As the leading executive search firm in sports & entertainment, Prodigy Search is excited to launch a virtual interview series that we have long planned for called Prodigy Search Presents. In the coming days, weeks, months & beyond we will be posting brief, informative, “casual interviews” led by Scott Carmichael & Mark Gress Jr. as they converse w/ industry leaders & thought-provoking executives to discuss a variety of relevant issues, challenges, & opportunities w/ the current content, clearly focused on how their respective organizations are being adversely affected by the global pandemic.
Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Pamela Wheeler, Chief D&I Officer - NFP
Pamela Wheeler is an accomplished leader with nearly three decades of experience improving diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) outcomes for employees, clients, partners and communities. She works with leaders across NFP, building from the solid DEIB foundation in place, to move the organization forward with deliberate action, measurable results and continuous refinement. Prior to NFP, Wheeler consulted with National Football League Operations on their DEIB efforts. Prior to that, she led the Women’s National Basketball Players Association, where she accelerated DEIB in a number of areas for the players. She also served as director of Business Development for the Continental Basketball Association, and general counsel and marketing manager for Bob Woolf Associates/Arnold Communications.
Wheeler is also a lecturer in Columbia University’s MS Sports Management program, serves on the board of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, is a former member of the foundation board of the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, and is a member of the trustee emeritus board of the Women’s Sports Foundation. She earned a BA from Dartmouth College and a JD from Boston University.
17 May 2023
Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series Sukhi Sandhu, DEI Practitioner
Sukhi Sandhu is an accomplished international sports industry executive and program leader with 20+ years of experience helping organizations in planning, venue operations and competitions. Throughout his career, Sandhu’s experience includes event operations roles with some of the most iconic global events including International Champions Cup, the FIFA World Cup, Indian Premier League, Asian Champions Field Hockey, the Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games, among others. In 2013, he was appointed as Head of Events at the Aspire Zone Foundation in Doha, Qatar, one of the world's finest sporting destinations, which hosts many international competitions and training camps. During this time, he was delegated to lead the 2015 Doha GOALS Forum in Los Angeles, CA, highlighting the role of Sport as a driver for social change.
Sandhu has also served on several committees and Boards, always advocating the need for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in society. This includes his role as Chair of the Intercultural Inclusivity Taskforce for the City of Surrey, whose report was recipient of the National Race Relations Award. He has consistently led tough conversations in the anti-racism space and his community activism helps bring a strong voice towards the greater empowerment of marginalized groups.
A native of Vancouver, Canada, Sandhu is currently pursuing his Master’s Degree in Diversity and Inclusion at Tufts University, focusing his research on a "Holistic approach to DEI in Sport."
17 May 2023
Prodigy Search Presents - DEI Board of Advisors Mini-Series - Mark DeMontis Sports Accessibility Speaker & Advisor
Mark DeMontis, working in Disability Policy over the past few years, is an emerging voice and visionary advancing accessibility for fans with disabilities in sports and entertainment. With over 15 years of lived and professional experience as a blind athlete, advocate and speaker, he is best known as a trailblazer in the Parasport of Blind Hockey. DeMontis continues to help brands and businesses remove barriers for consumers with disabilities and speaks on the benefits of embedding disability within diversity and inclusion efforts.
DeMontis currently resides in Toronto where he continues to contribute to the sport of hockey and has recently even started working with the National Hockey League to support their digital accessibility journey. Among many prestigious accolades in, DeMontis was graciously awarded the honor of being the torchbearer in the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games, and again in the 2015 Toronto PANAM Games. DeMontis is also a recipient of the 2005 Terry Fox Humanitarian Award.
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