<p>Mark Tatum began his professional career at Procter & Gamble where he was promoted four times in four years, eventually becoming an award-winning corporate account executive. </p> <p>While working on his MBA at Harvard, he met many people working in the sports industry and took a summer internship doing sports marketing for Pepsi-Cola. After completing his MBA, Mark worked for Major League Baseball in their Corporate Sponsorship and Marketing Department. </p> <p>In 1999, he joined the NBA where he is currently Senior Director and Group Manager of Marketing Partnerships for the NBA. His responsibilities include overseeing the development of marketing programs for the NBA, USA Basketball and the Basketball Hall of Fame.</p> <p>Mark Tatum received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his MBA from Harvard University. </p>
AJ Okereke is a Revenue Technology Lead at Graphiq (formerly FindTheBest), a data aggregation and visualization company that turns complicated data into contextually-rich presentations of the world\'s knowledge. AJ Okereke received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
<p>Earl Blanks is a former owner of a Party City franchise. Prior to his involvement with Party City, Blanks had started a small consulting business, the Small Business Marketing Planning Center, which provided marketing consulting services to smaller companies that generated $3-5 M per year in sales. Prior to that experience, Blanks worked at Procter & Gamble for over 7 years.</p> <p>Earl Blanks received his undergraduate degree from University of Arkansas and his MBA from Cornell University.</p>