HAGAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Presents...
Careers in Sports and Entertainment Dinner Series
Monday, April 15 - Finance

Rosanna Curran '97, Senior Director, Financial Operations, WWE

Rosanna oversees the WWE's employee payroll, talent compensation, talent participation, accounts receivables and payables, in order to ensure that all processed transactions are recorded accurately on a day-to-day basis. She has been at the WWE over the past 13 years and has held various positions within the finance department.

Marc Foley '96, Assistant Controller, National Football League

Marc has been overseeing the NFL's accounting and financial reporting operations for the league office for the past seven years. His role as Assistant Controller includes the monthly close process, the annual audit process, forecasting and budgeting and the annual Salary Cap audits.

Justina Samuel '12 MBA, Financial Analyst, Octagon Marketing

Octagon Marketing is a global leader in sports and entertainment marketing, talent representation, event managements and research. Justina's role includes forecasting revenue and preparing financial reports as they relate to the BMW and Rolls-Royce accounts. She supports program managers with forecasting and tracking budget expenditures for various programs.

Paul Sanders '05 & '10 MBA, Accountant, Legends Hospitality Management

Legends Hospitality Management is a contract food services and facilities management company formed in 2008 by the Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees. Paul is responsible for game-day and non-game-day financial tasks including balance sheet account reconciliations, account analysis, accrual calculations, and other assigned documents/schedules. He supports the Controller with budgeting and forecasting activities.

This forum will be moderated by Glenn Horine '84 BA, '91 MBA; Executive Director for the Center of Sports and Entertainment Studies at Iona College

It promises to be of interest to all students, whether they are in Arts & Science or Business. Our events begin at 5:00 pm with a light dinner being served. The formal program will begin promptly at 5:30 pm and extend to between 6:45 and 7:00 pm.

For those who are able to stay later, most of our guest speakers will answer questions until 7:00 pm. We hope you can attend and urge you to encourage students to do so as well.

RSVP's are required for these events and reservations will be made on a first come, first-serve basis. Please RSVP to Jenny Kurz.