ORLANDO MAGIC MEDIA TOOLS The Magic’s communications department have a few online and social media tools to assist you in your coverage: *@MAGIC_PR ON TWITTER: Please follow @Magic_PR, which will have news, stats, in-game notes, injury updates, press releases and more about the Orlando Magic. *@MAGIC_MEDIAINFO ON TWITTER (MEDIA ONLY-protected): Please follow @ Magic_MediaInfo, which is media only and protected. This is strictly used for updated schedules and media availability times. Orlando Magic on-site communications contacts: Joel Glass Chief Communications Officer (407) 491-4826 (cell) [email protected] Owen Sanborn Communications (602) 505-4432 (cell) [email protected] About the Orlando Magic Orlando’s NBA franchise since 1989, the Magic’s mission is to be world champions on and off the court, delivering legendary moments every step of the way. Under the DeVos family’s ownership, the Magic have seen great success in a relatively short history, winning six division championships (1995, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019) with seven 50-plus win seasons and capturing the Eastern Conference title in 1995 and 2009. Off the court, on an annual basis, the Orlando Magic gives more than $2 million to the local community by way of sponsorships of events, donated tickets, autographed merchandise and grants. Orlando Magic community relations programs impact an estimated 100,000 kids each year, while a Magic staff-wide initiative provides more than 7,000 volunteer hours annually. In addition, the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation (OMYF) which serves at-risk youth, has distributed more than $24 million to local nonprofit community organizations over the last 29 years.The Magic’s other entities include the team’s NBA G League affiliate, the Lakeland Magic, which began play in the 2017-18 season in nearby Lakeland, Fla.; the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL, which serves as the affiliate to the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning; and Magic Gaming is competing in the second season of the NBA 2K League. Ticket highlights for the Magic’s 2019-20 season in the Amway Center, honored with TheStadiumBusiness Awards’ 2013 Customer Experience Award and named SportsBusiness Journal’s 2012 Sports Facility of the Year, include: 1,800 seats priced $20 or less and 8,000 seats priced $40 or less. For ticket information log on to www.orlandomagic.com or call 407-89-MAGIC. DAN DeVOS Chairman/Governor Dan DeVos was named chairman of RDV Sports (Orlando Magic, Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL), Lake- land Magic (NBA G League) on December 7, 2011. His responsibilities include representing owner- ship in various business and public relations activities while working closely with the Magic’s CEO on the business and basketball operations. Additionally, he focuses on long-term strategic planning for the organization and new business initiatives. DeVos is a member of the NBA Board of Governors. DeVos is chairman and CEO of DP Fox Ventures, LLC, a diversified business development and man- agement company with interests in real estate, transportation and sports and entertainment in Grand Rapids, Michigan. DP Fox employs more than 1,600 professionals through companies including Fox Powersports and Fox Motor Group, a retail transportation group representing 42 manufacturers at 32 locations. DeVos also serves as co-owner, president and CEO, governor of the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League, the top affiliate for the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings and the 2013 and 2017 Calder Cup Champions. Since their beginning in 1996, the Griffins organization has strived to meet a standard of excellence in everything it does, while providing a fan experience focused on family fun and entertainment. DeVos is a member of the AHL’s executive committee. A member of the board of directors of Alticor Inc., the parent company of Amway Corporation, DeVos also serves as president/CEO of Powell Pointe Resort, the developer of Cape Eleuthera, on the is- land of Eleuthera, The Bahamas. Additionally, serves as a partner for the Georgian Automotive Group, based in Barrie, Ontario, as well as a partner for CWD Real Estate Investments. In honor of the impact that he, his siblings and their father, Rich, have made on the sports landscape both locally and nationally, the DeVos family was inducted into the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame in the team category in 2011. DeVos is involved in a variety of local business and civic organizations, including serving on the board of trustees for Hope Network, past president of the board of the Grand Rapids Symphony, a member of the Grand Valley University Foundation and board of directors of the West Michigan Sports Com- mission. He also serves on (past chair) the board of trustees for Northwood University, his alma mater. His wife, Pamella, is president and designer of PAMELLA ROLAND. They have two daughters and one son. ALEX MARTINS Chief Executive Officer/Alternate Governor Alex Martins, who has spent more than 30 years in professional sports management and rejoined the Magic in June 2005, was promoted to chief executive officer on De- cember 7, 2011. He previously served as president for more than one year and was the team’s chief operating officer from 2006-10. Martins also serves as CEO of SED Development, LLC, an affiliate of the Magic which is currently planning an entertainment mixed use development across Church Street from the Amway Center. Martins is also the team’s Alternate Governor to the NBA Board of Governors, as well as managing partner of the Lakeland Magic, Orlando’s affiliate in the NBA G League. Martins, who served in various senior-level management capacities with the Magic between 1989-98 and as the organization’s executive vice president of marketing and franchise relations in 2005-06, oversees all operations of the club. Over the past 13 years, Martins led the Magic in a transformation of its business operations, while overseeing a ticket sales, premium sales and corporate partnership effort which saw the most successful business year in the history of the franchise in the 2010-11 season. The transformation process received the recognition of the SportsBusiness Journal which named the Magic as a finalist for Professional Sports Team of the Year, the only NBA team to be named a finalist. Similarly, Martins spearheaded the transformation of the current Magic basketball operations department. Included in the franchise’s success has been the largest season ticket base in franchise history in 2010-11 (14,200) and the most successful corporate sales effort in franchise history in 2014-15. Amongst these records are the largest increase in attendance in the NBA over the five-year period, the most new sales and season tickets sold in the league in two of the last five years, and the largest group ticket sales effort in team history last season, ranking second first overall in the NBA over the last two seasons. Martins was instrumental in helping to secure the new state-of-the-art Amway Center in Orlando. The Amway Center is part of a public community venues program that also includes a new Performing Arts Center and a renovation of the Citrus Bowl Stadium. The new Amway Center opened in October 2010. The facility was named a finalist for the SportsBusiness Journal’s Sports Facility of the Year Award for two consecutive years, and captured the award in 2012. Additionally, the Magic also contrib- uted $20 million toward and constructed five community recreation centers throughout Orange County, Florida, as part of its commitment to build the new Amway Center. The Amway Center was honored in 2013 with the Customer Experience Award during TheStadiumBusiness Awards presentation held in association with TheStadium- Business Summit in Manchester, England. At the annual NBA Sales and Marketing Meetings, the Magic organization has been awarded the “New Full Season Ticket Award” twice for being No. 1 in the NBA in new full season tickets sold, a “90 Percent Renewal Award” for being just one of five teams to achieve a 90 percent or higher season ticket renewal rate in 2007, a “Sponsor- ship Account Performance Award” for the extraordinary number of accounts secured by the corporate partnerships department and the “Retailer of the Year Award” for the team’s retail sales performance. Martins is a member of the NBA’s Team Media Advisory Committee and the Labor Relations Advisory Committee. Martins originally joined the Magic as director of publicity/media relations in April 1989. In September of 1996, he was promoted to senior director of communications. He also previously served as the Chairman of the Board of the Magic Action Team Community Fund. The Magic Action Team Fund developed into the Orlando Magic Youth Fund, which has distributed nearly $18 million to local nonprofit organizations during the last 23 years, including $1 million this season. Additionally, Martins served on the developmental board of the DeVos Sport Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida. The program has been funded through a $9 million endowment by Rich and Helen DeVos and awards dual Masters degrees in Sport Management and Business Administration. Martins also has served as the senior vice president of marketing and branding for the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets, vice president of communications and public affairs with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns and vice president of sports ventures with the Tavistock Group. At Tavistock, Martins served as tournament director of The Tavistock Cup, a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. Martins started his career as a student assistant in the Villanova sports information department, assisted in the Philadelphia 76ers public relations department and was also the assistant sports information director at Georgetown University (1988-89). Martins currently serves as a trustee on the board of the University of Central Florida, also serving as Chair of the Finance and Facilities Committee.