Jimmy Pitaro is chairman of ESPN Inc. in charge of the global sports media network and its portfolio of content, products and experiences across platforms. An attorney and former football player, he previously served as chairman of ESPN and Sports Content and as president and co-chair of Disney Media Networks. Pitaro originally joined The Walt Disney Company in 2010 as co-president of Disney Interactive, where he led the turnaround of its digital media and gaming division. Previously he served at Yahoo! Inc. as head of media. Pitaro earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law.

Brad Falchuk ’93, L.H.D.’14 is an Emmy Award-winning writer, director and producer known for co-creating award-winning television series “Glee” and “American Horror Story,” among many others. He is one of the founding members of The Young Storytellers Foundation, a non-profit serving more than 100 schools, helping students write their own screenplays. After a decade writing at 20th Television (formerly known as 20th Century Fox Television), Falchuck currently is under a multi-year contract to develop, write, produce and direct new series for Netflix Inc. Falchuk began his storytelling career after earning a Bachelor of Arts in English at Hobart and William Smith and a Master of Fina Arts in screenwriting at the American Film Institute.