Lisa Delpy Neirotti, Ph.D., has been a professor of Sport, Event, and Tourism management at The George Washington University since 1991 where she has established strong undergraduate and degree programs as well as the Sport Philanthropy Certificate program. Having attended 17 consecutive Olympic Games as either a volunteer, researcher, consultant, or professor plus 4 World Cups and hundreds of other events, Dr. Neirotti is an expert on the management and marketing of mega sport event as well as the social, environmental, and fiscal impacts of such. She is also the author of "The Ultimate Guide to Sports Marketing" and founder of the Travel, Events, and Management of Sports (TEAMS) and the Sports Industry Networking and Career (SINC) conferences.