More than Entertainment: Engaging and Educating Students Effectively and Efficiently Using Media
Wednesday November 15, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM
Concurrent Session 2

One of the most respected and innovative executives in the sports, entertainment and venue management industry, Bobby Goldwater has had a distinguished career in New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Currently the President of The Goldwater Group, a management and consulting company, Mr. Goldwater was President and Executive Director of the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission with the primary responsibility of leading the District of Columbia’s efforts to bring Major League Baseball back to the Nation’s Capital, a project that was successfully completed with the announcement in September 2004 of the relocation of the Montreal Expos, now the Washington Nationals. Prior to coming to Washington, Mr. Goldwater established a record of achievement at two of the most prestigious addresses in the business. He served 24 years at Madison Square Garden in New York City in a number of executive positions before leaving for STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, where he was the arena’s first Senior Vice President and General Manager and later was Senior Vice President, New Business. For more than a decade, The Goldwater Group has been widely acknowledged for its notable results with its consulting projects and clients nationally and internationally with assignments including venue management, sports facility operations and assessments, event development and production, business and strategic planning, marketing, sponsorship, branding and communications/public relations. In January 2014, Mr. Goldwater began an 18-month term as Interim Associate Dean of Georgetown University’s Sports Industry Management master’s program in which he has been a member of the faculty since its inception in 2008. During his time leading the country’s largest sports management graduate program, he initiated its online curriculum and directed the development and implementation of a sports management education program in association with the Josoor Institute in Doha, Qatar. He was recognized as the Georgetown School of Continuing Studies’ Outstanding Faculty Member in 2010 and with the 2009 Dean’s Service Award. He also is the co-author of a comprehensive textbook, the Second Edition of the Sports Event Management and Marketing Playbook. In 2016, Mr. Goldwater was named a Wiley Faculty Fellow, joining a select group of distinguished faculty from the network of Wiley Education Services partner institutions who catalyze innovation in teaching and learning on their respective campuses. Mr. Goldwater has been accorded numerous other accolades acknowledging his professional, personal and academic achievements. These have included the Event and Arena Marketing Conference presenting him with the prestigious GIGI Award of Excellence in 2008 in recognition of his significant contributions to professionalize and educate event marketers within the live entertainment industry and inducting him into the organization’s hall of fame. A long-time member of the International Association of Venue Managers, he has received multiple honors at his alma mater, Miami University in Ohio, as a student and an alumnus.