Bill Hambrecht has been in the securities business since 1958.  A co-founder of Hambrecht & Quist in 1968, he resigned in December 1997 to form WR Hambrecht + Co.  Mr. Hambrecht has served as a director for numerous private and public companies.  He currently serves as a Director for Motorola Inc., is on the Board of Trustees for The American University of Beirut and is on the Advisory Investment Committee to the Board of Regents of the University of California.  He also serves on the Advisory Council to The J. David Gladstone Institute.  In October, 2006, Mr. Hambrecht was inducted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  Mr. Hambrecht graduated from Princeton University in 1957.

In March of 2009, Tim Armstrong was named Chairman & CEO of AOL.  Armstrong previously served as the Vice President of Advertising for Google where he presided over Google's North American advertising sales, operations and commerce teams.

Armstrong joined Google from Snowball.com as that company's vice president of Sales and Strategic Partnerships. Prior to his role at Snowball.com, Armstrong served as director of Integrated Sales & Marketing at Starwave's and Disney's ABC/ESPN Internet Ventures working across the companies Internet, TV, radio, and print properties. He started his career by co-founding and running a newspaper based in Boston, MA, before joining IDG to launch their first consumer Internet magazine, I-Way.

Armstrong has been named one of the top "100 People to Know" for global media by Media Magazine and was awarded a Media Maven Award by Advertising Age in 2004. He sits on the boards of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), KnowledgeStorm Inc., and the Ad Council. Armstrong is a graduate of Connecticut College with a double major in Economics and Sociology.

Paul Pelosi is an investment banker with over 40 years experience in finance and management.  Since 1974 Pelosi has had his own firm, Financial Leasing Services, Inc., a San Francisco-based diversified investment and consulting company.  His activities are equally divided between real estate development projects and venture capital investments.

Pelosi sits on the boards of many philanthropic and corporate Boards in San Francisco and in Washington D.C. where his wife, Nancy Pelosi, presides over Congress as Speaker of the House.  Currently, Pelosi serves as Chairman on the Georgetown University School’s of Foreign Service’s Board of Visitors, the San Francisco War Memorial Board of Trustees, the National Institute of Health Children's Inn, the University of California Medical School Foundation, City Car Services, LLC and Matthews International Capital Management, LLC.

Pelosi is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and studied business at the graduate schools of New York University and Harvard.

William E. Mayer, founder of Park Avenue Equity, has been involved in private equity investing for more than 35 years. Mayer worked for The First Boston Corporation (now Credit Suisse), a major investment bank, for 23 years. During his career at First Boston, he held numerous management positions including President and Chief Executive Officer.  Mayer served as Chairman of First Boston’s Investment Committee for eight years.

Mayer was a Professor and Dean of the College of Business at the University of Maryland from 1992 through 1996. He is currently a board member of the following public companies: BlackRock Kelso and Lee Enterprises, and is a trustee of the Columbia Group of Mutual Funds. Over the past 30 years, Mayer has been a board member of numerous other public and private companies.  He is also a director on a number of Park Avenue Equity portfolio companies.  Mayer was Chairman of the Aspen Institute from 2000 to 2008 and is currently on its Executive Committee. He is past Chairman of the Board of the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland and is currently on its Executive Committee.

Mayer is also a board member of the Acumen Fund, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Vice Chairman of the Middle East Investment Initiative.  He holds a BS and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
 

Sunburst Entertainment Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tampa Bay Rays, is a full-service sports and entertainment company.  In addition to investing in sports and entertainment-related ventures,  Sunburst provides brand management, sales and sponsorship support, powerful promotions, as well as fan experience and event management counsel to other sports and entertainment organizations.  Sunburst also books and manages all events at Tropicana Field other than Tampa Bay Rays games.

Henry S. Bienen was elected the 15th president of Northwestern University on June 13, 1994. He took office on January 1, 1995.

Mr. Bienen, 70, was the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University prior to his appointment at Northwestern.

A political scientist with interests in political and economic development, comparative politics, civil-military relations, and U.S. foreign policy, Mr. Bienen began his association with Princeton University in 1966 as an assistant professor. He was named associate professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton in 1969 and professor of politics and international affairs in 1972. He was appointed the William Stewart Tod Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton in 1981 and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in 1985.

Mr. Bienen is one of the first three university presidents awarded the Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award for innovative leadership in higher education. The honor carries a $500,000 award for the institution and recognizes leaders of institutions of higher education who have demonstrated an abiding commitment to liberal arts and who have initiated and supported curricular innovations, including development of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary programs that aim to bridge the gulf between the theoretical and the practical. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Mr. Bienen is a member of the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, serving on the executive committee and chairing the nominating and governance committee. He is a member of the board of directors of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and serves on its executive committee. A member of the Argonne National Laboratory's Board of Governors, Mr. Bienen serves on the board's executive, nominating, and auditing committees.

Other board and trustee memberships include Ithaka where he serves as chair of the board of trustees, Rasmussen College Inc., Steppenwolf Theatre, SPSS Inc. and Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Bienen is a member and past chair of the executive committee of the Association of American Universities and a member of the American Political Science Association and the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.

Mr. Bienen has been a visiting professor at Makerere College in Kampala, Uganda (1963-65), at University College in Nairobi (1968-69), at Columbia University (1971-72), and at the University of Ibadan (1972-73). He was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (1976-77), a Polsky Fellow at the Aspen Institute (1982-83), and a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton (1984-85).

Mr. Bienen has been a consultant to the U.S. Department of State (1972-88), the National Security Council (1978-79), the Agency for International Development (1980-81), the Central Intelligence Agency (1982-88), and the World Bank (1981-89). He served as a member of the senior review panel of the CIA in the late 1980s.

He also has been a consultant to Hambrecht and Quist Investment Company, the Boeing Corporation, and the Carnegie Corporation as well as to the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

He served as a member of the Committee on Roles of Academic Health Centers in the 21st Century at the National Academies' Institute of Medicine and on the board of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (Internet 2) from 1998 to 2002.

Mr. Bienen received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Northwestern University in 2009. He received the University of Chicago Professional Achievement Alumni Award in 2000 and the 2008 Niagara Peace & Dialogue Award from the Niagara Foundation in 2008. Mr. Bienen received a bachelor's degree with honors from Cornell University in 1960 and a master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1961. He was awarded a PhD from Chicago in 1966. In 2008 Northwestern's Board of Trustees honored Mr. Bienen and his wife, Leigh, a senior lecturer at Northwestern University School of Law, by naming the University's School of Music the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music.

Mr. Bienen and his wife, Leigh, a senior lecturer at Northwestern University School of Law, have three daughters, five grandsons, and one granddaughter.

With more than two decades of experience in the professional football and sports industries, Huyghue brings expertise in the areas of legal, operations, front office management and, most recently, player representation. Huyghue started his career as a legal intern for the NFL’s Players Association and was then an attorney with the NFL’s Management Council in 1987, handling hundreds of arbitration hearings.  At the age of 29, he became the youngest general manger in professional football when he joined the NFL World League in 1989.

Huyghue then joined the Detroit Lions as Vice President and General Counsel, and was tapped as Senior Vice President of Football Operations for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the team’s inaugural NFL season.  During Huyghue’s tenure with the Jaguars, the team became the winningest franchise in expansion history, achieving two AFC Central Division Championships and an unprecedented two AFC Championship appearances.

Huyghue has served on many of the NFL Commissioner's prominent committees, including the NFL Management Council, the Executive Working Group Committee, the NFL College Advisory Committee, the NFL Europe League and as a Trustee of the NFL Players Insurance Trust.

Prior to joining the UFL, Huyghue was CEO/Founder of Axcess Sports & Entertainment where he represented a number of NFL, NBA and PGA TOUR players. Huyghue has twice been named to the "Forty Under 40" Top Sports Business Executives by the Sports Business Journal.  

Huyghue earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, where he starred as a football and baseball player, and earned his law degree from the University of Michigan. Huyghue currently resides in Jacksonville, FL with his wife and three children.

Heralded as one of most influential and prominent executives in the sports marketing industry, Frank Vuono was named Chief Operating Officer of the United Football League (UFL) in November, 2007.   As COO of the UFL, Vuono oversees all of the business aspects of this new professional football league including marketing, sponsorships, licensing, broadcasting, ticketing operations, venue/facility management, finances, legal affairs and public relations.
 
Vuono’s vast experience both on and off the gridiron has helped to set today’s marketing standard in professional football.  Having consulted for, or worked closely with, nearly half of the teams in the NFL, Vuono has negotiated record-breaking partnerships in naming rights, sponsorship, merchandising, and ticket and suite sales.  Vuono was personally hired by the NFL Commissioner’s office to assist the New Orleans Saints (post Hurricane Katrina) in securing over $11M in sponsorship revenue.  During his tenure of Vice President of Licensing for NFL Properties (NFLP), Vuono built sales of licensing products from approximately $300 million to over $2.5 billion and launched integrated marketing programs, including NFL Pro Line, NFL Pro Shop and NFL Throwbacks.  Vuono co-founded the NFL Quarterback Club, predecessor to what is now the NFL Quarterback Greats.

In addition to his responsibilities as COO of the UFL, Vuono is also a co-founder and partner at 16W Marketing, LLC.   Vuono directs 16W’s corporate division, which boasts such clients as Cal Ripken Baseball, FieldTurf, TurnStyles Ticketing and XOS Technologies. Some highlight accomplishments include spearheading synthetic turf installation negotiations between FieldTurf & several NFL teams (Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants/Jets & St. Louis Rams); brokering the webpage hosting/creation partnership between the Arena Football League & XOS Technologies; and the sale of naming rights to Edward Jones Financial for the St. Louis Rams’ Dome.

Known for his creative and dynamic approach, Vuono co-founded Integrated Sports International (ISI) in 1993.  As CEO & President of ISI, Vuono spearheaded programs for the San Francisco 49ers, the Cleveland Browns, Burger King, Disney’s Wide World of Sports, GM’s Cadillac Division and General Mills’ Wheaties. ISI was acquired by SFX Entertainment in March of 1999 and Vuono was named president of SFX Sport Group’s marketing division.  Vuono has personally managed marketing and licensing programs for many sports and entertainment key personalities including current 16W Marketing clients Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms.  For his work in the industry, Vuono has been named to The Sporting News’ “Top 100 Most Influential People in Sports,” and Sportstyle’s “The Players” which showcases the top sports industrialists.

Vuono currently sits on the Board of Directors of NFL Quarterback Greats, the Board of Trustees of the Hackensack University Medical Center & the HUMC Foundation, and on the Board of Directors of Children’s Miracle Network.  He is a graduate and supporter of Princeton University where he serves as an active member of the Alumni Council and Chairman of the Princeton Football Association.  He and his wife Dorothy reside in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and have three daughters. 
 

Rick Mueller joins the United Football League as Vice President & General Manager.  The former Vice President of Player Personnel of the New Orleans Saints, Mueller spearheaded the Saints’ continual efforts to build a talented, productive roster. Those duties ranged from evaluating current and future NFL free agents to studying college prospects.  Mueller was responsible for all aspects of scouting and evaluations, with tasks that included supervising and coordinating the organization’s college and pro scouts.  His responsibilities peaked each year when running the Saints’ draft room.

In eight seasons in New Orleans, Mueller helped shape the club’s last seven drafts and free-agent classes, which formed the foundation of a team that in 2006 captured the NFC South title and advanced to the NFC Championship Game. Mueller came to the club following a six-year stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he was instrumental in its rapid rise from expansion franchise in 1995 to AFC powerhouse.  

In 13 NFL seasons, the teams that Mueller has helped build have compiled a record of 111-97 and earned six playoff appearances – including advancing to three conference championship games.  

From 1996-99, Jacksonville captured two AFC Central Division titles and played in a pair of conference championships. Mueller served as the Jaguars' Director of College Scouting in 1998-99 and was in charge of the team’s initial college draft in 1999.  Prior to being promoted, Mueller was Jacksonville's college scout for the Western United States.

In 1993, Mueller was Director of Player Personnel and wide receivers coach for the CFL Sacramento Gold Miners. In the spring and summer of 1992, he was defensive assistant and special teams coach for the World League's Sacramento Surge. The Surge finished 8-2 and captured the World Bowl Championship.

Following that season, Mueller was one of five pro scouts for the World League. Working for the Surge was Mueller's first pro assignment after his graduate assistant role at Washington State University from 1990-92 where he served as quarterbacks coach, head junior varsity coach and recruiting coordinator.

A graduate of the University of Puget Sound (Wash.), Mueller was a three-year starter at quarterback. He graduated in communications in 1990 and also attended graduate school, studying communications while coaching at Washington State from 1990-92.  He and his wife have twin sons and a daughter.
 

Peter Morrissey joins the UFL as Vice President & General Counsel.  Morrissey, who also serves as Secretary on the UFL’s Board of Directors, will oversee the League’s legal team including outside counsel.

Morrissey has served as Managing Director for WR Hambrecht Ventures, the venture capital funds of WR Hambrecht + Co, for the past six years. As a founding member of WR Hambrecht Ventures & Ventures II, Morrissey created implementation strategies, authored investment summaries and developed new business models for the funds.  Prior to his role with firms’ venture initiatives, Morrissey assisted WR Hambrecht as Managing Director of Investment Banking where he provided strategic advisory services for Hambrecht’s proprietary “Open IPO”.

Prior to his work at WR Hambrecht, Morrissey was an Associate for the private equity advisory group, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, and the Director of Capital Markets for Equico.  He also worked for Credit Suisse First Boston in the bank’s mergers and acquisitions group and as portfolio manager for Angele, Gordon & Co., L.P. in New York.

Morrissey’s legal expertise includes governmental law having served as law clerk to the San Francisco’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; research assistant to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC and legislative correspondent to now Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Morrissey received his Juris Doctorate and Masters of Education in Economics from the University Of Southern California School Of Law.  He and his wife reside in San Francisco with their daughter.

 

Matthew Couloute Jr. is engaged in the sports and entertainment industry. A former NCAA Division III basketball player at Clark University in Worchester, Mass., he has held full time positions as a prosecutor for the state of Connecticut and at both the National Football League and the National Football League Players Association. A law school graduate, he is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut and is now Vice President of Football Administration & Legal Affairs for the UFL. 

Couloute was hired as the youngest and first minority Assistant States Attorney in Norwalk, Connecticut.  He was promoted to Bridgeport Connecticut’s High Court as the State’s Attorney where he prosecuted major felony offenses including murders, sexual assaults, armed robberies and drug offenses.

Spreading his law knowledge beyond the state of Connecticut, Couloute has appeared on Court TV as a guest commentator critiquing lawyers’ performances during high profile cases and was a legal analyst for MSNBC.  He recently appeared on the Jim Rome Show with Simeon Rice to discuss agent and financial advisor fraud.

While serving as legal counsel for the NFL, Couloute designed and ran a proactive program focusing on educating players and coaches on league policies and off-field issues.  He presented league policies and educational information at both the NFL Rookie Symposium and the National Football League Mothers Association.   Couloute then moved to the other side of the gridiron where handled player/agent grievances and player/team grievances for the NFL Players Association.  He counseled prospective professional athletes regarding amateurism and turning into professionals, worked with the NCAA assisting in investigating agent misconduct and handled NFL player fine appeals.  Couloute also revamped the NFLPA Agent Admission Policy, creating background check and requirement, while assisting in creation of a more difficult agent exam.

In addition to his work in football law, Couloute negotiated professional boxing contracts for now middleweight titleholder Tarvis Simms and his brother Travis Simms.  He has also negotiated numerous racecar driver agreements, modeling contracts and music agreements.  Most recently, Couloute served as in-house counsel for an e-commerce company.

A 17-year Information Technology professional, Tomás Llibre’s vast computer knowledge and experience ranges from instructor and PC repairs to enterprise wide implementation of sophisticated information systems.

Since1999, Llibre played an integral part of the National Football League’s Application Development group where he grew into a Senior Project Manager and helped implement solutions for the Football Operations, Officiating, Security and Management Council departments.  In addition, Llibre created technological solutions for an officiating website, college medical, substance abuse program, Pro Bowl balloting, security case management and tracking of players’ fines.  One of the highlights of Llibre’s NFL career is the design and implementation of the hardware architecture and enterprise search strategy behind the first Enterprise Portal rollout at the league office using Microsoft technologies.

Prior to joining the NFL, Llibre worked at the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) where he quickly advanced from a Programmer Analyst to a Senior Network Administrator. He helped the Institute create solutions to track the development process of industry standards by international committees, implemented a tool to synchronize the Microsoft Exchange global address list with an enterprise CRM system and automated the rollout of Windows NT workstation to 150 users.

A married father of two, Llibre received his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra and Master of Science in Information Systems from PACE University.

As Vice President of Security, Reynolds oversees all UFL security matters and is responsible for the general direction of all staff as it pertains to the administration of security for the UFL.

Prior to joining the UFL, Reynolds worked for twelve seasons with the National Football League in football operations and security. As the Assistant Director of Football Operations, Reynolds developed, implemented and administered the On-field/ Pro-Line policies for all 32 teams. He was also responsible for all fines associated with On-field/ Pro-Line violations by players, coaches or team. Reynolds developed and implemented the college relations programs and the NFL high school coaches of the week programs in all 32 markets.

As Security Specialist (NFL Players and Coaches), Reynolds was responsible for the 32 Commissioner mandated NFL security presentations given to all players and coaches and the video shown at all presentations. In addition, he oversaw the security for the draftees selected to attend the NFL Draft in New York City each year.  Reynolds assisted in the development of NFL best practices for stadium security and worked closely with the 35 NFL security representatives to ensure use by NFL players at no cost to the players. He also produced the NFL security guide booklet for NFL players and coaches to use as a resource to better protect themselves from issues like identity theft and fraud.

Reynolds began his career with the NFL as a free-agent signee with the New England Patriots in 1983. After being the last player released after training camp, he was resigned after four games and continued his career for the next eleven years.  Following the 1989 season, Reynolds was named Team MVP. He also led the Patriots in tackles for three different seasons. In 1992, he signed with New York Giants for the remaining two years of his NFL playing career.

While playing in the NFL, Reynolds served in the Army Reserves as an infantry officer/ weapons expert.  During his fifteen year Military career, he oversaw every aspect of training for the units in the 80th Division. He handled all weapons qualifications (Day and Night fire) raising scores by 60%. He also assisted in the improvement in PT scores by 75%. He operated Range operations and handled unit security procedures.

Reynolds was born in Stuttgart, Germany. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Reynolds is married with four sons.

Larry Upson joined the United Football League in November of 2007 and will serve as the Vice President of Officiating & Operations for the UFL. 

Upson began officiating football with the Eastern Board of Officials of Washington, DC in 1981, and worked primarily as a Line Judge.  Selected to the staff of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in 1984, Upson was chosen to work in six NCAA Division I-AA playoff games.

Upson became affiliated with the World League of American Football as a Back Judge in 1991.  In his first year, Upson was selected to work in the inaugural World Bowl Championship game held in London, England.  In addition, in 1991, Upson joined the staff of the National Football League (NFL) as a Line Judge where he worked the 1992 and 1993 season as a Field Judge.  In 1994, Upson worked his first NFL Playoff game (Chicago @ Minnesota).  In 1996, he worked the AFC Championship game (Jacksonville @ New England).

Upson’s prowess on the field resulted in numerous promotions including the role of Supervisor of Officials for the NFL (1997).  In March of 2001, Upson was promoted to Director of Officiating Operations. His responsibilities included overseeing important officiating aspects such as the evaluation of game tapes, assisting in the development of weekly training tapes and assisting in the selection process for hiring NFL officials.  Upson also helped to manage training for current officials; coordinating the grading and evaluation system for officials; scouting for new hires and the rules testing program.  He was also responsible for implementing the instant replay system presently employed by the NFL.

Upson is the father of two, a son and a daughter, and the grandfather of four.

Ralph Vuono has learned the sports business from one of the leaders in the sports marketing industry, his uncle, Frank Vuono.  Vuono has worked as Frank’s right-hand man at 16W Marketing LLC, where he manages all 16W Marketing's corporate consulting initiatives.

While at 16W Marketing, Vuono was responsible for negotiating a multifaceted marketing partnership between FieldTurf and the National Football League (NFL) making FieldTurf the official synthetic turf of Super Bowl 40.  Vuono led the negotiations between Cal Ripken, Jr. and FieldTurf Tarkett, culminating in a press conference at the 2006 MLB Winter Meetings to announce the strategic partnership. Post-Hurricane Katrina, Vuono assisted the New Orleans Saints in securing over $11M in sponsorship revenues prior to the 2006 season.   Most recently, he successfully negotiated over 12 “if win” licensing partnerships on behalf of Big Brown and IEAH Stables prior to the Belmont Stakes.

Vuono has been involved with the creation of the UFL since late 2007 and has been involved in multiple facets including sponsorships, consumer products, television, public relations, advertising and stadium and game day operations.  A graduate of Penn State University and an avid Penn State Football fan, Vuono and his wife reside in New Jersey.

Rachel Gary first got started in sports and entertainment public relations when she realized her skills were better behind the scenes than in the swimming pool.    Gary is currently overseeing the public relations efforts of the United Football League, a brand new professional football league, slated to kick-off in August 2009.  She recently acted as a consultant to Sports Management Resources (SMR), a sports consulting firm that specializes in educational sport, and the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF), the premiere women’s sports organization.

Gary formerly served as Senior Director of Communications-Music for Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) where she was responsible for the publicity/marketing, implementation and event planning for the largest worldwide concert promoter and event operator.  Prior to moving to CCE’s Music Division, Gary worked at ISI and SFX, subsidiaries of CCE.  She led the publicity efforts for the company’s roster of athletes, concentrating on athletes’ marketing and charitable endeavors, and assisted in the launch of Major League Lacrosse.  

Gary got her start in public relations serving as Assistant Media Director for the Volvo International and Pilot Pen International Tennis Tournaments in New Haven, Connecticut and in football development for NFL Properties (UK) Ltd.   A graduate of Ithaca College, Gary and her husband reside in New Jersey with their two sons.

Justin Hesterlee joins the UFL as the League’s Director of Finance & Controller.  For the past four years, Hesterlee served as plant controller for AB InBev, Inc (previously Anheuser-Busch) in Jacksonville, Florida and Newark, NJ. A performance-driven finance professional, Hesterlee spearheaded $50M in cost-saving initiatives that strengthened the Jacksonville plant’s infrastructure, expanded its earnings and maximized its ROIs.  Prior to positions with Anheuser-Busch (and InBev), Hesterlee served as a financial accountant for a $500M annual expense manufacturing facility and two $4M land application farms.  

Hesterlee, received his finance degree from Indiana University and his MBA from the University of Florida.  He and his wife reside in Jacksonville.
 

Brendan Rowe enters his first year as the Senior Director, League Operations / Football Development for the United Football League.  Rowe will oversee all the logistical operations for the League, including training camp, team travel, and game operations.  He will also supervise UFL’s Training Camp Facilities from a Football Operation perspective, including all staff communications and scheduling.  In addition, Rowe will lend assistance to the League Office in the overall management of the Football Operations Department, working as a negotiator in player contracts and providing support for the monitoring and strategic planning of the League / Team’s salary cap.

Rowe joined the League in 2009, after spending 10 years with the Cleveland Browns in various roles.  He began in 1999 as a Personnel Assistant, before joining the Operations Department in 2000 as Manager, Operations.  In 2005, Rowe was promoted to Director, Team Operations.  In his various roles with the Browns, Rowe was the primary point person and directed the day-to-day administration and coordination of football operations and logistics, including free agency, NFL Draft weekend, mini and training camp, team travel/lodging/dining, visiting team arrival procedures at Browns Stadium, game-day operations and team catering.  Additionally, he acted as a liaison across football and non-football departments.

Rowe received his Business Administration (Accounting & Sociology) degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1995.  He also has completed one year of graduate study and is a Candidate for a Masters in Education – Sports Administration.

Rowe and his wife are the proud parents of one daughter.

A tax partner with the Griggs Group, Peter Reynolds will oversee a team of specialists that will handle the UFL’s day-to-day bookkeeping and long-term accountant needs.

Reynolds began his public accounting career with Deloitte & Touche in 1993.  From 1997 through 2002, he worked as a tax manager with Arthur Andersen.  He joined The Griggs Group in July, 2002.

During his 14-years plus of public accounting, Reynolds’ responsibilities included a wide variety of consulting and compliance services for his clients.  He regularly works with C-Corporations, S-Corporations, LLCs, partnerships, trusts and estates, and individual tax returns.  His background covers a wide variety of industries including professional services, retail/wholesale, real estate and manufacturing.  Reynolds has also provided services in many of the tax disciplines, including M&A, financial accounting, employee benefits, payroll taxation, sales and use taxation, income and franchise taxation, consolidated returns and family wealth planning.

Currently, Reynolds works extensively with closely held businesses and their owners.   He also serves as the Chairman of Finance for the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida and the Cultural Center of Ponte Vedra Beach.

A 14-year veteran of the National Football League’s officiating department including five years running its instant replay program, Dean Blandino will serve as Video/Replay consultant for the UFL.  

As the Director of Officiating for the NFL, Blandino coordinated the NFL officiating clinics, prepared NFL Rule & Case books and manuals and was responsible for identifying all potential player discipline for the league.  Blandino managed the NFL Officiating website and was responsible for all the preparation of reference materials used by the NFL Competition Committee.  

While overseeing the NFL’s instant replay program, Blandino was responsible for the hiring, training and supervising of all NFL replay officials, video operators, communicators and technicians. He also was responsible for all replay equipment needs including the NFL’s initial implementation of its instant replay system in 1999 and the system’s High Definition upgrade in 2007.

Blandino, a 1994 graduate of Hofstra University, resides in New York City with his wife.