US Airways Center Live Nation RFP Response - City of Glendale

JIM PITMAN
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION, PHOENIX SUNS
Jim Pitman oversees all accounting, finance, information systems, and insurance
aspects of the organization and is in his 14th season as executive vice president
of finance and administration. The Suns’ NBA finance chief also assists with
salary cap and player contract management.
JIM PITMAN
Pitman also oversees all financial aspects of the US Airways Center and Phoenix
Mercury (WNBA). Pitman serves as treasurer of Phoenix Suns Charities and is a
board member of the US Airways Center Education Foundation and the Valley of
the Sun YMCA. He also serves on the Finance Committee for the Valley of the
Sun United Way. Coming to the Suns in 1992 as assistant controller, he moved
up to corporate controller and vice president of finance before his most recent
promotion. Prior to the Suns, he spent nearly five years in the audit division of the
Phoenix office of Arthur Andersen with client responsibility in the professional
sports, hospitality, and wholesale distribution industries. A native of Rio, Ill., Pitman is a
1987 graduate of the University of Illinois where he earned a degree in accountancy.
Pitman and his wife Linda live in Phoenix. He has two children, Amy (20) and Kyle
(18), and lists basketball, softball and golf as his favorite out-of-office activities.
RALPH MARCHETTA
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER,
PHOENIX ARENA DEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
AND SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES
RALPH MARCHETTA
Ralph Marchetta was promoted to the position of General Manager of Sports
and Entertainment Services in August, 2007. As General Manager, Marchetta
oversees all operations of the US Airways Center. In addition to servicing
professional sports teams that include the Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and
the Arizona Rattlers, he books all events at US Airways Center including working
with the NBA, WNBA and AFL to schedule all regular season and pre-season
games. Marchetta has booked hundreds of concerts including Barbra Streisand,
U2, Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Vicente Fernandez, Juan Gabriel, Andrea
Bocelli and many others. He has extensive relationships with Feld Entertainment
(Disney on Ice and Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus), World Wrestling
Entertainment and many other family show and concert promoters. Marchetta has
been at US Airways Center prior to the venue’s opening in 1992. In managing
US Airways Center, as a key asset to the community, Marchetta works with the
leadership of the City of Phoenix, Phoenix City Council and Downtown Phoenix
Partnership. In addition, he serves as a board member of the Phoenix Police
Department Reserve Foundation. Marchetta graduated from Arizona State University.
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