>> I graduated from Penn State with an accounting business degree.
I became -- I went to work for a CPA firm.
I did a CPA firm.
I've done evaluation work with businesses, litigation support with attorneys
on financial damage type matters.
And I enjoyed it but I decided I wanted to do something more in my true passion
which was sports which brought me to Temple where I was looking to find
out how I could break into the sports field.
And through some hard work and then just some -- right place at the right time,
I was able to meet up with a man by the name of Charles Grantham who was working
at the University of Pennsylvania and had just been named the new Executive Director
of the NBA Players Association.
And I went to see him speak at Temple.
Through Temple's resources, I found out about that.
And I just shook hands with him and gave him my resume and didn't expect to hear much
from him, but I did hear from him.
And to, you know, to make the long story short, he gave me my first opportunity in sports.
I went to work for the NBA Players union.