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Shining a much-deserved spotlight on members within our associationShining a much-deserved spotlight on members within our associationThe Esports Trade Association is proud to highlight several of our members for their unique roles in the esports industry. From the...
Thirty four sports. Forty-plus VIP ticket holders and more than 70 sponsors, 3,600 athletes from 100 countries and 500,000 visitors over 10 days. These impressive numbers represent a snapshot of what The World Games 2022 will bring to Birmingham, AL, from July 7-17. But these Games mean so much more to Birmingham and its six-county metropolitan statistical area.
One of the industry’s most respected practitioners, Tammy Dunn, STS, is synonymous with sports tourism in Snohomish County, Washington. After growing up amidst the beautiful outdoors of Belgrade, MT—about 10 miles northwest of Bozeman where she graduated from Montana State University—Dunn moved after college to the greater Seattle area where she landed a job within five days.
Growing up in his early childhood home in Dagenham, United Kingdom (U.K.), Jamie “Dirk” Diaz Ruiz would’ve been hard-pressed to predict a meteoric esports career that includes holding a lead position in the NBA 2K League broadcasting booth since the League’s inception.
Club basketball founder. High school assistant athletic director and varsity coach. NBA public relations assistant. Director of operations. Tournament director. Boys and Girls Club sports director. Youth national and international championship winner.
Through and through, Andy Hansen is a proud Coloradoan. An equally avid fan of sports and family, Hansen grew up in the resort town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, where he helped run Blue Sky Adventures, the family rafting, fishing and biking business of 40 years and counting.