Advisory Board
The advisory board for the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism assists in further establishing the center as a leader in sports-journalism education and public discussion of sports, politics, culture, business, race, gender and ethics.
Advisory board members represent the most recognizable brands in sports and media: The Washington Post, USA Today, ESPN, Fox Sports, Sports Business Journal, SiriusXM, MSG Network, the NFL and Dick’s Sporting Goods, among others. They include some of the most familiar personalities in sports media. Fourteen members of the board are University of Maryland alumni.
Advisory Board
Len Elmore (‘74)
Professor of Sport Management, Lawyer, Analyst, Former Athlete
Margaret Engel
Director, Alicia Patterson Journalism Foundation, Journalist
Emilio Garcia-Ruiz (‘84)
Editor in Chief, San Francisco Chronicle
Frank Isola (’87)
Peter Land
Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer, Dick’s Sporting Goods
Aimee Leone (‘84)
Senior Vice President of Talent Relations, FOX Sports
Nick Pietruszkiewicz (’00)
Senior Editor, ESPN.com *Advisory Board Chair
Jon Schwartz (‘97)
Senior Vice President of Communications, Marketing, Digital and Social Media, Big Ten Conference
Alan Schwarz
Data Journalist, Former New York Times Investigative Reporter
David Steele (’85)
Journalist, Author, The Sporting News, The Undefeated
Danielle Stein (’19)
Sports Reporter, WCAV-TV, Charlottesville
