What to Expect
Hashtag Sports 2025 is the premier event for brand marketers, content creators, creatives, and engagement experts innovating the fan experience and serving the modern consumer.
Experience intimate networking, fire-side chats, topical panels, and a night of recognition and celebration at the annual Hashtag Sports Awards show and dinner.
NEW YORK, NY • June 23-24, 2025
Confirmed Speakers

Larry Luk
VP, Creative
AMB Sports & Entertainment

Arielle Chambers
Commentator
ESPN & Andscape

Meech Golden
CEO & Founder
Good Gold Agency

Elisa Padilla
Founder
Kick It by EP

Graham Rothenberg
President & General Manager
The Syndicate

Camille Buxeda
Director, Women's Basketball
Octagon

Parul Khosla
CEO & Co-Founder
Arena

Scott Kegley
VP, Digital & Production
Atlanta Falcons

Michael Goldsholl
SVP, Business & Legal Affairs
WNBPA

Max Crutchfield
Senior Account Director, Sports Entertainment
APM Music

Ciara Ingram
Founder & Filmmaker
Emerging Frameworks

Anthony Hollingsworth
Group Strategy Director
Wasserman

Karen Ramming
Chief Content Officer
TrackTown USA

Michael Cohen
CEO
Creator Sports Network

Kazeem Famuyide
Co-Host
7PM in Brooklyn

Jill Bauer
Sr. Director, Merchandising
Anaheim Ducks

Peter Casey
CEO & Founding Partner
JDS Sports

Tom Borowski
Executive Producer & Co-Founder
Tzero Studios

Shelton Hawkins
Host
Project Backboard

Justin Shenkarow
Executive Producer & Co-Founder
Tzero Studios

Victor Keys
Video Producer
Golden State Warriors

Hansa Suresh
Cornell University Student
Sports Law & Policy Analyst

Mike Salvaris
Co-Founder
Pro League Network

Jack Adler
CEO & Co-Founder
Out2Win

Nathaniel Hemingway
Director Consulting
Publicis Sport & Entertainment

Jasmine Hill
Project Manager & Social Lead
JDS Sports

Conor Lounsbury
Sr. Producer & Editor
Atlanta Hawks

Tariq Ahmad
CEO & Founder
Sports Court Consulting

Jack Eagan
Music Licensing Specialist, Sports Entertainment
APM Music

Wagner Leitzke
Head of Digital
End to End

Olivia Witherite
Founder
On-Base Collective

Jared Augustine
Founder
Peoples League

Larry Gordon
Creative Director

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.
2024 Speakers

Bianca Belair
WWE Superstar
WWE

Alexi Lalas
Soccer Analyst
FOX Sports

Ellie Austin
Deputy Editorial Director, Live Media
Fortune

Montez Ford
WWE Superstar
WWE

Matt Herek
Sr. Marketing Manager
BMO

Leela Srinivasan
CEO
Parity

Stu Holden
Soccer Analyst
FOX Sports

Sandra Richards
Head of Global Sports & Entertainment
Morgan Stanley

Rob Simmelkjaer
CEO
New York Road Runners

Jamie Litoff
Director, Partnership Marketing
Chicago Bulls

Peter Rosenberg
Radio and Podcast Host
ESPN, Hot 97, and Over the Top

Frances Arthur
Director, Digital Production
FOX Sports

Dan Porter
CEO
Overtime

Lindsay Herron
Director, Business Development
Spotify

Michael Calvin Jones
SVP, Creators
Wasserman

Justin Anderson
Director, Social Content Marketing
NFL

Erica Bauer, PhD
Director, Community Engagement
Chicago Bulls

Andrew Whipp
Chief Creative Officer
Green Buzz Agency

Chris Legentil
EVP, Talent Relations & Head of Communications
WWE

Abby English
Director, Digital & Content
Seattle Sounders

Gabe Henderson
On-Air Talent
Minnesota Vikings

Salma Ashraf
VP, Business Development
ARQAM

Zach Riggar
VP, Digital Marketing & Paid Media
MLS

Mike Nichols
Chief of Sponsorship Strategy
Group1001

Drew Muller
VP & GM, House of Highlights
Bleacher Report

Michael Bucklin
SVP, Digital Content
FOX Sports

Josh Tucker
CMO
Thrill One Sports & Entertainment

Robert Zitzmann
Managing Partner
Jung von Matt SPORTS
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