USTA Announces Alan Ostfield (’90) on New Slate of Board of Directors for 2021-2022 Term
Alan Ostfield of the USTA Eastern Section is nominated to serve his first two-year term as a Director at Large on the USTA Board of Directors. Ostfield is an accomplished sports and entertainment industry leader with experiences in all of the major professional sports leagues and leading live entertainment organizations. Ostfield was most recently the President, North Atlantic | New York & Philadelphia for Live Nation, responsible for Live Nation’s concert business in the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. Previously, Ostfield was President & Chief Executive Officer of the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports & Entertainment (which owned and operated the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, the WNBA’s Detroit Shock, The Palace of Auburn Hills, St. Pete Times Forum and DTE Energy Music Theatre). He also was Senior Vice President & General Counsel of the San Diego Padres and an attorney with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (whose clients included the Dallas Cowboys). Ostfield has combined his experiences in professional sports with higher education, including developing and teaching “Professional Sports Leagues and Franchises” in Columbia University’s Sports Management Masters Program, developing and teaching “Managing a Professional Sports Franchise” in the University of Michigan’s Sports Management Masters Program, teaching “Sports Economics” in New York University’s Sports Business Masters Program and teaching “Sports and the Law” at the University of San Diego School of Law. Ostfield has been involved in many other community activities, including serving on the Boards of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative, the National Sports Law Institute, the University of Michigan Sport Management Program, the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego. Ostfield earned a Juris Doctor from Boston University’s School of Law, a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston University’s Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Ostfield plays tennis as often as possible and has been an active USTA member for many years.