Vanessa Shay Professional Bio As Vice President of Global

Vanessa Shay Professional Bio As Vice President of Global Partnerships at AEG Worldwide, Vanessa Shay is charged with identifying unique opportunities for national brands to access AEG's world-class sports and entertainment properties and venues. Combining various experiential elements with traditional and non-traditional sponsorship benefits, she has helped top brands develop and implement programs that routinely generate consumer buzz and positive ROMI. AEG’s corporate partners include megabrands such as Nokia, Coca-Cola, Delta, Verizon Wireless, Panasonic, Nike, Toyota, Anheuser-Busch and American Express. AEG is the largest owner of sports teams in the world, the #2 concert promoter in the U.S., owner of the STAPLES Center - the busiest and most profitable arena in the world, the power behind L.A. LIVE- the $2 billon downtown entertainment district, the force behind the O2 London and O2 Berlin, operator of the recently built Mercedes Benz Arena and Beijing Olympic facilities in China, and more. A graduate of Michigan State University, she joined AEG in 2008 after a 4 year stay at Taubman Centers –a luxury shopping center developer/REIT- as Manager of Corporate Partnership. At Taubman she was charged with identifying unique opportunities for national brands to access the upscale and highly desirable customer base in Taubman’s elite shopping destinations. Prior to that she had and a brief stint with the Michigan Lottery's marketing and sponsorship division as Sponsorship Coordinator. Shay started her professional career at Washington and Chicago offices of Fleishman-Hillard. Philanthropically, Shay currently sits on the Board of Director of Women in Sports and Events “WISE” Los Angeles chapter- the leading voice and resource for professional women in the business of sports and events and the Southern California Special Olympic Partnership Committee Board of Directors. Vanessa currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband Jack and daughter, Ava. AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, owns or is affiliated with a collection of companies including over 100 facilities such as STAPLES Center, Best Buy Theater (New York), Sprint Center, (Kansas City), Mercedes Benz Arena (Shanghai), Wukesong Arena (Beijing, China), Acer Arena (Sydney, Australia), The Globe arena (Stockholm, Sweden), O2 World arena (Berlin, Germany) and The O2 arena and entertainment district (London, England); sports franchises including the Los Angeles Kings (NHL) and two MLS franchises in addition to overseeing privately held management shares of the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA). AEG has created L.A. LIVE, a 4 million square foot / $2.5 billion downtown Los Angeles sports, residential & entertainment district featuring Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE and Club Nokia, a 54-story, 1001-room convention “headquarters” destination (featuring The Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott hotels and 224 luxury condominiums – The Residences at The Ritz Carlton – all in a single tower), the Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE Stadium 14, “broadcast” facilities for ESPN, along with entertainment, restaurant and office space and developed The Home Depot Center in Carson, California designated as an "Official U.S. Olympic Training Site" by the United States Olympic Committee that includes major facilities for soccer, tennis, track & field, cycling and other sports. AEG Sports owns and operates a variety of events and tours and AEG Live is the world’s second largest concert promotion and touring companies. .

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