Bob Whitsitt

Bob Whitsitt, who will serve on our board of directors following the completion of this offering, is an attorney and best-selling author with more than 40 years of experience in professional sports management. In 2023, Mr. Whitsitt authored the book “Game Changer, An Insider’s Story of the Sonics’ Resurgence, the Trail Blazers’ Turnaround, and the Deal that Saved the Seahawks.” Since 2022, Mr. Whitsitt has sat on the independent board of Main Street Sports Group (formerly known as Diamond Sports Group), a leading provider of local sports programming in the United States. After receiving his juris doctor in 2021, Mr. Whitsitt established a law practice, where he offers negotiation, mediation and settlement services. From 2018 to 2021, Mr. Whitsitt served as Chief Sports Advisor of Wildcat Capital Management.

Mr. Whitsitt spent 25 years in the NBA, including nine seasons as President and General Manager of the Portland Trail Blazers from 1994 to 2003 and eight seasons as President and General Manager of the Seattle Supersonics from 1986 to 1994. During his tenure, Mr. Whitsitt’s teams made the playoffs in 16 of 17 seasons and he was selected NBA Executive of the Year in 1994.

From 1996 to 2005, Mr. Whitsitt served as President of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, during which time he negotiated the acquisition of the franchise and led a successful statewide referendum securing $300 million in public funding to build a new football/soccer stadium. In addition, he helped rebuild an organization that hadn’t made the playoffs for 10 years into a championship contender that made it to the Super Bowl in the 2005-2006 NFL season.

Mr. Whitsitt received his juris doctor and graduated magna cum laude from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in 2021. Mr. Whitsitt also earned a Master of Arts in Sports Administration from Ohio State University in 1978, and a Bachelor of Science in Communication from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point in 1977.