SVG — College SportsVideo Summit

Greg Shaheen oversees the strategic management and operations of the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, as well as the Association’s 14-year, $10.8 Billion contracts with broadcast partners CBS Sports and Turner Cable Networks.  Shaheen oversees the NCAA Corporate Champion/Corporate Partner program, and is President of the NIT, L.L.C.

Shaheen manages the NCAA’s Corporate and Broadcast Alliances group, with responsibility for the bundled-rights agreement, including television, radio, Internet, publishing, marketing, licensing and fan festivals, as well as the organization’s other media initiatives. The group works with the NCAA’s broadcast partners, Corporate Champions and Partners to activate across the organization’s 88 Championships conducted annually at more than 750 sites nationwide.

Shaheen chairs the NCAA’s internal Incident Assessment Team, responsible for handling situations that may affect the organization’s  ongoing operations and championships. The group was initiated in 2003 and ultimately handled the NCAA’s assessment and response in operating its championship events in the face of the Iraq War.

Among his other accomplishments, Shaheen has overseen the revision of the operations policies of the championship as well as broadening the variety of activities surrounding the NCAA Final Four.  He has also been integral in the development of systems to monitor and provide continuous information to the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee which has been implemented across other NCAA Championships.

Shaheen served on-loan as the Executive Director of the NCAA/NFHS 2000 Projects, for which he was responsible for overseeing the design and development of the organizations’ headquarters in downtown Indianapolis, as well as overseeing the relocation of 300-plus employees.

In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Shaheen was named to Sports Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40.”

Shaheen joined the NCAA in 2000 after serving as the Director of Operations for the Indianapolis Local Organizing Committee. For 18 years, Shaheen served as the Chief Administrative Officer of Indianapolis-based Long Electric Company, Inc., a privately-held company with 600 employees.

Shaheen is a graduate with Distinction from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.   He also serves as the Program Director of Opportunities to Learn About Business (OLAB).  The program, based at Wabash College, is an intensive nine-day summer program for Indiana high school seniors sponsored by 50 local corporations and community groups. He has served as a Board Member for the Miami University Thomas Page Center for Entrepreneurship. He has also held positions on the boards of Indiana Sports Corporation, The Inocon Group, Boy’s and Girl’s Clubs of Indianapolis and the Carmel-Clay Education Foundation.

Harvey W. Schiller, Ph.D., is Chairman of the Board and CEO of GlobalOptions Group. He oversees GlobalOptions’ New York office, with a focus on the company’s new business development.

Prior to joining GlobalOptions Group, Dr. Schiller was Chairman of Assante U.S., a leading provider of financial and life management products and services. Before joining Assante, Dr. Schiller was Chairman and CEO of YankeeNets, a sports conglomerate that included the New York Yankees, New Jersey Nets, and New Jersey Devils. His previous experience in the sports industry included a stint as Vice President of sports programming for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS). Dr. Schiller also served as President of Turner Sports, Inc.

Before joining Turner, Dr. Schiller was Executive Director/Secretary General of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). He was instrumental in instituting significant changes within the organization to improve its financial health. In December 1994, Dr. Schiller was awarded the prestigious Olympic Order, the highest decorated honor presented to an individual by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He also worked directly in support of the planning, and ultimately, the awarding of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games to the city of Atlanta. Dr. Schiller joined the USOC after serving as Commissioner of the Southeastern Conference from 1986 to 1990. He was also a pilot in the U.S. Air Force (USAF), including combat service in Vietnam, and attained the rank of brigadier general. In 1980, he was appointed a Permanent Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy by the President of the United States. He is a recipient of several military awards including the Legion of Merit and Distinguished Flying Cross.

Dr. Schiller earned his bachelor’s degree from The Citadel and was recently inducted in their Athletic Hall of Fame. He earned his master’s degree and doctorate in chemistry from the University of Michigan. He also holds honorary doctorates from The Citadel and Northern Michigan University.

Dr. Schiller is active in a variety of national organizations and corporate boards. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University and was recently appointed a Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars.