We’re disrupting the status quo at the intersection of college & pro sports.

As President and Founding Partner of Pathway, Casey Schwab is an entrepreneur, operator, and lawyer whose career has spanned across sports media, the NFL, and college athletics. He has managed P&Ls and led transformative deals while leading diverse teams in the areas of media rights, sponsorship, licensing, labor negotiations, sports betting, talent, and risk management.

Before Pathway, he was the founder and CEO of Altius Sports Partners, which was fully acquired by private equity firm NewSpring Capital in 2023. Altius is the nation’s leading strategic advisor to blue-chip university athletic programs and corporate brands. Prior to founding Altius, Casey was the Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs at the NFL Players Association, leading the extension of deals with Fanatics and Electronic Arts, the creation/launch of OneTeam Partners with RedBird Capital, and the commercial portion of the current CBA between the NFLPA and the NFL. He began his career after law school at NFL Media and FOX Sports, negotiating media rights and on-air talent deals.

Casey was named to the Sports Business Journal's Forty Under 40 award (2021), The Athletic's “College Basketball 20 for the Next 20” list of industry leaders (2023), and the Seattle Times' "Top 25 Most Influential People in College Football" (2025). He has also taught at both USC and Howard Law School as an adjunct professor.A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and USC Gould School of Law, he now lives north of Chicago with his wife Emilie, son Max (3), and daughter Becca (1).

Bob Philp is Executive Vice President, Head of Athlete Relations at Pathway. With over 25 years of experience working in the sports and entertainment industry, Bob has held significant leadership roles at top agencies working on behalf of scores of athletes, coaches, sports media personalities, teams, properties, leagues, and top corporate sponsors. His primary focus has been in the areas of revenue generation, business development, and client management and retention. Bob was recently named to Sports Business Journal Power Players: Name, Image & Likeness.

Before joining Pathway, Bob led a team managing off-field partnership activities at Roc Nation Sports while spearheading the agency’s strategy and direction in the collegiate and high school NIL space. Prior to RNS, he spent 10 years in a leadership role at CAA Sports overseeing the sports media, football, and coaches partnership sales divisions. During his tenure, he achieved an eightfold growth in the sports media business in under five years and tripled the annual average revenue of the football and coaches divisions in just three years.

Bob began his career at NeoStart Sports Marketing, before joining 16W, where he spent 12 years generating millions in marketing dollars for top game and studio analysts at major networks like CBS, NBC, Fox, and ESPN and collaborated closely with the NFL on securing sponsorships and licensing deals for the renowned NFL QB Club and QB Greats.  

Bob has both his BBA and MBA from the University of Miami.

Matt Hibbs is the Executive Vice President of College at Pathway. As an administrator, lawyer, and innovator, his career comprises areas across sports including NIL management, compliance, contracts, athletic department operations, and football administration.

Prior to Pathway, Matt was Co-Founder and CEO of Classic City Collective, University of Georgia’s exclusive NIL collective, managing a roster of 200 athletes from 21 sports. Recognized by Sports Business Journal as a “Power Player in NIL,” Classic City Collective led the industry in innovative fundraising solutions and collaboration with athletics administration and coaching staffs. Additionally, Matt is a founding member of The Collective Association, the trade association representing interests of school-affiliated NIL entities nationwide.

Prior to Classic City Collective, Hibbs spent 14 years as a collegiate athletics administrator, coaches’ agent at Athletes First sports agency, and the Director of Barstool Athletes at Barstool Sports. His athletics administration experience came from four Power Four institutions including the University of Miami, University of Tennessee, Ohio State University, and University of Georgia. During his time on campus, Matt was a pioneer in the development of the football-focused compliance role. Working alongside head coaches Kirby Smart, Urban Meyer, and Butch Jones, Matt redefined the relationship in which compliance operates within the football staff. His contributions supported teams appearing in four College Football Playoffs, including the back-to-back national champions in 2022 and 2023. Additionally, Matt assisted in the implementation and management of the foundational NIL program department wide at UGA. 

Matt is a graduate of West Virginia University and St. Thomas University School of Law. He currently resides in Athens, Georgia, with his wife, Dana, and their two sons, Ethan (8) and Aiden (4).

Nnola Amuzie serves as the Chief of Staff at Pathway, where she plays a pivotal role in supporting the senior executive team and driving the organization’s mission forward. As a key strategic partner, Nnola is responsible for spearheading critical initiatives, ensuring operational efficiency, and providing high-level executive support to the leadership team.

With a diverse legal background and extensive experience in sports and business affairs, Nnola brings a unique blend of strategic insight to her role. Prior to joining PWSE, Nnola served as Corporate Counsel at DraftKings, where she supported the commercial transactions team in managing and negotiating agreements across consulting, marketing, advertising, and promotional services. Earlier in her career, Nnola gained valuable experience as an Associate Attorney at DLA Piper, where she counseled clients on protection and enforcement of IP rights, regulatory compliance, and commercial transactions. Before DLA Piper, Nnola also worked as an associate attorney at Alston & Bird, supporting the business litigation team, and counseling established companies and startups through each phase of product development, marketing, and distribution. 

She gained key insight into the sports and entertainment industry supporting the Business and Legal Affairs team at NFL Players Inc. with a range of legal and business functions, including licensing, marketing, contracting for vendors and events, risk management, and player marketing and activation efforts. In addition, Nnola gained experience while working in Business and Legal Affairs at LA 2028, where she played a role in drafting agreements with key sponsors and partners.

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Nnola earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA, and her Juris Doctor degree from USC Gould School of Law. Her multifaceted legal expertise, combined with her passion for sports and entertainment, makes Nnola an invaluable asset to PWSE as she works to shape the company’s future.

Sami Robbins is the Director of College at Pathway. With a background spanning professional sports, content, partnerships, and NIL, she has played a pivotal role in shaping the modern college sports landscape.

Before joining Pathway, Sami was at OneTeam Partners, where she built the largest group licensing program and led groundbreaking initiatives in athlete storytelling and technology. Her work on COMPASS NIL, the platform for deploying EA SPORTS College Football 25, earned Sports Business Journal’s Best Tech Collaboration award, while her leadership in NIL partnerships helped secure SBJ’s Best NIL Deal for EA CFB25. Through these achievements, Sami was named to the prestigious Front Office Sports Rising 25 list. She began her career at the WNBPA before moving into broader athlete advocacy and commercial strategy. 

Sami is a graduate of New York University and currently resides in Seattle with her husband, Kevin, and their Bernese mountain dog, Nneka.

Kelvin Beachum is a Texas native and 14-year NFL veteran, currently with the Arizona Cardinals. While most notably a professional athlete, Beachum is also a sought-after advisor in the areas of organizational design and systems change and currently serves as an advisory board member for NFL Players Inc., the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, and DonorsChoose. He is also a member of the Players Coalition and the NFL Player-Owner Social Justice Working Group. He is a professional speaker, active investor, and advisor to various venture-backed startups and venture firms.

Along with his NFL and business commitments, Beachum is passionate about ending hunger and providing access and opportunity to STEAM education for minority youth. He is a partner in the Jessica and Kelvin Beachum Family Art Collection and has hosted two exhibitions featuring selections from their family collection while also loaning works to museums across the country. He and his wife, Jessica, reside in Arizona with their three children.

As the co-head of WME Sports, Brodkin oversees WME’s representation of athletes, including clients across NBA, MLB, tennis, golf, soccer, NIL, and Olympic and action sports, as well as sports broadcasters, coaches, front-office personnel, sports properties, and brands. Brodkin’s clients include professional leagues, teams, federations, and college conferences. She represents and advises clients in connection with their global media rights and has closed hundreds of deals over 20+ years with partners across every distribution platform, including recent groundbreaking deals for the NCAA, Big 10 Conference, Big 12 Conference, NWSL, Roland Garros/French Open, USTA, and Indy Car, and guiding major strategy and consultancy projects for the NBA/WNBA: Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks, and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Before joining WME in 2014, Brodkin was Executive Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at FOX Sports Media Group where she oversaw deals with the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, NHL, UFC, MLS, Pac-12, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, and ACC as well as all FOX Sports’ production, programming, and talent agreements. Brodkin was also part of the team that launched the Big Ten Network and FOX Sports 1. Prior to joining FOX, Brodkin spent five years as an entertainment attorney at two Los Angeles–based entertainment firms with clients across film and music. 

Brodkin has been featured at Variety + Sportico Sports & Entertainment Summit and recognized for her work in Sports Business Journal, including its inaugural class of Game Changers, as well as Broadcasting & Cable, Adweek (Champions of Change ’24), and The Hollywood Reporter, and in The Mercury News as one of the most influential people in college sports. Most recently, Brodkin was featured in Los Angeles Magazine, Sports Issue, July 2024 (“The Dealmaker”).

Brodkin received a B.A. in Political Science/Art History from University of California, Berkeley, and her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she graduated Order of the Coif. She is on the board of directors of the US Soccer Foundation and LA Family Housing, and is the former chairperson of the board of the LA Sports Council.

Joel Klatt is FOX Sports’ lead college football game analyst, sitting alongside play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson and reporter Jenny Taft. Serving as the network’s lead USFL analyst, working with play-by-play announcer Curt Menefee, Klatt reprised that role in 2024 with the newly launched United Football League (UFL). Klatt also provides analysis leading up to and during the NFL Draft.

Klatt is the rare analyst who can lay claim to having been a professional in two major sports. After high school, Klatt played two seasons in the San Diego Padres’ minor league system before retiring from the sport, an experience he would later call on when hosting pre- and postgame shows for the Colorado Rockies. Considered one of the most productive players to have ever played quarterback at Colorado, Klatt joined the program as a preferred walk-on in 2002 and set 44 school records as the Buffaloes’ starter from 2003–2005. Following his graduation from Colorado, he was signed as a free agent by the New Orleans Saints before beginning his long broadcasting career.

Born in Denver, Klatt is married to Sara, and they have three sons. Klatt attended Pomona High School in Arvada, CO, lettering all four years in baseball, basketball, and football. He earned a B.A. in economics from Colorado and later served as the president of Buffs4Life, a non-associated alumni association that raised money for former CU athletes with a financial need. Residing in Newport Beach, CA, Klatt enjoys playing golf and spending time with his family.

Craig is the Executive Director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), a professional development and advocacy organization serving over 5,000 members in collegiate, scholastic, and youth basketball. He is also the co-host of the Higher Ground podcast IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson. From 2017–2020, Craig served as the vice president of Player Development and Minor League Operations for the NBA’s New York Knicks. Previously, he was a Division I head men’s basketball coach at Oregon State and Brown Universities. He also spent more than a decade working as a trader in the investment banking industry.

Robinson is the author of New York Times bestseller A Game of Character.

Jack Swarbrick served as the Vice President and Director of Athletics at the University of Notre Dame from 2008 to 2024. During his tenure at Notre Dame, the university’s student-athletes led the nation in graduation success in 14 of the 16 years while also winning 10 team national championships and qualifying for the college football postseason (BCS or CFP) on three occasions. In the rapidly changing college athletics landscape Swarbrick was able to ensure Notre Dame’s continued football independence by twice extending the university’s relationship with NBC Sports and securing membership in the ACC for all Olympic sports except hockey (which competes in the B1G). Beyond his work at Notre Dame, Swarbrick was a member of the College Football Playoff Management Committee that helped create the new 12-team model.

Among Swarbrick’s most impactful initiatives during his tenure at Notre Dame was the development of athletic facilities that focused on serving the broader community while also providing industry-leading venues for student-athletes. The most notable among these was the Campus Crossroads Project, which transformed the iconic Notre Dame Stadium into a dynamic academic, student activity, and athletic hub. Early in his time at Notre Dame, Swarbrick anticipated the growing importance of digital programming generated by athletic departments and launched Fighting Irish Media (“FIM”). In addition to producing award-winning digital content telling the stories of Notre Dame student-athletes, the industry-leading FIM has grown to produce live athletic events for national broadcast (including football games) and the documentary Here Come the Irish for Peacock—a series that told the story of the 2024 Notre Dame football team.

Swarbrick’s commitment to social justice led to the creation of the STAND TOGETHER/Together Irish movement, which earned Notre Dame the NCAA’s Award for Diversity and Inclusion in 2024.

Swarbrick is a 1976 magna cum laude graduate of Notre Dame, with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Upon graduating from Stanford University Law School in 1980, he accepted a position as an associate in the Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels (now Faegre Drinker). He was made partner in 1987. Prior to joining Notre Dame, Swarbrick played a key role in the Indianapolis amateur sports initiative, chairing the Indiana Sports Corporation for 11 years, during which time he led Indianapolis’ successful bids to host Super Bowl XLVI, B1G basketball tournaments, four world championships, six Olympic trials, 19 Olympic sport national championships, and 19 NCAA D1 championships (including three Final Fours).

Muhammad Mian is a co-founder and partner at Prysm Capital where he provides growth capital to disruptive management teams across the technology and consumer sectors. Investing across stages, Muhammad enjoys working with teams who are reinventing their industries.

Prior to Prysm, Muhammad spent nine years at BlackRock Private Equity Partners where he had the opportunity to partner with some remarkable management teams. During that time he served on the Board of Directors of Cofense, Qumulo, WoundTech, PLNTF Holdings (Planet Fitness franchisee), and AIM Aerospace, served on the Executive Board of the One Team Collective, and was an observer to the Board of Directors of Convene and Stonefire Grill.

Muhammad joined Salesforce in 2006 and spent time in Marketing Strategy and Corporate FP&A. Prior to that, Muhammad worked at TiVo in the Finance organization. He began his career with Merrill Lynch Private Equity Partners.

Muhammad is a Kauffman Fellow (class of ’22) and earned a BBA degree from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and an MBA degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. At Wharton, Muhammad was voted the most improved player on the 2009 Wharton Wildmen (ice hockey club) championship team. Muhammad was born in Lahore, Pakistan, grew up in New Jersey, and now lives in Princeton. He enjoys Michigan football, Texas-style barbecue, and pizza.

Ahmad has built his career by dedicating himself to working with athletes and helping them generate more value from their professional careers. Prior to joining Winners Alliance, Ahmad served three years as Founding CEO of OneTeam Partners—a group licensing, marketing, and media powerhouse representing the commercial interests of female and male athletes across multiple sports. Earlier in his career, Ahmad led NFL Players Inc. as President and helped grow the NFL Players Association’s marketing and licensing business into one of the largest for-profit licensors in sports, doubling annual revenue and payouts to athletes during his tenure. Ahmad is a University of Michigan and University of Chicago Law School alum.

As President of Winners Alliance, Eric oversees all business strategy and operations for the company. Eric is a 12-year veteran of the NFL, and served as President of the NFL Players Association from 2014 to 2020, where he was responsible for all collective bargaining with NFL management. Most recently, Eric served as Chief Licensing Officer and Head of Partner Development & College for OneTeam Partners. The Wharton School alum led OneTeam’s consumer products licensing, partner development, and college division.

Vivek is responsible for a broad set of financial, operational, and corporate functions across Winners Alliance including corporate finance, M&A, treasury, FP&A, investor relations, accounting, business operations, and corporate administration. Prior to joining Winners Alliance, Vivek served as CFO at OneTeam Partners and at Catalyte. He also held senior management roles at Discovery Communications, spent a decade as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, and started his career as a management consultant at Deloitte. Vivek is an alum of the University of Virginia and the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Rachel serves as the Chief People Officer at Winners Alliance, overseeing all aspects of organizational design, talent acquisition, employee relations, and other key human resources functions. With a career dedicated to HR, Rachel brings deep expertise in building high-performing teams and fostering strong workplace cultures. Before joining Winners Alliance, Rachel began her career at Credit Suisse before transitioning to the tech sector, where she honed her skills in talent strategy and recruitment. She later shifted to the sports industry, aligning her passion for people with the dynamic and fast-paced environment of sports. Rachel is a proud alum of Penn State University and is committed to driving organizational excellence through innovative people strategies and a collaborative leadership approach.

Rob is Chief Growth Officer at Winners Alliance. Throughout his career, he has focused on building new businesses and expanding revenue opportunities for both emerging startups and premier organizations. Previously, Rob served as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Operations at MLB Players, Inc., where he helped more than double revenue for the MLB Players Association during his tenure. Before that, as General Counsel and SVP of Lacrosse Operations at the Premier Lacrosse League, he played a key role in shaping the league’s early development, overseeing strategic initiatives and policy formation. A former professional baseball player in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, Rob is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Fordham Law School.