Our Management Team
NBA Commissioner David Stern is one of the most recognizable executives in the world. He was recently cited by The Sporting News as number one on their annual list of the “Most Powerful People In Sports.” Commissioner Stern has assembled a broad team of skilled and dedicated individuals working closely with him to continue driving our success. Below is an introduction to just a few of these people.

David J. Stern
Commissioner

Adam Silver
NBA Deputy Commissioner & Chief Operating Officer

Kenneth I. Adelson
Senior Vice President, Production Operations & Planning

Steven M. Angel
Senior Vice President, League Operations & Officiating

Ski Austin
Executive Vice President, Events & Attractions

Michael A. Bantom
Senior Vice President, Player Development

Michael Bass
Senior Vice President, Marketing Communications

Kathleen Behrens
Senior Vice President, Community & Player Programs

Harvey E. Benjamin
NBA Executive Counsel, Business & Finance

Renee M. Brown
WNBA Chief of Basketball Operations & Player Relations

Richard W. Buchanan
NBA Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Kerry D. Chandler
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Tim Chen
Chief Executive Officer, NBA China

Linda Choong
Senior Vice President, Retail Group

Robert Criqui
Executive Vice President, Finance

David Denenberg
Senior Vice President of Legal & Business Affairs

Ayala Deutsch
Senior Vice President & Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

Peter Farnsworth
Senior Vice President, Business Development

Mark Fischer
Senior Vice President, NBA China

Attila Gazdag
Senior Vice President, Global Media Distribution

Michael S. Gliedman
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, NBA Information Technology

Christopher Granger
Senior Vice President, Team Marketing & Business Operations

Paula Hanson
Senior Vice President, WNBA Team Business Development

Christopher Heck
Senior Vice President, Team Business Operations

Stephen M. Hellmuth
Executive Vice President, Operations & Technology

Paul Hirschheimer
Senior Vice President, Multimedia Production

Gail Hunter
Senior Vice President, Events & Attractions

Stu Jackson
Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations

Ronald L. Johnson
Senior Vice President, Referee Operations

William S. Koenig
NBAE Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel

Bob Lanier
Special Assistant to the Commissioner

Salvatore LaRocca
Executive Vice President, Global Merchandising Group

Joel M. Litvin
President, League and Basketball Operations

Andrew Lustgarten
Special Assistant to the Commissioner

Brian P. McIntyre
Senior Vice President, Basketball Communications

Daniel Meiseles
Senior Vice President, Production, Programming, & Broadcasting

Bryan Perez
Senior Vice President and General Manager, NBA Digital

Donna Orender
President, WNBA

Dan Reed
President, NBA Development League

Stephen O. Richard
Senior Vice President, Finance

Daniel S. Rube
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Christopher J. Russo
Senior Vice President, Facilities & Administration

Mark A. Tatum
Senior Vice President, Marketing Partnerships

Bernard Tolbert
Senior Vice President, Security

Heidi J. Ueberroth
President, Global Marketing Partnerships and International Business Operations, NBA