Team

Jordan Bressler

President

Chief Executive Officer

Jordan Bressler

As the Founder, President and CEO of award-winning global sports, promotional and experiential marketing agency TSMGI, Jordan established the company as an agency committed to its client partners. His vision was, and remains, to be an integrated business partner never settling for “good,” never becoming complacent, and never taking partners’ business for granted.

With more than 30 years of sports and promotional marketing experience, Jordan has built the company into a leading agency never losing sight of his original vision.

Jordan remains a trusted advisor and confidante to the C-suite, providing insights, advice and strategic guidance to CEOs and CMOs in the area of global sponsorship marketing. Some of his career highlights include negotiation and execution of several high-profile and prestigious sports sponsorships:

• Secured the global naming rights for England’s renowned Manchester United Football Club on behalf of the Chicago-based Aon Corporation
• Created a unique sponsorship on behalf of Chicago-based Abbott as the title sponsor of the Abbott World Marathon Majors. The activation of this sponsorship spans 3 continents each year.
• Established and secured a team partnership between Abbott and Spain’s Real Madrid football club.
• Most recently, played a key role in developing the NASCAR Chicago Street Race as a thought leader and strategic partner, fulfilling his life long dream to see race cars zooming up and down Chicago’s iconic Lake Shore Drive.

TSMGI has continued to grow guided by Jordan’s strategic mindset, negotiation prowess, along with his keen eye for details. Under his leadership, the Deerfield, Illinois-based company has established itself as one that drives innovative, global sports marketing and business-building partnerships and initiatives for notable brands such as Valvoline, Abbott, McDonald’s, and Johnson Controls, to name a few.

Jordan strives to constantly provide clients the personalized attention, thought leadership, agility and passion of a small business, while showcasing the cutting-edge fully integrated capabilities of a large agency. Jordan empowers his leadership team to foster a family-like culture by encouraging innovative thinking, efficient problem solving, creativity and ownership in a safe and accepting environment.

In his free time, Jordan enjoys spending time with his family, is committed to personal fitness and well-being, and is a passionate follower of the international sports scene. He also volunteers as a board member for Team-44 helping raise funds and awareness for pediatric cancer, the Chicago Sports Commission, and One World Sports Association.

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Tom Crawford

Chief Operating Officer

Tom Crawford

Tom Crawford serves as Chief Operations Officer, responsible for day-to-day operations, strategic planning and business development. Crawford’s career spans decades managing global brands and their sports partnerships and entertainment alliances.

Prior to joining TSMGI, Crawford was Brand Manager of Sports & Entertainment Marketing for MillerCoors. His responsibilities included development of sports marketing strategy, acquisition and execution for a number of alliances, such as NFL and NASCAR. In addition, Crawford had management responsibilities for a variety of brand sponsorships with professional football, basketball and baseball teams; professional rodeo, poker, mixed martial arts and endurance sports.

Crawford spent 17 years with Motorola, Inc., in a variety of marketing and communications positions. As Director of Global Sponsorship Marketing, he was responsible for strategic planning, marketing, and execution of Motorola’s corporate sponsorship and event marketing programs. Crawford effectively increased Motorola’s visibility via sponsorship of motorsports, golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, football and the Olympics, including highly visible programs with Wimbledon Champion Maria Sharapova, Andretti Green Racing and an MLB first- wireless communications integration in Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs.
Some of Motorola’s most innovative partnerships that Crawford oversaw included wireless communication integration with Burton snowboarding apparel and Oakley sunglasses.

Crawford began his career with Proctor & Gamble in sales and marketing. He is a graduate of Illinois State University, and currently resides in the suburbs of Chicago with his wife and enjoys spending time with his adult twin daughters.

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Dan Elias

Vice President

Sales & Events

Dan Elias

Dan joined TSMGI in 2012 as Vice President, leading the Promotional Marketing division in the Milwaukee office. Dan brings more than 30 years of experience in promotions, event merchandise and brand marketing, having developed and executed successful marketing programs for many domestic and global clients.

During the summer months, Dan runs the TSMGI Summerfest Stores at The World’s Largest Musical Festival held in Milwaukee, as well as our event merchandise operations at the Wisconsin State Fair and The Big E.

Dan graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a degree in Marketing and Advertising and lives outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife, three children and dog. Dan’s favorite color combination is green and gold. He throws left and bats right for more power. He enjoys golf and hopes to one-day shoot his age (in about twenty-five years).

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Carly Eilian

Vice President
PR & Communications

Pam Hollander

Vice President

Strategy & Client Success

Pam Hollander

Pam Hollander joined TSMGI in 2021 as Vice President Marketing Strategy and Client Success, supporting all of TSMGI’s sports and entertainment clients.

Previously, Pam spent 20 years with Allstate Insurance Company. As Vice President of Consumer Marketing at Allstate, she oversaw award-winning advertising campaigns, multicultural marketing, PR and was the architect behind Allstate’s sponsorship center of excellence and activation, including the Allstate Sugar Bowl, College Football Playoff, SEC, Big Ten, Hot Chocolate 5k/15k, MLS, US Soccer, Mexican National Soccer, NCAA, NASCAR, US Olympic Committee and the groundbreaking Allstate Good Hands Field Goal Net program at more than 95 universities. She is known for generating engaging customer experiences using marketing strategies that resonate with diverse audiences. Prior to Allstate, she spent 15 years at various PR agencies where she led and supported several clients including Sprint, Ulta and McDonald’s.

Pam is a graduate of Syracuse University and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Falk School of Sport Management at Syracuse University, as well as on the Executive Board of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.

She and her husband have two sons and a very spoiled dog.

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Sean McKenzie

Chief Financial Officer

Jeanette Ostovich

Vice President

Client Services

Jeanette Ostovich

Jeanette is the Director of Promotions for Corporate Accounts. the Promotional Products team. In her role, she works with blue-chips clients such as Aon, Abbott, McDonald’s, and Valvoline. Jeanette’s more than 25 years of experience in global promotional marketing makes her one of the most seasoned members of the TSMGI team.

Prior to TSMGI, Jeanette spent seven years as the Director of Merchandising for Creata. In this role, she successfully developed the Creata USA catalog division infrastructure, which included processes for merchandise development and procurement for catalog program activity. Jeanette was also the Project Leader for the European catalog program development and execution, as well as developed cost-effective premiums allowing all global business units to increase overall margins with minimal inventory risk.

Before joining Creata, Jeanette was the Director of Merchandising for Group II Communications where she waswas responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising a team of five tasked to develop catalog programs, which totaled over $25 million in sales. Jeanette additionally managed high profile clients including McDonald’s, American Airlines, Wells Fargo, and The Coca-Cola Company.

Jeanette is a customer-focused marketing professional who holds a degree in marketing and finance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her background in global merchandising, marketing, and promotion provides client partners with invaluable skills and guidance. When Jeanette is not commuting back and forth from the Milwaukee and Chicago offices, she enjoys spending time with her family, attending sporting events, and kickboxing.

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Hugh Williams

Vice President

Global Sports Marketing

Hugh Williams

Hugh Williams, Vice President of Global Sports Marketing focuses primarily on TSMGI’s high-profile soccer and endurance sports clients.

Most recently Hugh served as the Chief Experience Officer for Lyric, the global health and wellness lifestyle brand. Williams brings with him more than 20 years of experience building household name CPG, technology and nutrition brands through award-winning fully integrated marketing campaigns. Throughout his tenured career, Williams managed numerous high-profile partnership activations with sports events and organizations including The Abbott World Marathon Majors, IRONMAN, The Leadville Race Series, Major League Soccer, NBA, NCAA, NFL, The Rugby World Cup, USA Hockey, US Ski & Snowboard and USA Swimming.

Hugh is lucky to combine his profession with his passion. He is a 4-time IRONMAN finisher, 19-time marathon finisher and ultra-runner, as well as a fly fisherman, snowboarder, proud husband, dad and dog parent.

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David Zlotnik

Vice President

Communications

David Zlotnik

A career-long Marketing, PR and Communications professional, David Zlotnik leads TSMGI’s PR and Communications team including the McDonald’s account and “The Studio,” TSMGI’s in-house design group.

David joined TSMGI at the end of 2017 following a 10-year stint in Global Marketing and Global Communications at McDonald’s Corporation. As Senior Director of Global Public Relations, David led brand-building initiatives worldwide such as McDonald’s sponsorship of the Olympic Games, Happy Meal partner programs, and Ronald McDonald House Charities.

During his time as Director of Global Family Marketing, David helped drive the Family Business around the world and he led the relaunch of Ronald McDonald, updating Ronald’s image for today’s consumer and creating a positive presence for Ronald on social media.

David also developed strategies and campaigns to promote McDonald’s long-standing commitment to children and families. This included worldwide programs such as the company’s partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative/Alliance for a Healthier Generation, events tied to major Happy Meal properties, and a kids’ physical activity program tied to the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Prior to joining McDonald’s in Fall 2006, David was an Account Director at DDB Chicago leading advertising strategy and development for McDonald’s US Menu Management business, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals.

A graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, David holds an MBA from DePaul University. David has appeared on “The Today Show” and has been featured in interviews with Ad Age, Crain’s Chicago Business, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Mashable.com.

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