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GENE HALLMAN President/CEO - Bruno Event Team Executive Director - Alabama Sports Foundation President – ZOOM Motorsports EDUCATION - M.B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) University of South Carolina, 1985 - Received MBA Outstanding Student Award - B.S. in Economics (Cum Laude) College of Charleston, South Carolina, 1982 Professional President/CEO of Bruno Event Team- a Birmingham, Alabama-based sports event management company. Formed with partner Ronald Bruno in 1995, Bruno Event Team employs more than (70) teammates in (10) offices throughout North America. The company manages a wide variety of major sporting events in professional golf (PGA Tour, Champions Tour, LPGA, Nationwide Tour), Motorsports (INDYCAR), tennis (Davis Cup and Fed Cup), NCAA athletics (SEC Baseball tournament and Magic City Classic), and High School State Championships (AHSAA). Bruno Event Team is now the country’s largest event management company dedicated exclusively to managing sporting events.

EVENT EXPERIENCE Golf - Since 1992, most noted for the management of the Birmingham area Champions Tour event which began as the Bruno’s Memorial Classic at Greystone and is now known as the Regions Tradition played at Shoal Creek - (20)+ USGA National Championships including the U.S. Women’s Open, U.S. Senior Open, and Walker Cup - (40)+ Champions Tour events (formerly Senior Tour) - (20)+ LPGA golf tournaments - (15)+ Nationwide Tour tournaments

Motorsports - Exclusive promoter for world-renowned Barber Motorsports Park - Birmingham, AL - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama- the only INDYCAR event in Deep South - Grand American Sports Car Road Racing Series - Triumph AMA Superbike Classic - Barber Vintage Festival

Baseball - Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament (since 1998) Regions Park -Hoover, AL

Football -	Spectator Gameday Operations for the University of Alabama Football program -	Magic City Classic, largest Black college football game in the country- Legion Field; Birmingham -	Alabama Super (6) Football State Championships- Bryant Denny and Jordan Hare Stadiums Additional Events -	NCAA Men’s Division (1) Final Four Soccer Tournament; Regions Park; Hoover, AL -	Final (48) Alabama High School basketball tournament; BJCC; Birmingham, AL -	CrossFit Games -	Selling naming rights for the new Alabama State on-campus football stadium Notable Other -	CEO for Birmingham Olympic Soccer Venue, 1996 - Legion Field - Birmingham, AL -	AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, 2006 - Hoover Met - Hoover, ALSWAC Football Championship-1999-2005, Legion Field, Birmingham, AL -	NCAA 1st & 2nd Round Basketball Tournament Games, 2000, 2003, 2008- Birmingham, AL -	United States Olympic Men’s Marathon Trials, 2004 - Birmingham, AL -	Southeastern Gymnastics Championship, 1999, 2001,2004, 2010 – BJCC; Birmingham, AL -	Brett Favre Charity annual softball game, Green Bay Packers, 2000-2007 -Green Bay, WI PROFESSIONAL HONORS - 2011 Inducted into Hall of Fame; Birmingham Golf Association - 2010 Top 40 Under 40 Alumni Hall of Fame; Birmingham Business Journal - 2006-2008 Finalist, Birmingham Small Business Leader of the Year; Birmingham Chamber of Commerce - 2005 Community Leadership Award; City of Leeds - 2004 Men of Substance and Style; Birmingham Magazine - 2003 Alabama Man of the Year; March of Dimes - 1999 Birmingham News- Top Ten Up and Coming Leaders for Birmingham Region - 1994 - 1999 Top Twelve Most Influential Sports Leaders in Alabama- Birmingham Post-Herald - 1999 Vestavia Hills Rotary Club Celebrity Roast Honoree - 1998 Outstanding Community Sales & Marketing Award- Birmingham Sales and Marketing Execs - 1997 Best in Business Rising Star Award- Birmingham Business Journal - 1996 Alabama Marketer of the Year- America Marketing Association - 1996 Birmingham Man of the Year- Birmingham Business Journal - 1995-1996 Birmingham’s Top 10 Most Influential People- Birmingham Business Journal - 1995 Birmingham Person of the Year - Birmingham Magazine - 1995 Communicator of the Year - International Association of Business Communicators - 1995 Top 40 Under 40 - Birmingham Business Journal ACTIVITIES - United Way’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society Member - Bryant Jordan Scholarship Foundation, Member, Board of Directors - Birmingham Business Alliance, Board of Directors - Emcee at the Annual American Heart Association Ball Gala - Competitive long distance runner; competed in both New York City and Boston Marathons - Torchbearer - Centennial Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996 PERSONAL - Born December 22, 1959, Anderson, SC - Wife, Allison; two children--daughter, Ella Grace, 10/22/03; son, Marshall 9/6/05 - Member, Mountain Brook Community Church