negotiated some of the biggest professional sports contracts in the world, including Bryce Harper's $330 million deal with the Phillies, Corey Seager's $325 million deal with the Rangers and Gerrit Cole's $324 million deal with the Yankees. A lawyer by training, he lends his name to the renowned Boras Corporation, the world's top baseball agency.

Gary Schanman is a transformative Fortune 250 C-level executive with 30+ years experience across consumer & commercial ad-supported & subscription services, within large & startup settings. Gary most recently was Group President & EVP of Dish Network & Sling TV, leading a multi billion dollar P&L & 1,300 employee organization. He previously served as Senior Vice President of Spectrum Video Products at Charter Communications, & in numerous SVP roles across Video, Broadband & Media Sales at Cablevision (now Altice USA). Gary holds an MBA from the University of Michigan & a BS in Finance & Advertising from Syracuse University, where he currently sits on the Newhouse School Advisory Board.

Julie was a member of the Norwegian Gymnastics Team from 1998-2009 & represented Norway in the Olympics. As a captain, she led her team to gold in the 2004 European Championships. She has 16 Norwegian National Gymnastics gold medals, 14 silvers, 8 bronze, & 1 gold, 3 silver & 3 bronze in the Nordic Gymnastics Championships, & 1 gold & 2 bronze in the Northern European Gymnastics Championships. She currently runs ICON Sports Entertainment Group, & has worked for the USTA, NBA, & MLB. Julie spoke at the United Nations’ 58th commission on the status of women in 2014, on equal access to sport & physical education.

Dan is SVP of Software at WHOOP, and the former SVP of Engineering at DraftKings. At DraftKings he oversaw the Sports Intelligence division, focused on the application of data engineering, data science, and machine learning to sports data, powering the DraftKings Fantasy and Sportsbook products. Prior to that he led the product development of DraftKings Sportsbook. Kesack holds an MS in computer science from Johns Hopkins University and a BS in computer engineering from Villanova University.

Award-winning media and technology innovator, board member, advisor, and entrepreneur, with an extensive background driving meaningful transformation at the intersection of content, media, technology, and data, making significant breakthroughs impacting the future growth of entertainment, music, and sports. Consistently at the leading edge, held a range of global, operational, strategic, entrepreneurial, and intrapreneurial roles for major media and entertainment corporations including CBS, Fox, Bertelsmann, AOL, Univision, and MGM, managing P&L’s in excess of a billion dollars. Selected to AdAge's “Marketing 100,” honored at Broadcasting & Cable’s Annual Technology Leadership Awards, recognized by Broadcasting & Cable as a Digital All-Star, on CableFAX’s Digital Hot List, lauded as one of Digital Media Wire’s “25 Executives to Watch,” awarded membership in the CDO Club Hall of Fame, and included in Washington Life’s Tech Hall of Fame.

Simon is CEO of The Core Entertainment, an entertainment company in partnership with Live Nation, focused on acquiring and cultivating talent in music, sports, film, TV, and technology.

Kevin is Co-Founder of The Core Entertainment, an entertainment company in partnership with Live Nation, focused on acquiring and cultivating talent in music, sports, film, TV, and technology.