2019 Games for Change Festival: Full Schedule

2:30pm EDT

The NBA 2K League: Building an Esports Community

he NBA 2K League, a professional esports league co-founded by the NBA and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., launched in 2018 and features 21 teams and the best 126 NBA 2K players in the world. Join NBA 2K League Managing Director Brendan Donohue and Monumental Sports & Entertainment Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Zach Leonsis for a fireside chat about launching the first esports league operated by a U.S. professional sports league, growing the league’s audience domestically and internationally, and driving diversity and inclusion.

Moderators

Scott Cole

Broadcaster, NBA 2K League

Play-by-Play Voice of the NBA2KLEAGUE.

Speakers

Brendan Donohue

Managing Director, NBA 2K League

As Managing Director of the NBA 2K League, Brendan Donohue is responsible for overseeing the first official esports league operated by a U.S. professional sports league. Donohue, a sports industry veteran with more than two decades of experience in team and league operations, manages... Read More →

Zachary Leonsis

Senior VP, Strategic Initiatives, Monumental Sports & Entertainment

Zachary Leonsis is senior vice president of strategic initiatives for Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE), a multi-platform sports, media, entertainment, and technology company located in the heart of downtown Washington, DC. MSE is best known for its fanfacing brands which include... Read More →

Wednesday June 19, 2019 2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Starr Foundation

Esports, Talk

2019 Games for Change Festival

2:30pm EDT

Scott Cole

Brendan Donohue

Zachary Leonsis

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