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Jon Schmieder, President, Phoenix Regional Sports Commission

Hired as President of the Phoenix Regional Sports Commission (PRSC) in June of 2008. Schmieder has worked in the sports industry since 1993 as a coach, player, and administrator. Schmieder served pervisouly as Executive Director of both the Metro Denver Sports Commission and the Tulsa Sports Commission. In addition to his sports commission posts, Schmieder has held leadership positions with the Senior Olympic Games in Tucson, Ariz., as well as Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. (Pop Warner Football), Langhorne, Penn. Schmieder has been active in the communities in which he has resided, having served as a coach for a variety of collegiate and youth sports teams, with alumni boards and activities with the University of Arizona, served on various junior golf committees and boards, and is a past board member of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Green Country, Tulsa, Okla.

As Executive Director of the sports commissions in both Tulsa and Denver, Schmieder was credited with successfully soliciting several national governing bodies and event rights holders to host championship sporting events in those communities. These sports partners included the NCAA, USA Curling, AAU, SportAccord, Western Athletic Conference, American Bicycle Association, and the Women's International Bowling Congress. While in Denver, Schmieder and a group of community leaders led the effort to return the Colorado-Colorado State college football game to Denver's Invesco Field in 2006.

In his management position with the organizing committee for the Senior Olympic Games in Tucson, Schmieder oversaw entertainment activities for the 100,000 square foot corporate village, served as ticket manager for 23 venues, coordinated public relations initiatives and prepared a successful bid package for the 1998 USA Volleyball Open Championships. As chief operating officer for the Pop Warner League Little Scholars, Schmieder handled all sponsorship and licensing for the 75-year-old organization. In this role he worked with the NFL and the NFL Players Association on marketing projects and youth grassroots programming for the organization.

A native of Tucson, Ariz., Schmieder holds a bachelor degree in marketing, with coursework in athletic coaching, ethics, athletics administration, and psychology from the University of Arizona. He also holds a masters degree in higher education leadership administration from Northern Arizona University. He has been a featured panelist for the Oklahoma Governor's Conference on Tourism (1999), National Association of Sports Commissions (2000, 2003, and 2004), NCAA YES Clinic (1999), and was a columnist for TulsaSportsWeb.com (1999-2000). From 1997-1999 Schmieder served as the National Vice Chairman for the AAU Golf Program and currently serves on the National Board of Trustees as Chairman for the National Association of Sports Commissions.