(PHOENIX, May 28, 2009) – The World Famous Harlem Globetrotters have hired Brent Rossi as the team’s new vice president, live event marketing, effective June 1.

A tested marketing and communications professional with over seven years of experience in the sports marketing and live entertainment industries, Rossi will assist Michael Kenney, the Globetrotters’ senior vice president, live event marketing, in the area of domestic ticket sales/marketing.

Rossi began his career as a marketing and communications coordinator at the Constant Convocation Center, a Global Spectrum managed facility on the campus of Rossi’s alma mater, Old Dominion University.  He has spent the last two and a half years as a senior live event marketing representative for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was in charge of marketing plans for various WWE national and international live events.
   
“Brent possesses a thorough understanding of the marketing and communications industry,” said Kenney.  “His commitment and creative ideas will be valuable assets in helping us reach our future goals as an organization.”

Sponsored by Campbell Soup Company, IHOP, Spalding, and America’s Best Contacts and Eyeglasses, the Original Harlem Globetrotters are in their 83rd consecutive season of touring the world.  The Globetrotters have played in 120 countries on six continents, entertaining over 130 million fans and crossing barriers between cultures, societies and people from all walks of life.  The Globetrotters are one of only six teams to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.  Click here to purchase team merchandise.