Ryan Grant Attends Business of Sports Summit

More than 400 business and sports executives attended the fourth annual Business of Sports Summit Friday morning in downtown Atlanta. ESPN analyst Lee Corso and Sports Business Journal Executive Editor Abe Madkour were keynote speakers for the event. An impressive slate of panelists included Eddie Gonzalez, Tournament Director and Chief Development Officer of the BB&T Atlanta Open; Rich Kenah, Executive Director of the Atlanta Track Club; Ed Clark, President of Atlanta Motor Speedway; Tom Clark, Executive Director of The Tour Championship; and John Grant, CEO of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta.

Ryan Grant, Vice President and Managing Director of Parker Executive Search attended the event, pictured below with John Stephenson, President and CEO of Atlanta Hall Management, which operates the College Football Hall of Fame. The College Football Hall of Fame tapped Parker to assist in building out its executive team to prepare for its launch in August, and has recently announced the hiring of five new vice presidents.

(Pictured: John Stephenson, President and CEO of Atlanta Hall Management; and Ryan Grant, Vice President and Managing Director of Parker Executive Search)

Inspiring praise from @sbjsbd editor Abe Madkour at #atlbizsports - 'They are reinventing the Hall of Fame for the better.'

— CFB Hall of Fame (@cfbhall) March 28, 2014