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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