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Senior Sports Executive Brett Jewkes Shares Career Insights with USU Students

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Brett Jewkes, executive vice president and chief brand and communications officer of the Blank Family of Businesses (BFOB), will speak to USU students about his career in professional sports communications. Jewkes provides strategic counsel to Founder and Chairman, Arthur M. Blank, and other senior executives.

Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot, recruited Jewkes to BFOB in 2015 to manage his brand and lead the development of internal and external marketing communications strategies across the BFOB portfolio, which includes the NFL's Atlanta Falcons; Atlanta United of MLS; Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium; golf retailer PGA TOUR Superstore; Mountain Sky Guest Ranch; West Creek Ranch; Paradise Valley Ranch; Auster at Dome Mountain; Atlanta Drive GC, and the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. Jewkes is also playing a lead role in development of new businesses, including expansion teams in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and Women’s TGL (WTGL), as well as advising Blank on a number of private investments.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Huntsman Hall - Perry Pavilion (HH 470) |