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Christine Driessen is the executive vice president and chief financial

officer for ESPN. She is responsible for overseeing all of the company’s
financial operations worldwide and has influenced ESPN’s
unprecedented growth over the last 32 years through her strategic
role as financial counsel during every rights negotiation, every affiliate
negotiation and at every turn.

As ESPN’s most-tenured senior woman, Driessen’s impact is felt by
many and transcends her business success. She was instrumental in
the award-winning Global Sports Mentorship Program – a joint ESPN
and U.S. Department of State initiative created to sustain sports
opportunities for under-served women and girls worldwide. Driessen
also founded ESPN’s Executive Women’s Forum, a group dedicated to
helping women executives succeed in business and at ESPN.

Driessen joined ESPN in August 1985 as controller and was named
vice president, finance and planning in 1990. In 1994, she was
promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer, and in
1998 she was elevated to the position of executive vice president.

Driessen graduated from Fordham University with a bachelor of
science degree in accounting. She is married with two children.