Chad Chmelar |
Born into a family with a long list of athletes, Chad followed in their footsteps. He played football, basketball, baseball, and track. It was impossible to find a sport he didn’t like, and therefore, he played them all. He earned a football scholarship, as a tight end, to Baylor University. Upon graduating with a Business Management degree, he moved to California to complete his Masters. In Colorado, he worked in the non-profit sector and he owned a retail bookstore in both Colorado Springs and Denver. Despite his determination and focus to lead a successful business, Chad was compelled to join forces with The Flippen Group in 2005. He has been quoted saying, “I can accomplish more with my life by being a part of this team than I ever could on my own!” He has served in many capacities at The Flippen Group including real estate and office management. He played a key role on a literary team that propelled The Flip Side book to the New York Times Best Seller list. Recently, he helped launch a new division of the company, Flippen Sports, which focuses on the development of coaches and athletes. Chad employs the same passion and philosophy he has on life both professionally and personally. Annually, he leads teams on intense journeys into the wilderness of Colorado to summit the highest mountain peaks while, at the same time, inviting men to become leaders and discover things deep within themselves. When not working, Chad enjoys time with his family, traveling the world, reading books, and photography. He resides in College Station, Texas with his wife Joy and two sons Colton and Hagin. Chad’s mission in life: “To be a hero to his wife and children and to be a mentor that empowers people to shape history!” |
Amber Goodspeed |
Amber Goodspeed begins her fifth season with Toyota Center and her first as Senior Event Services Coordinator. Goodspeed serves as the primary liaison for the Houston Aeros and all private events as well as select Houston Rockets games and select concerts. Prior to joining Toyota Center in October 2006, Goodspeed interned with MiLB’s San Antonio Missions and served as their Front Office Intern. Her duties included in-game promotions, sponsorship performance reports, and box office operations. You name it, she did it. A native Houstonian, Goodspeed graduated from Westfield High School. She received her bachelor’s degree in Sport Management and minor in business from Texas A&M University in 2006. |
Hunter Goodwin |
Hunter Goodwin is President & COO of the Oldham Goodwin Group and Director of Hospitality. As President & COO, Hunter is responsible for implementing the company’s business strategies, launch¬ing new ventures and initiatives, overseeing ongoing company operations and developing synergistic business relationships. Prior to real estate, Hunter was a professional athlete for 8 years and was a team captain for the Miami Dolphins from 1999-2000. He served as a Miami Dolphins representative to the Player’s |
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Strategy. Business savvy. Sportsmanship. Charles D. Henderson, Vice President of Business Development for commonground marketing, is a combination of all of these elements, navigating uncharted business territories with the precision and tenacity of a well-tuned athlete.
Driven by his professional ability to create winning strategic opportunities, his sizable breadth of business contacts, both domestic and international as well as his desire and focus in achieving business success for his clients, Charles has navigated a clear path in defining and refining successful marketing strategies and business partnerships that function seamlessly in today's cutting-edge and fast-paced environment. At commonground, Charles is tasked with developing new business and managing the strategic partnerships for the agency. He was also responsible for leading the commonground Sports and Entertainment division, negotiating opportunities for some of the agency's premier sports properties and talent it represented. Staying low under the radar while moving between highly successful networks, Charles has built a reputation as the quintessential communicator with key decision-makers at all levels. His diverse background and deal-making experience span a wide array of companies and business sectors including media, entertainment, sports, telecommunications, finance and banking. Generating strategic marketing deals in North America, as well as Canada, the Caribbean, London and Hong Kong has given Charles the ability to influence the business process with an international focus and a global reach. Charles has an innate ability to generate “win/win deals” for the companies and clients that fall under his influence.
Charles has a strong commitment to his community. His passion for mentoring translated into co-founding the Houston Swoosh AAU Basketball Team, enabling mentees to gain access to athletic scholarships at major colleges and universities. Several of those players have gone on to perform in the NBA and the NFL including Deandre Jordan (LA Clippers), Martellus Bennett (Dallas Cowboys) and Chinemolu Elon (Spain). An avid golfer, Charles is also involved with Midnight Madness, which supports at-risk youth and has volunteered with the Special Olympics. |
Jason Jaynes |
Jason Jaynes is the VP of Marketing at Demand Media. In his role he oversees Marketing, Product Management and Product Strategy for the Demand Media Business Solutions Group. Jason and his team are responsible for all aspects of the Business Solutions Group’s marketing and products in the U.S. and Europe with a primary focus on the Pluck Social Media platform. His product team interacts daily with prospects and customers to manage the Pluck product lifecycle, to understand overall market needs, and to define and create the next generation of Pluck product features. Prior to Demand Media, Jason was the Director of Product Management at Credant Technologies where he oversaw the definition, development, launch, and management of multiple Enterprise Mobile Security products. Previous experience includes sales and development positions at Entrust, enCommerce, and Accenture. During his tenure at enCommerce and Accenture he worked for numerous clients to architect and build Enterprise Web applications. Jason holds an MBA degree from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas and a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University. Jason loves to spend his free time with his wife and three kids in Austin and the surrounding hill country. |
Bobby Jordan |
Bobby Jordan Graduated from Texas A&M in Sport Management in 2002 and in 2005, he graduated with a Master's in Sport Management. He Works for the Texas A&M Athletic Department from 2003-2005 working in marketing, event management and sales. He began working at Baylor in 2005 as the Assistant Director of Marketing for Athletics; worked there for a year assisting in the marketing for all sports at Baylor. In 2006, he accepted a position in the Sam Houston State Athletic Department as Director of Marketing and he was responsible for marketing, tickets, corporate sales, and licensing. He gained a promotion and became an Assistant Athletic Director after in 2007. He accepted a position with the Ohio State Radio Network in 2008 in Columbus, OH and was responsible for sales for the statewide radio network for Ohio State football and men's basketball. Bobby merged into Ohio State Sports Marketing in 2009 after IMG College obtained the rights to the entire Ohio State athletic department. He handled all aspects of corporate sales for Ohio State athletics. |
Matthew Kopil |
Matthew Kopil began college at Texas A&M in the Fall of 2005 as Communications major. His intent during the time Once he was accepted into the Sport Management department he began to search for ways to increase the amount of industry specific experience he had in hopes of finding a job upon graduation. During the Summer of 2006 Matthew was hired as an Intramural Supervisor and began working in and attending operations meetings for the student recreation center as well as overseeing basketball, soccer and football during intramural activities. He continued on in this At the start of the 2007 spring semester, while continuing to serve as an intramural supervisor, Matthew took a student-worker position with Texas A&M Men's Basketball team working under Coach Billy Gillispie. In the summer of 2007 Matthew took an Internship with the local independent league baseball team the Brazos Valley Bombers. This summer marked the first ever season for the new franchise and Matthew spent much of his time increasing the market share, as another form of entertainment in the BCS area, and the brand image the ownership group wanted to portray. Matthew, eventually hired on full time, spent the next two years with the team overseeing marketing endeavors. In August of 2008 Matthew was accepted and began graduate school in the Sport Management department at Texas A&M. Matthew earned his M.S. in Sport Management in December of 2009. Matthew left the Brazos Valley Bombers in December of 2009 to take a marketing position with FC Dallas of Major League Soccer. Mathew currently oversees many marketing initiatives and objects for the club as well as sets and creates marketing goals. Matthew has been married for three years and has a daughter named Kadielyn. He and his wife are expecting their second child next April. |
Katheryne McGilvray |
As of September 1, Katheryne is the new Athletic Staff Associate for Marketing for the Sam Houston Athletic Department. She is in charge of all marketing aspects for the department, from in game presentation, campus PR, attendance generation, and sponsor execution for all Bearkat Sports. Previously Katheryne worked for the Texas A&M Athletic Department from 2005-2009 in Event Management and Marketing. She went through the department as a student, intern, and landed a full time opportunity in Event Management as an Athletic Assistant with primary responsibility dealing with NCAA Championships. While in Event Management, she assisted the Associate Athletic Director and other staff members with activities, staging, signage, hospitality, banquets and procedures for home athletic events and four NCAA Championships. She was game manager at various home athletic events and high school sports contest. During her time with Event Management she submitted various bids to host NCAA Championships and was granted host for 2010 NCAA Men’s Golf Regional & 2011 NCAA Women’s Golf National Championship. During her career at A&M, she served as the event management liaison for several national events, including the NCAA Men's and Women's Tennis Championships, NCAA Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships and the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. She earned her bachelor's degree in sport management from Texas A&M in 2008. Two years later, she added a master's certificate degree in sport management from Southern New Hampshire University. |
Keyl Woolet |
Keyl Woolet graduated from Texas A&M University with Bachelors in Sport Management and two Minors, Business Administration and Speech Communication. Keyl Woolet serves as a Youth Football Marketing Coordinator at Houston Texans. He creates and implement a youth outreach and marketing plan to increase the participation of youth football participation, increase the level of coaching and grow the Texans youth fan base throughout Texas, oversees and direct the activities of the Youth Advisory Council, oversees and grows the youth section of the team website, oversees and continue to build the databases of youth, youth football participants and youth football coaches on a local and statewide basis, and so on. |

