- Reporting to Celia Bouza: Sr. Director Josh Barbarotta (Digital Video Content material & Options), Sr. Director Jeremy Fitch (YouTube), and Sr. Director Max Kelley (Social Manufacturing & Inventive).
- Reporting to Nicole Pelaez-Dandrea: Sr. Director Nick Loucks (Cellular Apps), Sr. Director Emily Schaible (web optimization, Content material Optimization), Sr. Director Patrick Caulfield (ESPN Stats & Evaluation), Director Erin Spraw(Viewers Engagement), and Sr. Director Dominic Ridgard (Streaming).
- Reporting to Amanda Anderson: Sr. Supervisor Lauren Giudice (Girls’s Sports activities, espnW, Social Referrals), Digital Video Producer II Justin Rockhold (Snapchat, Platform Growth), Sr. Supervisor Arthur Kogan(Viewers Growth), and Sr. Supervisor Ann Drinkard (Social Operations).
- Reporting to Brett Edgerton: Director Annie Dunbar (Social Faculty Sports activities), Director Nicole Williams (Social Professional Sports activities), and Supervisor Mike Powers (Social Sponsorship).
Freddy Rolón, Head of World Sports activities & Expertise Workplace
Freddy’s distinguished management at ESPN and within the business is very regarded, and he’ll apply his experience in viewers enlargement and content material technique to advance a brand new division that unites our Manufacturing, Editorial, and Enterprise Operations groups centered on international sports activities. Freddy’s new function comes at an essential time, as beginning within the 2025-26 NBA season with our new settlement, Disney’s worldwide package deal of NBA and WNBA video games will probably be accessible to stream on its digital platforms, together with on Disney+ in choose markets all over the world – Disney’s most vital international sports activities enlargement. Freddy additionally assumes oversight of the Expertise Workplace, an important operate which serves all the group, and also will oversee ESPN NEXT, our phenomenal early-career program, serving to information its continued progress by his distinctive perspective as a longtime mentor, advisor and chief. Reporting to Freddy are SVP Rodolfo Martinez (Worldwide and ESPN Deportes Manufacturing), VP Rosetta Ellis-Pilie(Expertise Growth and Negotiations), VP Oscar Ramos (World Digital Editorial and ESPN Deportes) and newly promoted VP Stan Thomas (Cross-Platform Growth & Enterprise Operations, centered on worldwide). Thanks to Celia Bouza for her stellar management of the NEXT program during the last 5 years. A Senior Director of ESPN NEXT will report back to Freddy and will probably be posted quickly.
Brian Lockhart, SVP, Authentic Content material
Brian’s eager sense of high quality storytelling has strongly benefited our Authentic Content material and Movies. Brian’s most up-to-date successes embrace ESPN+’s new unique collection, In The Enviornment: Serena Williams, and a terrific summer season slate of 30 for 30s. Brian will proceed to supervise Authentic Content material, Enterprise Affairs and Expertise Relations, and can add the award-winning Options group. His direct experiences embrace VP Marsha Cooke (ESPN Movies), newly promoted VP Lindsay Rovegno (ESPN Originals), VP Andy Tennant (E60, Content material Integration), VP Craig Lazarus (Authentic Content material and Options), VP Heather Anderson (Authentic Content material and Enterprise Affairs), Sr. Director Chantre Camack (Expertise Relations), and Sr. Director Kati Fernandez (Authentic Content material Growth). Craig’s SCEU/CCU duties, led by Julie McGlone, will shift to Mike Foss’s org with Julie reporting instantly into Mike. VP Jose Morales (Options) will proceed to report back to Craig.
Chris Calcinari, SVP, Content material Operations
