The Club Welcomes George Bodenheimer

Join Club Members for an inspiring conversation with former President and Chairman of ESPN, George Bodenheimer.  In his recent book, Every Town Is a Sports Town: Business Leadership at ESPN, from the Mailroom to the Boardroom, Bodenheimer details ESPN's remarkable rise in sports and business. Initially hired to work in the mailroom, one of Bodenheimer's first jobs was to pick up sportscaster Dick Vitale at the Hartford airport and drive him to ESPN's main campus-a couple of trailers in a dirt parking lot. But as ESPN grew, so did Bodenheimer's status in the company. In fact, Bodenheimer played a major part in making ESPN a daily presence not just here, but all over the world. 

Bodenheimer's contributions have been integral to the success of ESPN, Inc. His business initiatives were designed to bring greater value to all constituents: affiliates, advertisers, rights holders and consumers. While President, his vision produced industry-leading innovation in integrated sales and marketing, original programming, acquisitions, and new technologies. Throughout his career, Bodenheimer has solidified and enhanced ESPN, Inc.'s position as "The Worldwide Leader in Sports."

George Bodenheimer is an ESPN and cable industry pioneer and was the company's longest-tenured president, a position he held from 1998-2011, overseeing all multimedia sports assets of The Walt Disney Company from 2003-2011 and serving as co-chairman, Disney Media Networks from 2004-2011. He served as Executive Chairman of ESPN, Inc., from 2012-2014. Bodenheimer graduated from Denison University with a degree in economics.

For this event, Mr. Bodenheimer will be interviewed by Richard Sandomir, a TV Sports and business journalist for the New York Times and author of several books including Bald Like Me: The Hair-Raising Adventures of Baldman and The Englightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything.

$40 per person, includes a signed copy of Every Town is a Sports Town.  6:00-6:30pm reception, 6:30pm lecture.  Advance reservations required by Friday, April 8^th, at which time they are considered final sale.