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Monumental Sports & Entertainment owns and operates three professional
sports teams: the NBA's Washington Wizards, the NHL's Washington
Capitals, and the WNBA's Washington Mystics. Monumental, which merged
Lincoln Holdings and Washington Sports & Entertainment on June
10, 2010, also owns and operates Verizon Center, the premier sports
and entertainment venue in Washington, D.C. Additionally, the group
controls the local Ticketmaster franchise, Kettler Capitals Iceplex,
the Capitals' state-of-the-art training facility in Arlington, VA,
and George Mason University's Patriot Center, located in Fairfax,
VA.
Monumental Sports & Entertainment operates in the nation's
fifth-biggest media market and is one of the largest integrated
sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the
most diverse partnership groups in all of sports.
 Ted
Leonsis - Majority Owner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer:
Ted Leonsis is known as one of the country's premier businessmen
and a pioneer in the Internet industry, holding numerous leadership
positions at AOL in his 15-year tenure, including vice chairman
and president. He is founder and chairman of Web 2.0 start-up SnagFilms;
chairman and investor in Clearspring Technologies and Revolution
Money, a company that he recently sold to American Express; a film
producer; a private-angel investor; an active board member; and
a committed philanthropist.
Leonsis recently founded and launched SnagFilms, a
Web 2.0 company that brings the best nonfiction films to a global
web audience. He is also the chairman of Clearspring Technologies,
the leading provider of cross-platform social network and syndication
services; as well as Revolution Money, an innovative new Web 2.0
payment platform.
Leonsis is the founder, chairman and majority owner of Monumental
Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Washington Capitals,
the WNBA's Washington Mystics, the NBA's Washington Wizards and
Verizon Center. Monumental also controls the Baltimore-Washington
Ticketmaster franchise; Kettler Capitals Iceplex, the Capitals'
state-of-the-art Arlington, VA, training facility; and George Mason
University's Patriot Center. Leonsis led a group that originally
purchased the Capitals and a minority share of the Wizards and Verizon
Center in 1999. The group purchased the Mystics in 2005 and the
other entities in 2010. (more)
 Dick
Patrick - Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, President of
the Washington Capitals: Dick Patrick, along with Ted
Leonsis, is one of the original partners in the group that became
Monumental Sports & Entertainment. A mainstay for the Washington
Capitals' franchise for more than two decades, the owner, president
and alternate governor continues to lead the club with his tireless
effort and intense desire to continue a family tradition - engraving
the Patrick name onto the Stanley Cup.
Patrick, who joined the Capitals prior to the 1982-83 season, guides
the team on a daily basis. The former chairman of the NHL Finance
Committee, Patrick has been instrumental in the Capitals' long-term
success as a franchise both on and off the ice. Patrick was a leader
in the conception and development of the Kettler Capitals Iceplex,
the team's state-of-the-art training center and office building
that opened in 2006 in Arlington, VA.
 Raul Fernandez - Vice Chairman: Raul
Fernandez is the chairman of ObjectVideo, a private technology company
that develops video analytics software for automated security surveillance.
He is also a special advisor to General Atlantic Partners, a growth
equity firm with over $17 billion under management. Fernandez founded
Proxicom, an internet services company he started in 1991 with $40,000
in savings. After taking Proxicom public in 1999 and growing his
business to more than $200 million in revenue, he sold it to Dimension
Data in 2001. Fernandez also serves on the board of Liz Claiborne;
TROW, a Toronto-based engineering and consulting firm; ValueOptions,
the nation's largest independent behavioral healthcare company and
Network Solutions, the leader in web-based domain name and related
services.
Fernandez, a native Washingtonian, is an active philanthropist
in D.C. regional non-profits, focusing his energy primarily on educational
reform. In 2000, he co-founded Venture Philanthropy Partners, a
philanthropic investment organization based in Washington, D.C.
Fernandez sits on various non-profit boards, including America's
Promise, the D.C. College Access Program (DCCAP), the D.C. Public
Education Fund and the Fernandez Foundation. He holds a bachelor's
degree in economics from the University of Maryland.
 Sheila
Johnson - Vice Chairman, President and Managing Partner of the Washington
Mystics: Sheila C. Johnson, a successful entrepreneur
and impassioned philanthropist, is CEO of Salamander Hospitality,
LLC, overseeing a growing portfolio of luxury properties including
The Woodlands Resort & Inn in Summerville, S.C., Innisbrook
Resort & Golf Club in Innisbrook, Fla., and Salamander Resort
& Spa in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Middleburg,
VA, which is poised to become one of the most unique retreats in
the world when it opens in early 2011. Johnson is president and
managing partner of the WNBA's Washington Mystics. She has long
been a powerful influence in the entertainment industry as a founding
partner of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and most recently
as a film producer. Her film, A Powerful Noise, premiered
at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. On March 5, 2009,
A Powerful Noise premiered in more than 450 theatres throughout
the country to celebrate International Women's Day.
In 2006 Johnson was named global ambassador for CARE, a leading
humanitarian organization fighting global poverty by empowering
women because they have the unique power to help entire communities
escape poverty. "Sheila's I Am Powerful Challenge" was
instrumental in helping raise funds for CARE's important work. Johnson
is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. An avid supporter
of the arts and an accomplished violinist, Johnson dedicates her
time to organizations that create opportunities for children to
express and explore their creativity. She serves as chair of the
Board of Governors of Parsons The New School for Design in New York
and sits on the boards of VH1's Save the Music Foundation, Americans
for the Arts, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, and the University
of Illinois Foundation.
Monumental
Sports & Entertainment Partners:
Richard D. Fairbank, Michelle DiFebo Freeman, Richard Kay, Jeong
H. Kim, Mark D. Lerner, Georget P. Stamas, Scott Brickman, SWaN
Investors, Neil D. Cohen and Albert H. Cohen.
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