Jon Pearlman
FC Tucson
jonathan@fctucson.com
520-440-3855
Website: https://www.fctucson.com/
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn |
FC Tucson announced that former FC Tucson head coach Jon Pearlman has been named the Director of Soccer Operations. Pearlman will oversee day-to-day operations of the club as well as help run operations of the Mobile Mini Sun Cup in Tucson. Pearlman was most recently head coach of the Oklahoma City Energy FC U23s, an amateur club in USL League Two (formerly the Premier Developmental League). Prior to 2018, he was the head coach for then-PDL side FC Tucson and compiled a 9-2-3record en route to a division title. Pearlman’s ties to FC Tucson go all the way back to its founding as a PDL franchise. Pearlman acted as a general manager, technical director, and co-owner of the club.
Bob Hoffman
Tucson Roadrunners
bob.hoffman@tucsonroadrunners.com
(520) 777-6674
Website: http://www.tucsonroadrunners.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin |
Bob Hoffman joined the Tucson Roadrunners in August of 2016and soon thereafter, was elevated to Team President. He brings a wealth of sports business and marketing experience to his leadership role with the franchise.
The Northeast Ohio native (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) has spent the past two decades working within the sports industry including with several hockey clubs. Hoffman served as the Executive Vice President of the Quad City Mallards (ECHL) during the 2015-16season and has previously worked in the American Hockey League with both the Utah Grizzlies and Louisville Panthers.
From 2007 through 2014, Hoffman worked at the League level serving as the Director of Operations for the Central Hockey League (CHL). While there, he oversaw all-league and team operations including sales, marketing, communications, advertising, and game operations.
Hoffman has earned several honors during his career including recognition as one of Utah’s top 50 marketing executives (Deseret News) and as the CHL’s Communications Executive of the Year. He also prides himself as being a “community servant” as he volunteers a good deal of his time to non-profit organizations.
Luchie Javelosa, Sports Sales Manager
Visit Tucson Sports
115 N. Church Ave. Ste 200 Tucson, AZ 85701
www.visittucson.org/sports
SOCIAL MEDIA: Linkedin | Visit Tucson Sports Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @tucsonsports
A graduate of the University of Arizona, Luchie obtained her degree in Marketing from the Eller College of Management with a minor in Psychology in May 2013. She is currently the Sports Sales Manager at Visit Tucson, the city’s Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (CVB). Luchie joined Visit Tucson in July 2015, starting out as the Sales & Conventions, Services, and Sports Admin Assistant. Over the past few years, while gaining more experience in the tourism industry, she has taken advantage of the opportunities within Visit Tucson to fully transition over to the Sports Department.
Prior to joining Visit Tucson, Luchie worked for Enterprise Holdings where she participated in their Management Trainee Program. She was promoted to her first Assistant Management position in less than a year of being with the company and was on the fast track to excel and keep moving up. During her time at Enterprise, Luchie gained valuable sales and customer service experience which has contributed to her success at Visit Tucson.
In her current role, Luchie is responsible for marketing the City of Tucson, Pima County, the Town of Oro Valley and Southern AZ as a premier sporting destination. Some of Visit Tucson Sports’ top accounts include local, national and international organizations such as Fort Lowell Shootout, Cactus Classic Volleyball, Tucson Invitational Games, MLS Pre-Season (FC Tucson), USA Rugby, USA Shooting, Professional Korean & Mexican Baseball teams, just to name a few. Luchie’s primary focus is to work with a variety of sporting events/organizers and local venues, while keeping existing relationships, to bring events and sports-related meetings to Tucson.
About Your Hosts
Tucson Metro Chamber
465 W. St. Mary’s Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-792-1212
Amber Smith is the president and CEO of the Tucson Metro Chamber. In her role, she leads the Tucson Metro Chamber in implementing the goals and visions of the Chamber’s Board of Directors to champion an environment where business thrives and the Tucson community prospers. Focusing on growing business through workforce development, talent attraction, and public policy, the Tucson Metro Chamber is a strong community partner focused on making Tucson the ideal destination for business success. Amber’s goal is to lower the amount of poverty in Tucson by growing businesses.
Government relations professional by trade, Amber’s strength is building relationships between the public and private sector while identifying ways to collaborate and partner to achieve mutually beneficial goals. Amber began her career working for Senator McCain where she became adept at retaining professionalism and decorum while navigating difficult and controversial policy matters.
Amber represented the real estate and land use industry on policy matters first as a lobbyist for homebuilders and developers and then for Metropolitan Pima Alliance (MPA). MPA’s foundation is creating balanced land use policies that stimulate economic development and reasonably preserves our natural environment. Amber has continued that philosophy of finding common ground through her work at the Tucson Metro Chamber.
A Texas native, Amber moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona and graduated with a degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Public Administration from Eller College. Married to a second-generation Tucsonan, Amber’s husband Robert is a Tucson Fire Department Captain, who also owns a small business. Amber and Robert have three young sons, 11 goats, four dogs, three donkeys, and some chickens and they enjoy the quiet life on their small ranch.
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Tucson Metro Chamber
465 W. St. Mary’s Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-792-1212
A native Tucsonan, Michael Guymon’s twenty-one-year professional career has primarily centered on political strategy, business development and advocacy, and organizational management. As Vice President for the Tucson Metro Chamber, Michael is responsible for developing and implementing the Chamber’s local public policy and workforce development/attraction programs and initiatives.
Michael’s previous positions include Vice President of Regional Partnerships for Sun Corridor Inc.; Executive Director of Metropolitan Pima Alliance; Chief-of-Staff to Tucson City Council Member Fred Ronstadt; Asst. Vice President for Governmental Affairs for the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce; and political consultant to The Bridges, a 360-acre mixed-use, infill development that will include Tech Parks Arizona, GEICO’s regional headquarters, housing, and a 111-acre commercial development.
Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Arizona.
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