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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
operates 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 - Founder, Majority Owner, Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, Monumental
Sports & Entertainment
Ted Leonsis is the founder, chairman, majority owner
and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns and
operates the Washington Capitals (NHL), Washington Wizards (NBA),
Washington Mystics (WNBA) and Verizon Center in downtown Washington,
D.C. The partnership also operates Kettler Capitals Iceplex (the
Washington Capitals' training facility and front office headquarters)
and the George Mason University Patriot Center.
The company was formed in June 2010, serves a thriving regional
sports community and is the only privately held company in a top
10 market to own and operate three professional sports teams and
its arena. Mr. Leonsis has owned the Washington Capitals since the
spring of 1999, and in that timeframe the team has won six Southeast
Division titles, a Presidents' Trophy and has recorded more than
100 consecutive sellouts at Verizon Center.
Mr. Leonsis serves on the board of governors for the NBA and NHL
as well as the executive committee of the NHL.
AOL
During his almost 14-year career at AOL, Mr. Leonsis served as president
of American Online Services Company, president of AOL Studios, president
of AOL Web Properties, vice chairman and president of AOL Core Services,
vice chairman and president of AOL Audience Business and vice chairman
emeritus. The company recorded its greatest levels of innovation
and growth under his leadership, and in May 2010 AOL named a central
office tower The Leonsis Creative Center in his honor. Mr. Leonsis
retired from active management of AOL in 2006.
Venture Capital Investor
Mr. Leonsis is now a partner in the newly created "speed-up
capital" Revolution Growth Fund II. In a 25-year period he
has personally made investments and owned equity in numerous companies,
including Groupon, Google, AOL, Revolution Money, Clearspring Technologies,
Preview Travel (Travelocity), GridPoint, Mahalo, MobilePosse, ObjectVideo,
SB Nation, TidalTV, Zedge, Triporati, Personal, I-Village, Proxicom,
ePals, SnagFilms and MediaBank.
Filmmaker and Digital Entrepreneur
Mr. Leonsis created and produced the award-winning film Nanking.
The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded
the Documentary Editors Award. The film went on to win the Peabody
Award and the Emmy Award. The film was distributed theatrically,
appeared on HBO and is one of the most viewed documentaries of all
time because of its wide distribution in theater and on television
throughout China. Mr. Leonsis also produced the documentary film
Kicking It, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
and aired on ESPN. He also produced A Fighting Chance, which
aired on ESPN in 2010.
Mr. Leonsis is the founder, chairman and largest shareholder in
SnagFilms, the web's leading online distribution channel for documentary
and independent films. SnagFilms also owns and operates indieWIRE.com,
the leading site for news and information about independent and
documentary films. SnagFilms has more than 2,500 films in its digital
library, and its iPad app is a top 10 entrant in the entertainment
category. (more)
 Dick
Patrick - Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer,
Monumental Sports & Entertainment
President, Washington Capitals
Dick Patrick, along with Ted Leonsis, is one of the original partners
in the group that became Monumental Sports & Entertainment.
As the vice chairman and chief operating officer, Mr. Patrick assists
Leonsis in all facets of owning three professional sports franchises
- Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards and the Washington Mystics
- and the management and operation of Verizon Center. Mr. Patrick
has assumed responsibility for upgrading and improving the arena,
which has seen changes designed to enhance the overall fan experience.
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.
Mr. 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, Mr. Patrick has been instrumental in the Capitals'
long-term success as a franchise both on and off the ice. Mr. 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, Monumental
Sports & Entertainment
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 more than $17 billion under management.
Mr. 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. Mr. 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.
Mr. 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.
Mr. 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 C. Johnson - Vice Chairman, Monumental
Sports & Entertainment
President and Managing Partner, Washington Mystics
 Sheila
C. Johnson is an entrepreneur and philanthropist whose accomplishments
spanthe arenas of hospitality, sports, TV/film, the arts, education,
women's empowerment and communitydevelopment.
Ms. Johnson is CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts LLC, a company
she founded in 2005. She oversees a growing portfolio of luxury
properties including Innisbrook, a 900-acre golf and spa resort
on the west coast of Florida; Woodlands Inn near Charleston, S.C.;
and the much-anticipated Salamander Resort & Spa, currently
being constructed in Middleburg, Va.
As vice chairman of Monumental Sports & Entertainment and president
and managing partner of the WNBA's Washington Mystics, Ms. Johnson
is the first African-American woman to have a stake in three professional
sports teams, including the Washington Wizards (NBA) and the Washington
Capitals (NHL). As a founding partner of BET (Black Entertainment
Television), she pioneered modern television programming and created
the award-winning program Teen Summit, an issues-oriented talk show
for the network's youth viewers. Currently Ms. Johnson produces
films that convey a strong humanitarian message, with completed
projects including Kicking It, A Powerful Noise, She Is the Matador
and most recently The Other City, a critically acclaimed documentary
about the HIV/AIDS crisis in Washington, D.C.
In May 2011, Ms. Johnson joined the AOL Huffington Post Media Group
as strategic advisor for multicultural and African-American initiatives.
A fervent supporter of the arts and education, Ms. Johnson was appointed
by President Obama to the President's Committee on the Arts and
the Humanities. She also serves as chair of the Board of Governors
of Parsons The New School for Design in New York as well as on the
boards of the Sundance Institute Board of Trustees and the Tiger
Woods Foundation. In 2006, Ms. Johnson was named global ambassador
for CARE, a leading aid organization that fights global poverty
by empowering women. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations.
An accomplished violinist, Ms. Johnson earned a bachelor of arts
in music from the University of Illinois as well as honorary degrees
from numerous other institutions. A mother of two, she lives in
Middleburg, Va., with her husband, the Honorable William T. Newman
Jr.
Monumental
Sports & Entertainment Partners: Scott Brickman,
Albert H. Cohen, Neil D. Cohen, Jack Davies, Richard D. Fairbank,
Michelle DiFebo Freeman, Richard Kay, Jeong H. Kim, Mark D. Lerner,
Roger Mody, Anthony Nader, Fredrick D. Schaufeld, Earl Stafford,
George P. Stamas and Cliff White.
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