Eve Wright is in her second year as Vice President/Associate General Counsel for The HEAT Group. In her position, she advises on a wide variety of legal issues pertaining to marketing and promotions, concerts and events, corporate sales, merchandising initiatives and other team and arena related matters.

Prior to joining the HEAT, Wright served as the Senior Director of Business Affairs for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) where she helped to develop sports marketing opportunities for corporate sponsors while also managing the LPGA’s international trademark portfolio and retail licensing business.

Prior to her tenure with the LPGA, the former associate in the Minneapolis, MN office of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. worked in the E-Business and Corporate Transactions groups.

An avid supporter of community development initiatives, Wright has served in various capacities on the boards of regional civic organizations, including the Boys and Girls Club of Seminole County, FL, Scholarship America – Dollars for Scholars, Minnesota, and Forest Manor Community Development Corporation. In addition to civic organizations, she is currently a member of the ACC professional organization as well as serves on the Board of Directors for BESLA, Advisory Board for the Corporate Counsel Women of Color and the DePauw University Alumni Board.

Wright is a graduate of DePauw University, where she received a bachelor of arts in economics and international business. She earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Indiana University School of Law and participated in the Consortium Program at Howard University School of Law.