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Wolff  led the company in developing innovative partnerships with
                                 key players in China, India and the UK, as well as playing an
                                 instrumental role in ESPN’s growth in Latin America — helping it
                                 become a leading multimedia business that includes 13 television
                                 networks, digital media, a diverse portfolio of sports programming
                                 and offices in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.


                                 Since 2014, Wolff has also guided ESPN’s programming and
                                 multimedia relationship with Special Olympics, including multiyear,
                                 multimedia deals for coverage of the the 2015 Special Olympics
                                 World Games in Los Angeles, the 2017 World Winter Games in
                                 Austria, the 2018 US Games in Seattle and the 2019 World
                                 Games in Abu Dhabi.

                                 Wolff first joined ESPN in 1997 as vice president, ESPN
                                 international, managing the company’s business interests in the
                                 Pacific Rim. In 1998, he joined ESPN Star Sports, as vice
                                 president of programming and event management and was later
                                 promoted to senior vice president. Wolff returned to ESPN in 2000
                                 as senior vice president to manage programming, marketing, and
                                 the company’s businesses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and
                                 Africa.

                                 After graduating from Dartmouth College with an A.B. degree in
                                 1989, Wolff began his career at the Leo Burnett Company in
                                 Chicago (1989-1992).  Shortly afterwards, he returned to
                                 Dartmouth and received his M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of
                                 Business Administration.  From 1994 to 1997, he worked at MTV
                                 Networks as director, market development, handling affiliate sales
                                 and marketing to alternative distributors for MTV, VH1,
                                 Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and Nick at Nite’s TV Land.

                                 Wolff currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Amos Tuck
                                 School of Business and previously served on the Dartmouth
                                 Alumni Council where he was President.

                                 Russell and his wife, Patricia, have two sons.



















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