Board of Governors & Life Trustees
Officers
*Hall of Fame Member
Frank Colaccino
Treasurer
Kathy Behrens
Secretary
John L. Doleva
President & CEO
Governors
*Hall of Fame Member
Bob Beaudine
President & CEO
Eastman & Beaudine
Kathy Behrens
President - NBA
Social Responsibility/Player Programs
Greg Butler
Executive Vice President
& General Counsel
Eversource Energy
Alvin Chun
President
Counterpointe Solutions, Inc.
Frank Colaccino
Founder & CEO
The Colvest Group, Ltd.
Jerry Colangelo*
Partner
JDM Partners, LLC
Elected to the Hall of Fame 2004
John L. Doleva (Ex Officio)
President & CEO
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Cathy Engelbert
Commissioner
WNBA
Julius Erving*
Founder & Managing Partner
Dr. J Enterprises
Elected to the Hall of Fame 1993
Dan Gavitt
Senior Vice President of Basketball
NCAA
Sheila Johnson
Founder & CEO Salamander Collection
Partner, Monumental Sports Entertainment
Rick Kelleher
Chairman and Former President & CEO
Pyramid Global Hospitality
Bill Koenig
President - NBA
Global Content & Media Distribution
Cynt Marshall
Founder & CEO
Marshalling Resources
Robert Naismith, MD (Ex Officio)
Great-grandson to Dr. James Naismith,
Inventor of the Game
Jim Puhala
Head of Product Solutions &
Regulatory Compliance
MassMutual
Byron Spruell
President - NBA
League Operations
Mark Tatum
Deputy Commissioner &
Chief Operating Officer - NBA
Jim Taubenfeld
President
Me Salve, Inc.
Thomas Tull
Managing Partner
TWG Global
Tara VanDerveer
Special Advisor to the Athletic Director
Stanford University
Elected to the Hall of Fame 2011
Rick Welts
CEO, Dallas Mavericks
Elected to the Hall of Fame 2018
Life Trustees
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Life Trustees is a distinguished group of long-serving and effective Board Members dating back to 1959. Life Trustees have consistently provided an extraordinary level of service and dedication to the Hall of Fame. Being named a “Life Trustee” is the highest honor a Hall of Fame Board member can receive reflecting a long term and passionate commitment to the organization.
^ Deceased
Mannie Jackson
Betty Jaynes^
Tom Jernstedt^
ROBERT KURLAND^
