T.J. Nelligan founded Nelligan Sports Marketing, Inc. (NSM) in June of 1999 with the mission of becoming the premier sports marketing company in the nation. NSM is dedicated to building long-term relationships with clients through exceptional management of the properties represented and by maximizing revenue growth through corporate relationships. NSM's employees have negotiated in excess of $500 million in sponsorship agreements with some of the best-known blue chip companies in the country. NSM represents some of our nation's elite college properties, including the University of Louisville, Rutgers University, Colorado State University, Providence College, Princeton University, Brown University, Marquette University, Middle Tennessee State University, Eastern Michigan University, Indiana State University, Wright State University, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Fairfield University, the Colonial Athletic Association and its twelve (12) member schools, The Horizon League, The Jimmy V Classic, the Champs Sports Bowl and the Capital One Bowl.

Before founding NSM, T.J. spent nine years at Host Communications, Inc., most recently as President, Host Sports Division, and a member of Host's Senior Management Committee. Under Nelligan's leadership, Host's college sports-related revenue from national accounts tripled. Nelligan was instrumental in the sales and development of the NCAA Corporate Partner Program. In his last two years with Host, Nelligan's division negotiated in excess of $100 million in new, multi-million dollar, multi-year NCAA Corporate Partner agreements. Before joining Host, Nelligan spent two years in sales and marketing with Procter & Gamble and seven years on Wall Street in Institutional Sales and Trading with Merrill Lynch and Shearson Lehman Brothers.

Nelligan has been a member of the Special Olympics New Jersey (SONJ) Board of Directors since 1995 and was chairman of the board from 2001-2003. As chairman, he raised over $8 million for the Special Olympics New Jersey Sports Complex. This 34,000-square-foot building was dedicated on September 20, 2002, and provides year-round athlete training, fitness evaluation, training for coaches and volunteers. SONJ also offers families counseling and educational programs – all free of charge.

Nelligan also founded the Sean Nelligan Foundation in honor of his special needs-son, Sean. This foundation provides support for children and adults with special needs. It has supported Special Olympics New Jersey, The P.G. Chambers School, Elks Camp Moore, The Midland School and many other charities for special-needs people.

Nelligan was nominated by the Governor of the State of New Jersey and confirmed by the Senate to serve as a commissioner on the Commission of Higher Education for the State of New Jersey and served from 2005 to 2008. He was inducted into the Montville Township High School Hall of Fame in 2004. Nelligan was named the Montville Township 2007 Citizen of the Year. He was honored with the Man of the Year award by Special Olympics New Jersey in April 2007 at the SONJ annual gala. He was also named 2007 Citizen of the Year by the Lakeland Hills YMCA.

Nelligan graduated from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in economics.

Timothy M. Hofferth is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Nelligan Sports Marketing, Inc. (NSM). Honored by Street & Smith’s magazine in 2001 as one of the Forty Under 40, Tim’s placement as one of the most influential young leaders in the sports industry is a testament to his vision and leadership in the area of sports.

At the age of thirty-four, Hofferth was one of the nation’s youngest Athletic Directors in Division I-A. Under Hofferth’s guidance and leadership, Villanova Athletics became well established on the national scene and moved to the forefront of collegiate athletics where it remains today. While he was at Villanova, Hofferth generated over $28 million of new resources through the expansion of the Athletic Corporate Marketing program and the Athletic Department Endowment. His commitment to capital improvements initiated facility projects, including new soccer and tennis complexes, a new football stadium press box, a 6,000 sq. ft. academic resource center, a new swim office complex, a new media relations office, private offices for all coaches, the expansion and renovation of the varsity training room, the renovation of the varsity athlete weight room, including the purchase of over $400,000 in new equipment, and the creation of over 20,000 sq. ft. of recreational facilities. During Hofferth’s tenure, Villanova’s five hundred student-athletes excelled in the classroom comprising an average 2.94 GPA, the highest at Villanova in fourteen years. Additionally, he developed and executed a comprehensive plan to achieve gender equity within the University’s Athletic Department and raised the additional resources necessary to fund fourteen new scholarships and six full-time staff positions.

Prior to his tenure at Villanova University, Hofferth worked at the University of Kentucky as the Director of Marketing and Promotions for almost two years under the guidance of the legendary Athletic Director C.M. Newton and current Boston College Director of Athletics Gene DeFilippo.

A 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina-Aiken with a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management, Hofferth went on to earn a master’s degree from the University of South Carolina in 1988 in Educational Administration. Hofferth and his wife, Lisa, reside in Denville, NJ, with their three children, T. Joshua, Megan, and Jacob.

Mr. Bruno has over 25 years of public accounting experience and has been a CPA since 1978. He began his career while attending The Ohio State University where he worked for a major retailer as a general accountant. Upon graduation from Fairleigh Dickinson University, magna cum laude, he joined Deloitte & Touche, formerly Touche Ross & Co. He spent ten years in the audit function and was responsible for total engagement planning and management. Mr. Bruno served as an associate professor of accounting at Fairleigh Dickinson University where he taught a variety of accounting, auditing, tax and business courses. He is a member of the American Institute of Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, and is also an Independent Registered Representative license Series 7 investment broker with C.J.M. Planning Corp. Mr. Bruno has served on the Banking Committee of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and was a Director of the National Association of Accountants. He is involved in various community activities which benefit children and senior citizen groups.

Mr. Grimes has recently served as a media and communications consultant to several high-tech new-media companies. Between 1994 and September 1996, Mr. Grimes was President and CEO of Zenith Media, USA, a new-media focused advertising agency developed by Mr. Grimes for Cordiant, PLC. Between 1991 and 1993, Mr. Grimes was President and COO/CEO of Multimedia, Inc., a diversified public media company with interests in newspapers, broadcasting, cable television systems, and television program production and syndication. In this position, Mr. Grimes refocused each of the operating divisions resulting in double-digit cash flow growth in 1992 and 1993. At the same time, Mr. Grimes directed acquisitions of cable systems and security monitoring companies and oversaw development of new television programming. From 1988 through 1992, Mr. Grimes was President and CEO of Univision Holdings, Inc., the largest Spanish language media company in the U.S. Univision owned nine television stations, a television network reaching 90% of all Hispanic households and a consumer magazine. From 1982 through 1988, Mr. Grimes was President and CEO of ESPN. Under Mr. Grimes’ leadership, ESPN became the nation’s largest and most profitable cable television network, creating over a billion dollars in value for its shareholders. With ESPN, Mr. Grimes was credited with forcing sweeping strategic changes in the relationships between the emerging cable television systems owners and their proprietary content producers. From 1967 through 1981, Mr. Grimes held positions of increasing responsibility at CBS, Inc. including Senior Vice President of the Radio Division. Mr. Grimes holds a B.A. degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Jim Johnson founded Apex Venture Partners, a Chicago-based venture capital firm, in 1987. Prior to founding Apex, Jim was one of three founding partners of Knightsbridge Partners, a private investment firm. Knightsbridge sponsored investments in small to medium size companies with excellent growth prospects. Previously, he was associated with Beatrice Foods, serving in a number of positions including CFO of the parent corporation and senior vice president of the $6 billion revenue US Foods operating subsidiary. While at Beatrice, he was active in more than 200 acquisitions and divestitures including Esmark, Tropicana, Culligan, Air Stream Trailers, Coca-Cola Bottling of Los Angeles, and Dannon Yogurt. Jim holds an M.B.A. from Northwestern University and a B.A. from Loyola University.

Jim works closely with or has served on the boards of several privately and publicly held companies including CiviGenics, Inc.; Imaging Portals; Doublespace; Envestnet Group; Games2Learn; i3Mobile, Inc.; Pure Fill Corporation; DigiLens; TRADEX Technologies and White Cap Industries.

Kevin Sullivan joined AIG Investments in 2008 as the Vice President of Sales covering U.S. Public Funds. Prior to AIG, Kevin was a partner and head of Institutional Marketing at Seizert Capital Partners. Before joining Seizert, Kevin spent 13 years as Vice President of Marketing and Client Servicing at Loomis, Sayles & Co. in New York City. He held the same position at The Bridgewater Group in Wilton, CT, from 1989 to 1992. Kevin's knowledge of the financial industry is multifaceted as he was an executive recruiter, specializing in the pension fund industry, from 1979 to 1989. Kevin was also a portfolio manager in his early career at Scudder, the Bank of New York and Chemical Bank.

Kevin holds a B.S.B.A. degree in finance from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2002, Kevin was recognized by Money Management Letter as their first-ever “Client Service Executive of the Year.” He was nominated again for this award in 2005.

In addition, for the past 29 years, Kevin has played Santa for children, hospitals, nursing homes, foster homes and churches during the holiday season..