Scott O’Neil is a dynamic leader who inspires teamwork and drives business results.

As Chief Executive Officer of the Philadelphia 76ers (NBA), New Jersey Devils (NHL) and Prudential Center, the state-of-the-art multi-purpose arena located in Newark, N.J., O’Neil oversees the business operations of three of the top brands in sports and entertainment.

O’Neil had a measurable impact on the culture of all three businesses when he assumed the CEO position in August 2013. With the belief that talent wins, he recruited an enviable roster of the top people in the industry, and he continues to invest in creating the most energizing, challenging and inspiring workplace in the world. O’Neil’s annual “Go Forward” leadership retreat brings together senior staff members from all three business units to strengthen company values, build relationships, share ideas and boost business efficiencies. He also spearheaded significant changes to customer service by partnering with Ritz-Carlton (Devils/PruCenter) and Disney (Sixers) for fan engagement training.

The dramatic culture shift and O’Neil’s steadfast focus on sales has resulted in unprecedented success across all three brands. The Devils and Sixers are among the leaders in key metrics in their respective leagues, including new season ticket holder growth and season ticket renewal rate. In 2014, Prudential Center had its most successful season in its seven-year history, including an attendance record set by George Strait and a move into the top-10 ranking of national arenas by Billboard, Pollstar and Venues Today. The critically acclaimed arena, together with the Devils, was named NJBiz’s 2014 Business of the Year and gained national attention as the host of NFL Media Day for Super Bowl XLVIII and the Special Olympics USA Games Opening Ceremony.

O’Neil believes that sports and entertainment offer a platform to change the world, and he recognizes the important role that each organization plays within their communities. His implementation of the internal service programs “76 Hours” (Sixers) and “82 Hours” (Devils/PruCenter) offer company time to each employee to give back to the community and are the foundation of the hundreds of hours staff members spend helping the cities of Philadelphia and Newark.

O’Neil creates innovative partnerships and connects with today’s influencers. His success over more than 20 years in the industry has been cultivated through matching powerful brands, including Madison Square Garden, the NBA and the Philadelphia Eagles, with unique, trendsetting opportunities.
By leveraging the attraction of live sports and entertainment across two markets – Northern New Jersey and Philadelphia – O’Neil has transformed the way national companies and area business market their products and services in the region. He has pioneered groundbreaking deals with a focus on creating original platforms to grow a partner’s business using one-of-a-kind access to legendary sport franchises and the top touring acts in the world.

Featuring marquee events at Prudential Center as the background, including Stevie Wonder and The Eagles, O’Neil initiated the NJ100 program, designed to bring together C-suite executives from New Jersey’s top businesses. These exclusive events, which have featured A-list guest speakers, including music mogul Irving Azoff, have set the standard for business entertainment in the state.

A member of Sports Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 Hall of Fame, O’Neil is a sought-after speaker who has delivered keynote addresses at the largest sports industry conferences in the world, including Leaders in Sport, Beyond Sport and World Congress of Sport. He has made numerous appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg television, and has nearly 11,000 followers on Twitter, where he interacts daily with fans, media and partners. O’Neil published two cases for the Harvard Business School in 1998, Success Factors in Minor League Baseball and Balancing Work and Family. He also published a book in 2000 titled Fantasy Land to the Rat Race, a guide for young executives in the workplace.

O’Neil is a board member of the regional chapters of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Big Brothers Big Sister of America. He serves as an Alternate Governor for the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League, and is actively involved in the Sixers and Devils’ foundations, which are dedicated to improving the lives of youth in the Philadelphia area and across the state of New Jersey. O’Neil holds a degree in marketing from Villanova University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He and his wife, Lisa, have three daughters.

Chris Heck was named the 76ers Chief Revenue Officer on July 29, 2013. In his role, Heck implements strategies and oversees all initiatives related to revenue growth for the Sixers, including corporate partnerships, marketing activation, ticketing sales, client service and premium sales. Under Heck’s leadership, the Sixers have sold the four largest partnership in team history, doubled the new season ticket holder fan base and established the teams Patriot Partner platform. Additionally, Heck has created and launched 1776 Sports and Entertainment, is working on the management team building the sixers training complex in Camden NJ and oversees the management of the Philla100 influencer program.

Prior to the Sixers, Heck served as the President of Business Operations for the New York Red Bulls (MLS), where he oversaw the business and commercial facets of the team and Red Bull Arena. Heck also spent seven years with the National Basketball Association (NBA) as senior vice president in the teams best practices group, team marketing and business operations. During his tenure with the league, he advised NBA teams on ticket sales and service, sponsorship development and marketing; managed the NBA’s Canadian business; and oversaw all business and marketing for USA Basketball¹s Senior Men¹s and Women¹s National Teams.

Before his tenure with the league, Heck was vice president and general manager for Villanova Sports Properties, where he managed Villanova Athletics corporate partnerships on all platforms. Additional roles have included director of corporate sales and service for the Miami Heat, and corporate sales and training camp supervisor for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Named to Sports Business Journal¹s Forty Under 40 list in 2008, Heck holds a bachelor¹s degree from Villanova University and has served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University. Heck is currently serving on the board of advisors for MSP Sports, Cooper’s Ferry Board of Directors, UCF Sports Management advisory board and a voting member of the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. He and his wife Mary Beth have three children, Peyton, Madelyn and Gavin, and reside in Wilmington, Del.

Katie O'Reilly joined the Philadelphia 76ers in September 2013 to head up the new Business Development department where she is responsible for creating and expanding strategic revenue initiatives for the organization.

Now in her third year with the Philadelphia 76ers, the Lower Merion native oversees the Sixers Business Development, Event, Corporate Hospitality and VIP Experiences departments, as well as leading the team’s brand marketing initiatives. O’Reilly also oversees dynamic business development projects surrounding the Sixers' new 125,000-square-foot Training Complex – which will be the largest in the NBA – including the partnership creation, development and launch of the Sixers Innovation Lab: Crafted by Kimball Office, located at this new Training Complex and the first ever run in-house by a professional sports team.

O’Reilly is responsible for creating and instituting organizational processes to better link and enhance efficiency of the overall Philadelphia 76ers organization. She played a key role in the development of the Patriot Partner platform launched in the fall of 2013, as well as evolving the sponsorship sales process and transition to a marketing solutions model. She closed the largest team deal in the 2014-15 season with the Rothman Institute at Jefferson Hospital.

She also oversees the “1776 Sports & Entertainment” initiative, which creates opportunities for Philadelphia-focused live events to access and consult with Sixers sales, marketing and publicity executives and resources; inaugural partners include the Dad Vail Regatta, Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame and Philadelphia Fashion Week. O’Reilly created and established the “PHILA100” – the Philadelphia 76ers exclusive business network of the “Top 100” leaders and influencers in the greater Philadelphia region, and oversees the production of two major events to support this network annually.

Before joining the 76ers, O’Reilly served as the Director of Partnership Marketing for Insignia Sports & Entertainment, a start-up full service agency under the parent company RSE Ventures. As the Director of Partnership Marketing, O’Reilly was responsible for developing, activating and overseeing marketing partnerships for all clients, namely the International Champions Cup held every summer in August.

As part of IMG College prior to Insignia, O’Reilly served as the National Program Director at the nation’s leading collegiate multimedia, marketing, and licensing brand-management company. There she oversaw the sales development and inventory management team responsible for creating integrated national marketing programs, sales materials and media plans for corporate partnerships across 70+ Division I University athletic departments, conferences, and other related properties. O’Reilly was integral in ideating and closing a number of the first-ever national collegiate partnerships, including UPS and Reese’s.

Prior to IMG College, O’Reilly was part of the NBA's Team Marketing & Business Operations division where she served as a sponsorship account contact providing sales and activation best practices across all teams, as well as managed the group's corporate meetings and hospitality events. She also spent time at Madison Square Garden in ticket sales and game night event marketing.

O’Reilly was recognized as a 2016 Philadelphia Business Journal “40 Under 40” Honoree. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a BA in History, and currently resides in Philadelphia, PA with her husband, Edward.

Akshay K. Khanna joined the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils/Prudential Center in July 2015 as the head of the business strategy department, where he is responsible for driving the organization’s strategic direction and new business initiatives and investments. This includes responsibilities in aligning the ticket sales, corporate partnerships, marketing, fan engagement, and customer acquisition functions of the teams, as well as advancing the growth of the combined Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils organizations.

Over his past year and a half with the Sixers organization he has played a crucial role in initiating some of the sports industry and NBA team’s most innovative and groundbreaking business decisions. Under Khanna’s guidance the Sixers have become the first team in North American professional sports to acquire and merge two eSports teams; launched the most dynamic Innovation Lab managed by a professional sports team in the United States; developed a groundbreaking ticketing platform that has revolutionized the live event industry and ticketing ecosystem; and signed a landmark agreement to become the first professional team in “Big Four” North American sports with a jersey patch sponsor.

Khanna was recently selected to be a part of the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 class in 2017. In addition to his duties at the Sixers, Khanna was an Adjunct Professor of Sports Business for the Sports Administration graduate program at Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies. Additionally, he serves as an Industry Expert for Columbia University’s online Sports Business program. In May, 2015 he published a case, The Philadelphia 76ers: Innovation at the Forefront of a Sports Business Turnaround, for The Wharton School of Business Wharton Digital Press. He currently guest lectures at a class on Sports Business Methods for The Wharton School of Business MBA program.

Khanna will deliver an individual lecture on innovation in the sports industry at the revered Sloan Analytics Conference in March, 2017. He has previously been invited to speak on the connection between the NBA and eSports at the TEAMS Conference (2016) and has additionally spoken at the Landmark Media and Technology Summit (2016) on innovation and the sports business landscape. Khanna is a regular guest lecturer at the Wharton School of Business’ graduate and undergraduate programs, leading discussions on sports innovation and the use of analytics for ticket pricing, sponsorship, marketing and fan engagement. He was invited to speak at the Lauder Graduate Association Weekend in 2016, on the importance of sports brand recognition and growth.

Before joining the 76ers, Khanna served as an Associate at Sycamore Partners, a consumer retail-focused private equity firm in New York City with more than $3.5B under management. While at Sycamore Partners, Khanna was involved in evaluating and executing leveraged buyouts and assisting portfolio companies with strategic initiatives and add-on acquisitions. Prior to Sycamore Partners, Khanna was an Analyst at Audax Group, a middle-market private equity firm in Boston with more than $9B in assets across its equity, mezzanine debt, and senior debt businesses.

Khanna earned his A.B., graduating magna cum laude from Middlebury College. He graduated with honors with an MBA from The Wharton School and an MA in International Studies from The Lauder Institute at The University of Pennsylvania. Khanna serves on the National Executive Committee for Minds Matter, an education non-profit, and on The Wharton Club of Philadelphia Board. He currently resides in Center City, Philadelphia.

Mike Wagner joined Kimball in 2013, when he was asked to lead an extensive turnaround for one of the largest and most diversified furniture manufacturers in the world. After recruiting top industry talent to join his executive team, he and his staff led the largest restructuring project in the company’s 50 year history, while investing in a very robust product expansion, which yielded growth of more than 4X the industry average and an unprecedented rebound in profit improvement. Over the past few years, the company has emerged as a design leader, winning three major awards, including the prestigious 2015 Interior Design “Best of Year” award for the industry’s largest product category.

Advancements with technology will accelerate the pace of change causing significant disruption for many traditional industries, including furniture. Much like the auto industry’s recent conversion to a broader focus on mobility, the furniture industry will evolve its focus toward unlocking human potential and building success in an ultra-agile environment. Much of Wagner’s time is aimed at fostering Kimball’s culture of creativity, and driving business strategies that bridge manufacturing from a capital intensive producer of physical assets into a platform of systemic innovation focused on developing intellectual capital through a network of brilliant partners whose focus is improving people’s lives and building success for each other.

Wagner’s previous career experience includes growing a small family owned business into a top industry player, where he led three successful acquisitions over an eight year period, transforming the company into one of the largest collection of furniture brands in the industry. During the past ten years, Wagner has authored articles and spoken at industry events ranging in topics related to market innovation, workplace of the future, and platform thinking. His career spans over 20 years in the furniture industry, including past ownership of a Chicago based Independent Rep firm, as well as several key leadership positions in sales management, marketing, operations and strategic planning.

Wendy is currently the Director of Brand Marketing for Kimball Office and brings a wealth of industry knowledge and experience to her position. She has been instrumental in rebranding the company and is successfully developing marketing plans and programs to support the new Brand Vision.In addition, Wendy has been instrumental in developing and launching new products, directing all promotional materials and customer facing materials and experiences including social media, PR, collateral and dealer and design incentive programs.Her leadership abilities extend beyond marketing. She has been a key member of the strategic leadership team determining overall direction of the organization. Her influence and involvement in all supporting functions have enhanced the success and collaboration across the entire organization. Prior to her work with Kimball Office she was the Brand Manager with OFS Brands and was also the Marketing Director for National Office Furniture where she was a key leader in the re-branding roll-out of the company.

Sherryl leads the Social Impact Initiative at the Wharton School of Business. Drawing on "business strategies for a better world," Sherryl is strengthening the impact investing ecosystem, focusing specifically on impact assessment and innovative finance. Kuhlman's approach has been shaped by her blend of nonprofit and academic experience.

With more than 10 years of involvement in social impact management, partnership development, outcomes measurement and strategy, she has successfully focused and grown the reach and influence of the Wharton School's efforts in this field. Sherryl has served on committees evaluating high impact social enterprises and entrepreneurs, including the Classy Awards, Echoing Green, the Forbes Change the World competition, and the Milken-Penn GSE Business Plan Competition. She joined the Wharton Social Impact Initiative in October 2010, and earned her M.B.A. from the Wharton School after having been a Professor of Ethics at Franklin & Marshall College.

As a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, angel investor and CEO with a 30 year track record in the human capital industry, Terry has successfully built consultative partnerships to scale and grow fast-paced technology companies in the venture community. Terry has meaningfully impacted the way the Mid-Atlantic region's executive management and investment community look at building businesses. Along with his experience in the Talent industry and the core skills for building and growing numerous young technology businesses, Terry has acquired an in-depth knowledge and expertise of the critical factors necessary for long-term entrepreneurial success.

Today, Terry continues to applies his skills and experience in the entrepreneurial community as co-founder and managing partner of NextStage Capital, a successful, Philadelphia-based venture-capital firm focused on financing start-up technology companies where he evaluates and invests in undiscovered early stage software and hardware technology and/or services companies. As a continued champion for venture-backed companies, Terry recognized the need for talent solutions within emerging growth firms and founded ORS Partners (ORS) in 2012. ORS is a subsidiary of Cross X Platform (CXP), Terry’s human capital shared services platform. ORS partners with venture-backed and emerging growth firms to provide a white-label solution to their complex talent acquisition problems. Over the past three years ORS has seen great success in helping grow their clients with 6 clients participating in merger and acquisition events.

Terry established The TWC Group in 1996 to share these best practices in using recruitment and talent management to build competitive advantage. In 2006, TWC Group acquired HR Impact to augment its world-class management consulting with HR solutions. In 2007, with more than 100 employees across the Mid-Atlantic region, Terry sold TWC Group to COMSYS/Manpower.

Terry also serves as a strategic advisor and investor sitting on the board of companies including Movitas, LLC, Cross X Platform, LLC and Net Nanny.

Before TWC, Terry served as a strategic consultant to Dialogic Corporation, the world's leading computer telephony components provider. He helped build Dialogic from a 45-person organization to over 1,700 employees within nine years. Prior to that, he was an independent consultant for DuPont and there helped to build a new division, DX Imaging Corp., which was a joint partnership with Xerox Corporation.

Terry has been widely published in print and on the Internet in such venues as HR Executive Magazine, Harvard Management Update, Network Magazine, Princeton Business Journal, CityBiz List Philadelphia, SmartCEO Magazine, Philadelphia Business Journal and vcapital.com. He also appeared on CNNfn and NBC Nightly News and has lectured at Wharton's MBA Entrepreneurial Program. Terry holds degrees in Criminology and Psychology from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.