Our Federation invites you to join us on Tuesday, August 22nd at 6:00 PM for an exclusive and enlightening FedTalk: The Business of Sports to hear insights from team owners and industry leaders regarding the sports industry from a business perspective.  

Our panelists include:

• Steven A. Cohen, Executive Vice President of The Anschutz Corporation
• Gregory Milken, Co-Founder of March Capital, March Gaming, and 1AM Gaming
• Bennett Rosenthal, Lead Managing Owner of the Los Angeles Football Club and Co-Founder of Ares

The conversation will be moderated by Tracy Sandler, Founder & CEO of Fangirl Sports Network.

Century City area. Address to be provided.

Online registration for this event is now closed. If you have any questions or are interested in attending, please contact Steven Singer at SSinger@JewishLA.org.

Steven A. Cohen is Executive Vice President of The Anschutz Corporation, the holding company for the Anschutz family of enterprises.  Mr. Cohen is involved with a number of the operating companies within the Anschutz organization and sits on the board of various portfolio companies including Anschutz Entertainment Group, for which he also serves as Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Cohen also serves as Managing Director of Anschutz Investment Company, the investment arm of The Anschutz Corporation that is focused on both equity and debt investments in a variety of industries, including communications, media, oil and gas, alternative energy, entertainment, hospitality and lodging, real estate and transportation. Mr. Cohen’s background is in economics and law. Mr. Cohen is involved with a number of philanthropic organizations, and currently serves as Immediate Past Chairman of the Rose Community Foundation and Chair-Elect of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.

Gregory Milken had been an active seed investor before he teamed up with Santa Monica-based venture capitalists to co-found March Capital in 2014. Building on his life-long love of gaming and early stage investing, Gregory co-founded March Gaming in 2019.

In 2023, Gregory and his team at March Gaming spun out of March Capital to form a new entity, 1AM Gaming, to focus exclusively on early-stage investments in the gaming sector. The 1AM Gaming name pays homage to the long, late-night hours that so many gamers put into their craft. Both Gregory and the other 1AM principals are all enthusiastic gamers and former operators who understand the gaming space not only from a player point of view but also from an entrepreneurial perspective.

Bennett Rosenthal is a Co-Founder of Ares, a Director and Partner of Ares Management Corporation and Chairman of the Ares Private Equity Group. Mr. Rosenthal serves as the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) and is a member of the Ares Private Equity Group's Corporate Opportunities, Special Opportunities, Energy Opportunities, and Extended Value Investment Committees and the Ares Sports, Media and Entertainment Investment Committee. Mr. Rosenthal joined Ares in 1998 from Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. where he served as a Managing Director in the Global Leveraged Finance Group. He currently serves on the boards of directors of City Ventures, LLC, and the parent entities of TAG (the Aspen Group), CHG Healthcare Holdings L.P., The AZEK Company, Duly Health and Care, LaserAway, Press Ganey Associates, Inc., TricorBraun and Unified Women's Healthcare. Additionally, Mr. Rosenthal is the Lead Managing Owner and a Director of the Los Angeles Football Club, where he also serves on the board of the LAFC Foundation. Mr. Rosenthal also currently serves as Chair of the Graduate Executive Board at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received both a B.S. in Economics and his M.B.A.

Tracy Sandler created Fangirl Sports Network with the intention of building a digital community for female sports fans that delivers weekly news updates, commentary about professional teams, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at accomplished women making waves in our industry. Tracy is entering her eighth season as a credentialed 49ers beat writer and reports live from the field and the locker room, attends press conferences, and covers community outreach events. She also hosts a “Five Fun Facts” series with 49ers players that is exclusive to FGSN.

Every week, she has the pleasure of interviewing some of the most accomplished and hard-working women in sports on FGSN's weekly podcast, “Get My Job,” while Tracy launched a second podcast in 2021, “The Tracy Sandler Show,” which is a sports and lifestyle podcast that will get you caught up on the top sports headlines, while adding in laughter and spice.

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