Jodi Markley — Executive Vice President of Content Operations & Creative Services at ESPN

Ms. Jodi Markley has been Executive Vice President of Content Operations & Creative Services at ESPN, Inc. since January 1, 2016. Ms. Markley served as the Senior Vice President of Operations of ESPN, Inc. from August 2007 to December 31, 2015. Her team includes: remote operations, production operations and studio directors. She served as senior vice president, international production, ESPN Classic and ESPNEWS, for three years. She oversaw the production and operations efforts for ESPN International's Latin America, Atlantic, and Pacific Rim networks, the Spanish-language domestic network ESPN Deportes, as well as all programming and production for ESPN Classic and ESPNEWS. She joined ESPN full-time in March 1989 in broadcast operations control. She was promoted to production coordinator, ESPN International, the following year, and was named director in 1995. In 1997, she was promoted to vice president and assumed responsibility for international operations. In April 2001, her responsibilities grew to include all commercial operations, remote facilities and program integration, in addition to international production. Ms. Markley played an integral role in the launch of 35 ESPN International networks, as well as numerous programming initiatives ' including 13 different versions of SportsCenter around the globe. Ms. Markley was also an integral member of the team that launched ESPN Deportes in the U.S. During her tenure, ESPN Classic was nominated for seven Emmy awards, won an Emmy for SportsCentury, and won eight Telly Awards. Prior to joining ESPN, she worked as production manager for film company Motion, Inc., co-producing numerous documentaries. She had also been a freelance producer and associate director for ESPN, TSN, BSkyB and TESN. She is a member of WICT (Women in Cable Television) and AWSM (Association for Women in Sports Media). She also serves on the Advisory Board for SVG (Sports Video Group) and serves on the Board for the CT and RI chapter of The American Red Cross. She is a fellow of the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute and was selected as one of Broadcast and Cable's 2011 'Women to Watch'. Ms. Markley was graduated from the University of South Floridawith a bachelor of arts degree in communications in 1986, and the Simmons School of Executive Graduate Studies in 2000.