CHRIS GRANGER

Senior Vice President, Team Marketing & Business Operations
National Basketball Association

As Senior Vice President, Team Marketing & Business Operations, Granger is responsible for advising NBA, WNBA, and NBA Development League teams on all aspects of business operations including ticket sales, sponsorship development, customer retention, and marketing.

Granger also takes a lead role in developing industry-renowned workshops and training sessions for the league’s teams, overseeing the creation and delivery of over twenty workshops each year. Prior to running the Team Marketing & Business Operations function, Granger managed the league’s in-house consulting team. These consultants work directly with the teams to help drive revenue, share best practices, and develop talent at the franchise level.

From an operational standpoint, Granger has taken leadership positions in the relocation of the New Orleans Hornets to Oklahoma City post-Katrina; the premium sales efforts for the 2007 FIBA Tournament of the Americas in Las Vegas; and in the daily staff operations of multiple NBA All-Star Jam Sessions, the league's premier interactive fan event.

Prior to joining the NBA in June 1999, Granger held leadership positions within the Walt Disney World Company, mainly on the resort side of the business, where he managed the front desk, concierge, guest service, and bell services staffs of various Disney properties, including Disney's flagship resort, the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa.

Granger received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his M.B.A. from Yale. He also spent a year abroad at the prestigious London School of Economics & Political Science.

An Indiana native, Chris now lives in Bronxville, New York with his wife, Jennifer and daughters, Zoe and Megan.