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Michael is one of the sports industry’s most versatile, creative, and accomplished storytellers. He’s currently the co-host of the new Peacock show, “Brother From Another.” In 15 years at ESPN, he served in a variety of roles and worked across all of the network’s platforms – including as a reporter, commentator, host, and anchor. Respected from locker rooms to owners’ boxes and beyond, Smith brings a long list of both sports and entertainment industry relationships throughout his stellar 20-year career in media. Prior to joining ESPN, Michael was a reporter for the Boston Globe, serving as the paper’s NFL and New England Patriots beat writer.
Michael began his journalism career while a student at Loyola University in his hometown of New Orleans, serving as a sports reporter and copy editor for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and sports columnist for the award-winning Loyola Maroon. Michael received his BS in mass communication from Loyola in 2001. He lives in Farmington, Conn., with his wife and three children. Michael is a member of the 2017 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.
An industry-leading entrepreneur, Dwayne is a consummate executive and a renaissance man of sorts. With 20+ years of service as a public and private sector executive, he is recognized by his peers as a proven leader and a demonstrated visionary. At the age of 26, Dwayne established Royal Engineers to meet the vast infrastructure development, disaster recovery, and coastal restoration needs of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina – growing Royal to be one of the largest African American owned engineering firms in the South. Subsequently, he served as the Director of Data Center Construction for Eastern US and Latin America for Microsoft, responsible for $2B+ of datacenter development and construction spanning two continents.
A cancer survivor, Dwayne speaks widely on the health and wellness inequalities and inadequacies faced by the African American community – complex reflections of social and socioeconomic disparities, not biological differences. Dwayne earned his BS in Engineering Management from West Point and holds an MBA from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business. He served as an Officer in the United States Army and is a service-related Disabled Veteran. He lives in airports and is the father of two hilarious sons. Dwayne is a member of the 2016 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.
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