March 29, 2008

The Team to assist PACWEST with strategic planning

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Pacific West Conference (PACWEST) has retained The Team: Sports, Entertainment, & Media to assist with its current Strategic Planning Process.

The Team, through its Collegiate Services Division, will coordinate the planning process as well as assist with the organization and data collection related to the PACWEST
Strategic Plan.

“We very much look forward to working with the membership and staff of the PACWEST and helping them through this important planning process,” said Frank Pergolizzi, The Team’s Director of Collegiate Services.

"The wealth of experience and outstanding professionalism of The Team is just what the PACWEST needs to help us with this stage in our growth as a conference,” said PACWEST Commissioner Bob Hogue.

The Team’s Collegiate Services Division, was launched in January 2007, and offers an array of products and services to college athletics administrators, including certification and self-study consultation, strategic planning, program review, feasibility studies, sponsorship sales assessment and training, gender equity and compliance consulting, and executive search services.

The division has serviced a number of collegiate clients since its start, including the University of Pittsburgh, Louisiana Tech University, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and Western Michigan University. Cabrini College, Manatee Community College, Crown College, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, the American Southwest Conference, the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference, the University of Wisconsin-Superior, the University of Texas at San Antonio, the University of St. Thomas, Stevens Institute of Technology, Arkansas Tech University, Eastern Nazarene College, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the University of Arkansas Monticello and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Based in Columbus, Ohio, The Team: Sports, Entertainment, & Media began operations in January 2002 and has successfully managed transactions for an array of entities throughout the sports and entertainment industries, including teams at all levels, venues, buyers, sellers, licensed products, television and media projects, feature films, and other related businesses.

Along with brokering professional sports and entertainment opportunities, The Team also offers comprehensive consulting services to sports and entertainment organizations throughout North America.