TurnkeyZRG

About Us

Since 1996, TurnkeyZRG has completed over 1,400 executive searches spanning the full landscape of sports, entertainment, music, and media:

  • Professional sports teams and leagues
  • College/university athletic departments and conferences
  • Content, digital and social media entities
  • Investors at all stages, including venture and private equity
  • Facilities, including stadiums, arenas and theaters
  • Associations, non-profits and NGB’s with ties to sports and entertainment

Before joining TurnkeyZRG, our leadership worked as senior executives at ESPN, MLB teams, NHL teams, music companies, SEC, ACC and Big East athletic departments and other top organizations within the sports, entertainment and media landscape.

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Since 1996, TurnkeyZRG has completed over 1,400 executive searches spanning the full landscape of sports, entertainment and media:

  • Professional sports teams and leagues
  • College/university athletic departments and conferences
  • Content, digital and social media entities
  • Investors at all stages, including venture and private equity
  • Facilities, including stadiums, arenas and theaters
  • Associations, non-profits and NGB’s with ties to sports and entertainment

Before joining TurnkeyZRG, our leadership worked as senior executives at ESPN, MLB teams, NHL teams, music companies, SEC, ACC and Big East athletic departments and other top organizations within the sports, entertainment and media landscape.

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Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Leadership Consulting
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • Recruitment Research
Industries
  • Advertising/Marketing
  • Associations
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Consumer
  • Education
  • Foundations
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Non-Profit
  • Private Equity
  • Sports
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
Functions
  • Advertising
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Customer Service
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Investing
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Marketing & Sales

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News Briefings

San Francisco 49ers Tap Turnkey Search to Find Chief Marketing Officer

Turnkey Search, a subsidiary of Turnkey Sports & Entertainment, has been selected by the San Francisco 49ers to lead its search for a new chief marketing officer. Managing director Diana Busino is spearheading the search along with recruiter Allie Crone. The San Francisco 49ers were the first major league professional sports franchise based in San Francisco.

Hunt Scanlon’s Top 10 Search Assignments of 2018

With 2018 drawing to a close, we looked back through our archives over what was by all accounts a remarkable year for first-rate search assignments. Hunt Scanlon Media tracked hundreds of them. From CEO placements to those covering the bandwidth of the C-suite, our editorial team gleaned the best from every industry sector and functional discipline to

Turnkey Search Scores an Assist for Philadelphia Flyers and Wells Fargo Center

Turnkey Search, a subsidiary of Turnkey Sports & Entertainment, has recruited Valerie Camillo as president of business operations for the Philadelphia Flyers and Wells Fargo Center. Ms. Camillo will oversee all day-to-day business operations of the NHL Flyers, NLL Wings, and more than 250 events annually at the Wells Fargo Center, including the relationship with the

Turnkey Search Expands with Veteran Media Executive

Turnkey Search, a subsidiary of Turnkey Sports & Entertainment, has added longtime media executive Rick Alessandri as managing director and general manager to its media practice. In this role, he will oversee talent recruitment & executive search for media, digital and tech companies, as well as for non-media entities, including leagues, teams, venues, events and

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Press Releases

Jeff Konya Named San Jose State Director of Athletics

SAN JOSE, CA, June 12, 2021] In collaboration with TurnkeyZRG, San José State University President Mary Papazian has named Jeffrey (Jeff) Konya the university’s fifteenth director of athletics. Konya will be responsible for athletics department stewardship, effective July 12. Konya succeeds former Athletics Director Marie Tuite. “Jeff brings over two decades of leadership and award-winning

ZRG Acquires Leading Media And Entertainment Advisory Firm Sucherman

Acquisition Joins ZRG’S “Moneyball” Approach with Sucherman’s Three Decades as Trusted Partners to the C-Suite Visionary Founder Stuart Sucherman, CEO Erik Sorenson Will Continue to Lead Sucherman NEW YORK, NY, June 3, 2021 – ZRG, recognized in 2020 as the fastest growing global executive search firm two of the past four years, today announced the acquisition

C360 Technologies Hires James Jones As Chief Financial Officer

C360 Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based immersive media company with a platform that drives new OTT (over-the-top) streaming revenue opportunities for sports rights-holders, today announced the appointment of 15-year finance executive James Jones as Chief Financial Officer. The national CFO search, conducted by SeventySix Capital Sports Advisory and TurnkeyZRG, was led by Rick Alessandri, TurnkeyZRG’s Managing Director,

Pac-12 Announces George Kliavkoff as New Commissioner

—Sports and media executive brings multifaceted expertise in managing change and driving results from roles at MGM Resorts, Hearst, NBCUniversal and Major League Baseball Advanced Media— [SAN FRANCISCO—May 13, 2021] The Pac-12 Conference announced today that, following a comprehensive global search led by its governing executive committee and TurnkeyZRG, accomplished sports business executive George Kliavkoff has been appointed Pac-12 Commissioner.

The University of Kansas Selects Lance Leipold As Head Football Coach

April 30th, 2021 – Lance Leipold, a six-time National Champion, a five-time conference coach of the year and the fastest coach in NCAA history to reach 100 career wins, has been named the 41st head coach in Kansas Football history, Director of Athletics Travis Goff announced on April 30th, 2021, in collaboration with TurnkeyZRG. The two