Last summer, ESPN underwent a reorganization to its content structure that included the promotion of Mike McQuade to executive vice president of sports production. Under his role, he has had responsibilities surrounding sports-specific studio shows and production at the network. There have been some additional changes regarding structure at the company announced by president of content Burke Magnus, including new reports to McQuade, along with previously announced roles being filled. The event and studio directing team, which is led by vice president Scott Favalora, along with the wraps and content integration teams under vice president Jack Obringer, will now be shifting under the sports production team and report to McQuade.
McQuade retains direct reports such as Linda Schulz and Phil Orlins, and there have also been some additional promotions of management personnel as the company refines its structure. Tim Corrigan, who is in his 38th year with ESPN, has been promoted to senior vice president of sports production, granting him oversight of event and studio productions for the NBA and WNBA. Hilary Guy, who was also promoted to vice president, will report to McQuade and lead NBA and WNBA studio and draft coverage. Coordinating producers Thomas Kintner and Kate Leonard will report to Corrigan as well.
Amanda Gifford has been promoted to senior vice president of sports production, a role that will provide oversight surrounding event and studio production for college football. Moreover, she will lead event and studio production surrounding the UFL, golf, volleyball, lacrosse and gymnastics. Direct reports to Gifford include vice president Bryan Jaroch, who will continue overseeing college football event production plus UFL and golf events, along with vice president Shawn Murphy. Nick Rud, coordinating producer II at the network, will continue working in college football event production, along with college softball and wrestling.
Meg Aronowitz, senior vice president of sports production, will continue overseeing event and studio production for ACC, SEC, NCAA basketball, NCAA Studio and various other properties. Reporting to her are vice presidents David Ceisler and Pete Watters, along with coordinating producer II Andy Green and senior managing producer Dan Kole. Alex Farmartino, who was promoted to vice president of production for ACC Network and NCAA Studio last November, will also report to Aronowitz, along with coordinating producer I Scott Gustafson.
Mark Gross, the senior vice president of sports production, has oversight surrounding event and studio productions for the National Football League. This includes the broadcast of Super Bowl LXI to conclude the 2026 season, which will take place from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. and be presented across platforms of The Walt Disney Company. Andy Tennant has been named the vice president of Super Bowl production after he had previously led the creation of E60 for the last 18 years. Additional employees reporting to Gross include vice presidents Seth Markman and Steve Ackels, along with the aforementioned Gustafson, who also leads MLB and college baseball productions.
In addition to the alterations in sports production, ESPN has announced changes in its original content division under senior vice president Brian Lockhart. Jose Morales will oversee productions for E60 and features and add various new reports, including Vin Cannamela, Mike Johns, Heather Lombardo and John Minton. Furthermore, Marsha Cooke is now responsible for external projects, including the 30 for 30 franchise, and adds Lindsay Rovegno and Kati Fernandez as reports.
Craig Lazarus is going to lead a new team dedicated to business operations, working with Morales and Cooke to utilize talent for storytelling endeavors across brands. Additionally, he will be the executive responsible for working with ESPN and Disney/Hulu partners on content integration and optimization while also taking leadership of the ESPYS. New reports with this role consist of Megan Anderson, Maria Delgado, Cath Sankey, Samantha Surface and Sheena Williams.
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