PETRA POPE

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, EVENT MARKETING & COMMUNITY RELATIONS

An innovator in the specialized discipline of entertainment and special events for the sports industry, Petra Pope, in her seventh year with Brooklyn Nets, is responsible for the Nets' in-game entertainment experience, including the NETS Dancers, NETSational Seniors, NETS Kids, Team Hype, music, video production, costumes, lighting, halftime, and Sly and Mini Sly, the mascots.

Additionally, Pope oversees the team's community relations department, including the Brooklyn Nets Development program that directs clinics for children, as well as the team's special events, such as Ticket Influencers, Basketbowl -- the Nets' charity bowling event -- Draft Night party and the Open Practice.

Pope will oversee her areas of expertise when the team relocates to Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the 2012-13 NBA season.

In 1991, Pope launched the Knicks City Dancers and spent 14 years with the Knicks before joining the Nets in 2005. While with the Knicks she produced on-court entertainment and was also responsible for creating the first children's dance team for the Knicks and New York Liberty and the first Dance Camp in the NBA.

Prior to joining the Knicks, Pope was the manager of the Laker Girls from 1983-89.

Pope, who was born in Niederweisel, Germany, is a black belt in karate. She lives in Manhattan.