June 23-24, 2025
New York City
Sandra Richards
Head of Global Sports & Entertainment
Morgan Stanley
Peter Rosenberg
Radio and Podcast Host
ESPN, Hot 97, and Over the Top
Ellie Austin
Deputy Editorial Director, Live Media
Fortune
Drew Muller
VP & GM, House of Highlights
Bleacher Report
Montez Ford
WWE Superstar
WWE
Zach Riggar
VP, Digital Marketing & Paid Media
MLS
Bianca Belair
WWE Superstar
WWE
Alexi Lalas
Soccer Analyst
FOX Sports
Stu Holden
Soccer Analyst
FOX Sports
Leela Srinivasan
CEO
Parity
Rob Simmelkjaer
CEO
New York Road Runners
Frances Arthur
Director, Digital Production
FOX Sports
Steve Braband
Head of Digital
WWE
Michael Calvin Jones
SVP, Creators
Wasserman
Andrew Whipp
Chief Creative Officer
Green Buzz Agency
Chris Legentil
EVP, Talent Relations & Head of Communications
WWE
Gabe Henderson
On-Air Talent
Minnesota Vikings
Jamie Litoff
Director, Partnership Marketing
Chicago Bulls
Mike Nichols
Chief of Sponsorship Strategy
Group1001
Erica Bauer, PhD
Director, Community Engagement
Chicago Bulls
Matt Herek
Sr. Marketing Manager
BMO
Salma Ashraf
Digital Marketing Specialist
ARQAM
Dr. Sarah Ogoke
Foot & Ankle Surgeon
Team Captain, Nigeria Senior Olympic Basketball Team
Nick Rago
Executive Director
FOX Sports
Audrey Martin
Sr. Coordinating Producer - Bleacher Report
Bleacher Report
Justin Anderson
Director, Social Content Marketing
NFL
Michael Bucklin
SVP, Digital Content
FOX Sports
Lindsay Herron
Director, Business Development
Spotify
Eric Welles
Chief Digital Monetization Officer / SVP Sports, Audio and Social
Sinclair Sports Group
Janel Moorefield
VP, Sales
LiveU
Parul Khosla
Co-Founder & CEO
Arena
Dan Porter
CEO
Overtime
Abby English
Director, Digital & Content
Seattle Sounders
Matthew Cohn
CEO
Thrill One Sports & Entertainment
Khristina Williams
Founder, WNBA Expert & Digital Creator
Girls Talk Sports TV
Josh Tucker
CMO
Thrill One Sports & Entertainment
Bennett Collen
Co-Founder & CEO
Endstate
Robert Zitzmann
Managing Partner
Jung von Matt SPORTS
Carl Kuhn
Head of Esports, Board Member
Jung von Matt SPORTS
Nelson Vergara
Broadcast Boys
Lucas Brody
Broadcast Boys
Louise Chouinard
Sr. Producer, Field Content
Bleacher Report
Sam Koukoulas
Supervising Producer
Bleacher Report
Josh Grunberg
Managing Director
Green Shamrock
Justin Reyes
Managing Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
UTA
Saxon Baum
Partner
Florida Founders
Joey Levy
Founder, CEO
Betr
Mike Denevi
Head of Media
Betr
Bruno Brum
CMO/Partner
End to End
Kimberley Hatchett
Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor, Global Sports & Entertainment Director. Former All-American & Olympic Hopefull
Morgan Stanley
Ronnie Brown
Financial Advisor, Global Sports & Entertainment Director & Former NFL Running Back
Morgan Stanley
Javon Phillips
Certified Player Agent
Excel Sports Management
Hashtag Sports brings voices together from all over the spectrum of content. They are moving along a business that is changing exponentially and engaging everybody in one place in that dialogue. We needed something just like this.
– Hannah Storm
Sports Broadcast Legend
Hashtag Sports is doing something big. It's important for me [as an athlete] to be around the content creators and advertisers and talk about how we can expand our industry.
– Baron Davis
Founder & NBA All-Star
Spending time at Hashtag Sports was an incomparable experience — the talent, creativity, and insight are unmatched.
– Zach Leonsis
Monumental S&E
Awards Live Show
The 7th Annual Hashtag Sports Awards will take place during the 2025 festival on the evening of June 2025. Awards show dinner tickets are sold separately from conference passes.
Reward your creators, creatives, and doers alongside executives with a night of recognition they deserve and will remember for years to come.