Talk:Finn Wentworth

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Wentworth was President and COO of Yankeenets, the holding company for the New York Yankees, New Jersey Nets, and New Jersey Devils professional sports teams. As an owner who also served as the leading executive of those franchises, Wentworth was one of the founders of the YES Network national sports network along with Leo Hindery. Wentworth has also held the position of President and CEO of the New Jersey Nets NBA team. During his tenure with the teams, the Yankees won two world championships, the Devils won two Stanley Cups, and the Nets twice won the NBA Eastern Conference finals. Wentworth was an owner and founding partner of Normandy Real Estate Partners based in Morristown, New Jersey, which was sold to Columbia Property Trust where he served on its Board of Directors until its sale to PIMCO. Prior to starting Normandy and his involvement in professional sports, Wentworth was one of the founders of Gale and Wentworth.

Other interests
Wentworth was a trustee of the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, where he was honored with the 2019 Yogi Berra Humanitarian Award. He has served as chairman of the Foundation for Morristown Medical Center where he helped raise over $150 million and is currently on the Board of Trustees of Atlantic Health System. He is treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Foundation. He has also served on the board of the Princeton National Regatta Association, an organization that supports the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team, and received the Jack Kelly Citizenship Award from the U.S. Rowing Association.

Education
He is a 1980 graduate of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the Board of Trustees. Wentworth majored in marketing, was in the Delta Phi fraternity, the Social Chairman for the Interfraternity Council (IFC) and, on the rugby, cross country, and track teams. Wentworth was a miler in track and a fullback for rugby.

Wentworth attended Morristown-Beard School in Morristown, New Jersey, where he received the Distinguished Alumni Award and was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame.

References:

Columbia Property Trust Board Member

and YankeeNets LLC, title clarification:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200211005946/en/Columbia-Property-Trust-Names-Finn-Wentworth-to-Board-of-Directors

Pandemic Relief Fund:

https://cfnj.org/njprf/

Atlantic Health Systems Board:

https://www.atlantichealth.org/about-us/who-we-are/board-trustees.html

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Trustee:

https://www.grdodge.org/about-us/our-trustees/

https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/money/business/2015/07/01/dodge-foundation-withumsmithbrown-making-morris-county-business-news/29576545/

New Jersey Hall of Fame Foundation Board:

https://njhalloffame.org/about/foundation-board/

Morristown Beard School – Sports Hall of Fame 2009 + Distinguished Alumni Award 1999

https://www.mbs.net/athletics/hall-of-fame

https://www.mbs.net/alumni-association/distinguished-alumni-award

Yogi Berra Humanitarian Award 2019

https://www.facebook.com/yogiberramuseum/photos/a.147733145293479/2130004927066281/?type=3 53Maple (talk) 15:17, 23 March 2023 (UTC)