KEYNOTE

Wycliffe (Wyc) Grousbeck assumed the role of Managing Partner, Governor and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Celtics on December 31, 2002, after leading a local investment group that purchased the team. H. Irving Grousbeck, Stephen Pagliuca and The Abbey Group also serve as Managing Partners. Wyc is the NBA Governor of the Celtics, the Chair of the NBA Planning Committee, and is a member of the league's Audit & Compensation Committee and Advisory/Finance Committee. His local roots and lifelong love for the Celtics served as the foundation for his decision to pursue such an endeavor.

Prior to purchasing the Celtics with his partners, Wyc served as a General Partner of Highland Capital Partners, managing $1.8 billion in venture capital funds. He led successful investments in medical technology, software and health care services. He is now an active Venture Partner with the firm. His earlier career included four years as a venture capital lawyer in Silicon Valley and two years as a manager in a public biotech company.

Wyc holds a bachelor's degree in history from Princeton University, where he rowed on an undefeated lightweight crew team that claimed the national rowing championship. He received a law degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Stanford Business School where he was a Miller Scholar.

Born outside Boston, Wyc has lived in the area most of his life. He currently resides west of the city with his wife, Corinne, and their children. Wyc and Corinne are dedicated to assisting several New England area charities including Children's Hospital Boston; Perkins School for the Blind; Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation; National Braille Press, Horizons for Homeless Children; Cradles to Crayons; and Lovelane Special Needs Riding Program.

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Since taking over as General Manager, Morey worked with Owner Leslie Alexander to secure Rick Adelman as the 11th head coach in team annals. Following a trade to bring Mike James back to Houston, Morey selected Aaron Brooks in the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft. Morey then obtained Argentinean forward Luis Scola from the San Antonio Spurs. Bringing all the pieces together, Morey re-signed free agents Chuck Hayes and Dikembe Mutombo. The returning players and additions join Shane Battier, Tracy McGrady, Bonzi Wells and Yao Ming on a roster considered one of the deepest and improved in the NBA.

Morey came to Houston after serving three years as SVP Operations for the Boston Celtics. With the Celtics, his responsibilities included the development of analytical methods and technology to enhance basketball decisions, such as the draft, trades, and free agency.

Prior to his time with the Celtics, Morey worked as a Principal Consultant with an emphasis on sports at The Parthenon Group, a leading strategy consulting firm. While at Parthenon, he led the Joe O'Donnell/Steve Karp Boston Red Sox acquisition team and the current Celtics ownership group acquisition team. In addition to Parthenon, Morey has been a technology lead at MITRE Corporation, which is a top defense industry advisory firm that develops systems to aid national security decision making across the intelligence community. Morey was also a statistical consultant with STATS, Inc., the industry pioneer in the use of sports statistics highlighted in the Michael Lewis book Moneyball.

Morey holds a bachelor's degree in computer science with an emphasis on statistics from Northwestern University, as well as an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Morey also served as the professor for the MIT Sloan class, "Analytical Sports Management."

Morey grew up in a small town near Medina, Ohio. Married for 11 years, he and his wife have two children, ages seven and five years old.

Jessica Gelman is The Kraft Sports Group's Director of New Business Development and Operational Initiatives. In that capacity she serves as a key strategic and operational advisor to the Executive Management Team of the New England Patriots, New England Revolution, Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place.

Her responsibilities include identifying, evaluating and creating new businesses, providing strategic analysis to leverage the Patriots’ assets, developing and implementing International branding efforts and working closely with existing business units in further developing business strategy and operations. Most notable of the new businesses Gelman created is the first sports loyalty rewards credit card program, Extra Points, which has been rolled out throughout the NFL.

To further identify areas of growth, potential new businesses and operational improvements, Gelman has initiated an analytic approach combining market research, direct marketing analysis, quantitative customer experience feedback and operational metrics. This has been critical in prioritizing strategy and business development efforts throughout the organization.

Prior to the Patriots, Gelman worked as a strategy consultant at the Mitchell Madison Group. Her primary areas of focus were in the entertainment and financial services industries.

Gelman earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA, cum laude in psychology, from Harvard College. She was honored as Harvard Female Athlete of the Year after leading Harvard to consecutive basketball championships and NCAA tournament appearances. Subsequently, she played professionally in Europe. Gelman is the co-chair of the Harvard Women’s Basketball Friends Group and is a visiting lecturer at MIT Sloan.