Monday, June 16, 2014

My Eddie - Sharing the Jan Brady Square with Billie Jean King

LGBT Champions of Tennis
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Top row, left to right: Martina Navratilova, David Slade, Missy Malool & Bunny Williams, Jason Freed, Karin Buchholz, Dan Merrithew.
Middle row, left to right: Ed Neppl, Billie Jean King, Mark Reiter, Anne Davis, John Lansville, Marilyn Sherman.  
Bottom row, left to right: Jan Adams-Richards, Joe Ceriello, Winnie Fink, Jeff Williams, Pamela Sloane, Fred Allemann.

June is Pride History Month, and to commemorate it, the Partners-LGBT Business Resource Group is showcasing the contributions of “LGBT Champions in Tennis” with displays in our office of various prominent LGBT tennis executives, staff and players who positively impact the game of tennis.

Non Eddie names removed...
Ed Neppl
Ed Neppl, the USTA’s Chief Financial Officer, held several positions at NBC Universal prior to joining the USTA in 2012.  Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for NBC Sports & Olympics, where he was responsible for strategic planning and business analysis, rights acquisition analysis, financial reporting, and accounting and control for the $750 million Sports division of NBC and the $1.2 billion Olympics division of NBC.  He also served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Universal Studios Production Lot in Los Angeles and the Global Controller for Universal Studios Theme Parks & Resorts division. 
Before he joined NBC Universal, Ed served as the Vice President of Finance at Pallotta Teamworks (producing the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Events and AIDSRides across the country) and as Finance Manager at Walt Disney Imagineering in Burbank. 
Ed is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.