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Board of Governors & Trustees

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame BOARD of governors - OFFICERS

 

Jerry ColangeloChairman

Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman, Vice-Chairman

James Vinick, Treasurer

John Doleva, President & CEO

 

Hyperlink denotes Hall of Fame Member 

 


Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Governors

David Beckerman
Chairman
Acorn Group

 

Kathy Behrens
President - NBA
Social Responsibility/Player Programs

 

Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman
CEO
Heartland Bottling Company

 

Sherman M. Brown
CEO
Three Media Group of Companies

 

Frank Colaccino
Founder & CEO
The Colvest Group, Ltd.

 

Jerry Colangelo
Partner
JDM Partners, LLC
Elected to the Hall of Fame 2004

 

Jim Davidson
Private Investor

 

David Denenberg
SVP - NBA 
Global Media Dist. & Business Affairs

  

Cathy Engelbert
Commissioner
WNBA

 

Dan Gavitt
Senior Vice President of Basketball
NCAA

 

Robin Harris
Executive Director
The Ivy League

 

Grant Hill
Former Basketball Player
Co-Owner/Vice Chairman Atlanta Hawks
Elected to the Hall of Fame 2018

 

Mannie Jackson
Former Fortune 500 Business Executive
Retired Player / Former Owner,
Harlem Globetrotters International
Elected to the Hall of Fame 2017

 

Bill Koenig
President - NBA
Global Content & Media Distribution

 

Nancy Lieberman
Head Coach, Big3
Founder & President
Nancy Lieberman Charities
Elected to the Hall of Fame 1996

 

Jim Puhala
Head of Product Solutions &
Regulatory Compliance
MassMutual
 

 

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Executive Director
NBPA Foundation

 

Byron Spruell
President - NBA
League Operations

 

Mark Tatum
Deputy Commissioner &
Chief Operating Officer - NBA

 

Jim Taubenfeld
President
Me Salve, Inc.

 

James Vinick
Managing Director-Investments
Moors & Cabot, Inc.

 

Elaine Wynn
Trustee
Elaine Wynn & Family Foundation


Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Trustees

Shareef Abdur-Rahim
President - NBA
G League

 

Kim Bohuny
SVP - NBA
International Basketball Operations

 

Jim Calhoun
Head Coach
 (Retired)
Elected to the Hall of Fame 2005

 

Jim Carolus
President (Retired)
Hillyard Industries

 

Alvin Chun
President
Counterpointe Solutions, Inc.

 

Mary-Beth Cooper
President
Springfield College

  

Todd Delano
Founder & Executive Chairman
Delano Media Group

 

Vinny Del Negro
Former NBA Head Coach & Player

 

Danielle Donehew
Executive Director
Women's Basketball Coaches Assoc.

 

Joe Dumars
NBA - EVP
Head of Basketball Operations
Elected to the Hall of Fame 2006

David S. Fogel
Executive Director & General Counsel
National Basketball Coaches Assoc.

 

William Gagnon
COO & EVP

Excel Dryer, Inc.

 

Jim Gray
President
Scratchy Productions

 

Paul Hirschheimer
SVP - NBA
Content Production

 

Joel Litvin
President - NBA (Retired)
League/Basketball Ops

  

Jeffrey Munn
CEO
Jurassic Quest Inc

 

Robert Naismith, MD
Great-grandson to Dr. James P. Naismith
Inventor of the Game

 

David A. Pace
President
Pace Sports

 

John Ritter
Senior Advisor
Avante Capital Partners

 

Craig Robinson
Executive Director
National Assoc. of Basketball Coaches

 

Scott Rochelle
President & CEO
National Basketball Retired Players Assoc.

 

Charlie Rosenzweig
Former NBA Executive/
Sports Marketing Executive

 

Scott Sadowsky
Principal
Cressy Capital

 

Steve Smith
Former NBA Player
Turner Sports/NBATV

 

Jim Tooley
Chief Executive Officer
USA Basketball

 

Thomas Tull
Chairman, USIT Fund
Chairman, Tulco Holdings

 

Trevor Ugolyn
President
Greenwich Institutional Partners

 

Dwyane T. Wade
CEO
Wade, Inc.

 

 

NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME LIFE TRUSTEES

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Life Trustees is a distinguished group of long-serving and effective Board Members dating back to 1959. Life Trustees have consistently provided an extraordinary level of service and dedication to the Hall of Fame. Being named a “Life Trustee” is the highest honor a Hall of Fame Board member can receive reflecting a long term and passionate commitment to the organization. 

 

Val Ackerman

John W. Bunn*

Jody Conradt

Robert Cousy

Mike Daly*

George Dickerman*

 

Wayne Embry

William Foster*

Dave Gavitt*

Curt Gowdy*

Russ Granik

Jim Host

 

Betty Jaynes*

Tom Jernstedt*

Robert Kurland*

Joe LoBello*

George Raveling

 (*Deceased)