Aspire Hires Fisher, Hughes, and Smyth

May 14, 2021

The Aspire Group has recently recruited three new members of the family. Tyler Fisher graduated from The University of Toledo with a Bachelors’ Degree in Leadership and Marketing and has been in the sports industry for two years. Hayden Hughes earned a Bachelors’s degree in Marketing from Kennesaw State University. He has been in the…

Aspire Promotes Arnold, Kaplan, Martin, and Matteson

The Aspire Group has recently promoted four new members of the family, Jeff Arnold and Jason Kaplan of the Rutgers Fan Relationship Management Center, Jake Martin from Headquarters, and Jason Matteson from our Kansas Fan Relationship Management Center. Jeff Arnold has been promoted to Senior Service Consultant at our Rutgers FRMC. James Kaplan has been…

Aspire Promotes Draytona and Christensen

April 16, 2021

The Aspire Group has recently promoted two employees, Coy Draytona and Shane Christensen. Draytona has been promoted to Senior Sales Consultant at our Maryland Fan Relationship Management Center (FRMC). Christensen has been promoted to Senior Consultant of Sales and Service at our UNI FRMC. He played a large role in the recent contract extension with…

Evans, Goodwin, Van Patten, and Villavicencio Brought in With Aspire

The Aspire Group has recently recruited four new members of the family. Doug Evans graduated from Wichita State University with a M. Ed in Sport Administration and has been in the sports industry for 10 years. Mark Goodwin earned a Bachelors’s degree in Kinesiology and Health Studies from the University of Regina (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada). Goodwin…

Aspire brings in Andryshak, Grohs, Hofer, and Wallace

March 12, 2021

The Aspire Group has recently selected four sales consultants to work with their newest professional partner, The Washington Nationals. This campaign will be run out of our National Sales Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Austin Andryshak graduated from Houghton College with a Bachelor’s degree in Sport, Recreation and Wellness Management with a minor in Athletic Administration…

Kevin Hill Generates $1M in New Business Revenue

August 4, 2020

Kevin Hill, Manager of Service and Retention, at Aspire’s University of Maryland FRMC recently passed $1,000,000 in lifetime new business revenue. Hill has been promoted three times since he began working at The Aspire Group in January of 2016 and his peers have consistently recognized him for annual “Hustle and Leadership” awards. “I am grateful…

The Aspire Group Announces Promotions for Garrett and Cardinal

December 20, 2019

The Aspire Sport Marketing Group has promoted Tony Garrett to Senior Vice President and Chad Cardinal to Vice President of Fan Relationship Management Centers. Tony and Chad, Aspire veterans of a combined 12 years, bring 28 years of collective sport industry experience. They will continue to serve as primary liaisons for many of Aspire’s long-term…

The Aspire Group Announces New CEO

November 15, 2019

ATLANTA, GA – Dr. Bernie Mullin, Chairman and Founder of The Aspire Group announced that Bill Duffy, current CEO of The Aspire Group, has been promoted to Vice Chairman. Duffy will assume his new role on January 1, 2020 and will remain actively involved in bringing in new business and relevant client partner projects for…

Shell promoted to Senior Manager at Purdue FRMC

December 13, 2018

The Aspire Group has appointed Todd Shell to Senior Manager of Sales and Development at the Purdue University Fan Relationship Management Center (FRMC). Shell has spent the last six plus years with Aspire, most recently as Manager of Sales and Service at the Colorado State University (CSU) FRMC. He oversaw the sales and service team…

Colorado-native Brown promoted to Colorado State FRMC Manager

November 21, 2018

Donny Brown has been promoted to Manager of Sales & Service of the Colorado State University (CSU) Fan Relationship Management Center (FRMC) in Fort Collins, CO. Brown will oversee sales and service initiatives for football, basketball and women’s volleyball as well as the daily operations of the FRMC. Brown was promoted from Team Leader of…