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10 ESPN finance leaders
These ten current and former ESPN finance leaders have held finance roles at ESPN, across areas such as controllership, FP&A, content and sports rights finance, ad sales finance, production finance and direct-to-consumer strategic finance. A reader can learn how finance leaders work at ESPN from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Beth Berkowitz
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Finance · ESPN
Senior Director Finance at ESPN since January 2014, based in Bristol, Connecticut. The profile also lists Senior Manager Finance (2009–2014) and Manager Finance (2007–2009) at ESPN, and Senior Financial Analyst roles at PepsiCo (2004–2007) and Pfizer (2001–2004).
Bill Geist
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr VP of Finance, Content and Ad sales · ESPN
Former Sr VP of Finance, Content and Ad sales at ESPN (2007–2021). The profile describes Bill as a finance executive with sports media expertise in rights negotiations, production costs, advertising sales, and launching new businesses, and its headline names M&A, New Business Ventures and Rights Negotiations.
Blair Boyle
LinkedInExperience: Sr Vice President, ESPN Finance · The Walt Disney Company
Sr Vice President, ESPN Finance at The Walt Disney Company since January 2024, a role the profile tags at vice president level in Finance & Accounting. The profile also lists Vice President, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (2012–2024), Director, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (2011–2012) and Director of Finance & Strategy (2007–2011) at The Walt Disney Company.
Catherine C.
LinkedInExperience: VP, Finance - ESPN · The Walt Disney Company
VP, Finance - ESPN at The Walt Disney Company since March 2025, a role the profile tags at vice president level in Finance & Accounting. The profile also lists Director, Office of the CFO at The Walt Disney Company since 2021, Director, Global Development - Parks, Experiences & Consumer Products at The Walt Disney Company (2019–2021) and Director, Finance at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (2018–2019).
Dean Zirolli
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President, Controller, Retired · ESPN/Disney Financial Services
Former Vice President, Controller at ESPN/Disney Financial Services (2017–2025), a role the profile tags at vice president level in Finance & Accounting, and former Vice President, Asst. Controller at ESPN (2004–2017). The profile also lists Audit Manager at PwC (1987–1994).
Griffith Freeman
LinkedInExperience: Director & Head of Strategic Finance, ESPN DTC · The Walt Disney Company
Director & Head of Strategic Finance, ESPN DTC at The Walt Disney Company since September 2025, a role the profile tags at director level. The profile also lists Senior Manager, ESPN DTC Strategic Finance (2024–2025), Manager, ESPN Strategic Finance (2022–2024) and Senior Analyst, ESPN Strategic Finance (2021–2022) at The Walt Disney Company.
Kelly Nadaud
LinkedInExperience: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis · ESPN
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at ESPN since August 2019, a role the profile tags at director level in Finance & Accounting, and Vice President Ad Sales Finance at The Walt Disney Company since September 2024. The profile also lists Senior Manager of Financial Planning at ESPN with a 2005 start date and Director Ad Sales Finance at The Walt Disney Company since 2020.
Nick Mesite
LinkedInExperience: Vice President ESPN Finance, Content, Sports Rights, Ad Sales & Marketing · The Walt Disney Company
Vice President ESPN Finance, Content, Sports Rights, Ad Sales & Marketing at The Walt Disney Company since August 2024. The profile also lists Vice President Finance, Disney Media Distribution (2021–2024) and Senior Director Finance Disney and ESPN Media Networks (2018–2021) at The Walt Disney Company, and Senior Director Finance at ESPN (2016–2018).
Pat Brino
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Finance · ESPN
Senior Director, Finance at ESPN since September 1998, based in Bristol, Connecticut; the profile headline reads Senior Director, Production Finance. The profile also lists Manager of Finance, Palace Brands at Heublein (1995–1998) and Auditor at Shawmut Bank (1992–1995), and tags the ESPN role in Finance & Accounting.
Tom Hennessy
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Vice President, Finance · ESPN
Former Senior Vice President, Finance at ESPN (2010–2024). The profile also lists Vice President, Finance (2005–2010), Director of Finance (1998–2005) and Senior Accountant (1997–1998) at ESPN, and Internal Auditor at Disney Entertainment (1996–1997); the profile headline reads Director of Finance and Operations, Buckley Institute.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the part of the business behind your question, since sports rights, ad sales, production and streaming finance each deal with different revenue and cost drivers. Check whether the relevant role is current or past before asking how things work at ESPN today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a sports media company plan and forecast around multiyear rights costs?
- 02What changes in financial planning when a traditional network builds a direct-to-consumer streaming business?
- 03How do finance teams support ad sales and production budgets for live sports?
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