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




Peter Land
Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer, Dick’s Sporting Goods

Aimee Leone (‘84)
Senior Vice President of Talent Relations, FOX Sports



Evan Parker ('05)
SVP of Business and Content Operations, The Athletic

Nick Pietruszkiewicz (’00)
Assistant Prof of Immersive Digital Storytelling, Quinnipiac University *Advisory Board Chair

Jon Schwartz (‘97)
Senior Vice President of Communications, Marketing, Digital and Social Media, Big Ten Conference





Danielle Stein (’19)
Sports Anchor/Reporter, Spectrum Sports 360/MyNews13 Orlando
