Jenny Cavnar
Jenny Cavnar is in her 19th season of broadcasting MLB and second season as the primary TV play-by-play voice of the Athletics. The five-time Emmy® Award winner spent over a decade in Colorado, where she became the first woman to win National Sports Media Association Colorado Sportscaster of the Year in 2021. She also made baseball history in 2018 with the Rockies as the first woman to call play-by-play for a Major League Baseball game in 25 years.
Cavnar is also a frequent voice on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM and a TV commentator for men’s and women’s college basketball on various networks.
A 2004 graduate of Colorado State University, Cavnar now serves her alma mater as the president's executive in residence. Cavnar resides in Erie, Colorado, with her husband and two children, Vincent and Emmery.
Sonny Lubick
Sonny Lubick first came to Colorado State University in 1982 as the offensive coordinator for Leon Fuller’s original coaching staff. Following highly successful assistant coaching stints at Stanford (1985-1988) and Miami (1989-1992), Lubick returned to become the head coach of the Rams in 1993. His success is among the greatest of any head football coach in school history, winning six conference championships and taking nine of his 15 teams to bowl games. During his career, Lubick produced five All-Americans and seven academic All-Americans along with 61 first-team all-conference players and 112 academic all-conference players.
Over the 15 seasons he coached the Rams, Lubick’s record of 108-74 made him the second-winningest coach in school history behind Harry Hughes. Three of his teams finished the season in the top 25 (1994, 1997 and 2000), and he was named the conference coach of the year in 1994, 1997, 1999 and 2000. In 1994, Sports Illustrated named him the National Coach of the Year.
Under Lubick’s tenure, CSU built the McGraw Athletic Center and renovated Moby Arena, and Hughes Stadium received its largest update and expansion in its history. The field at the stadium was re-named in his honor as Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. When Lubick left after the 2007 season, he had produced more than 40 NFL players. When CSU’s new campus football stadium opened in 2017, an anonymous donation was made to name the field at Canvas Stadium after him.
John Weber
John Weber is the current director of athletics for Colorado State University. Prior to his role with Colorado State, Weber founded and operated The Green & Gold Guard, the official name, image and likeness collective supporting Colorado State Athletics. In these roles, he has applied his business expertise to shape the future of collegiate sports.
Previously, Weber was president and CEO of Long Range Systems LLC, where he transitioned the company to next-generation indoor positioning services. Long Range Systems now delivers products and services to over 50 countries across the globe. He successfully led the company’s investor exit in 2020.
Weber earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a concentration in strategic management from Colorado State University and began his career with EDS (now HP) as a systems engineer.
In 1995, he joined MetaSolv Software, a startup focused on back-office operational software. Weber played key leadership roles in engineering and professional services as the company expanded globally, completed acquisitions and went public before its sale to Oracle.
After MetaSolv, Weber joined another startup, Calpont Corporation, and led the engineering team in the delivery of a highly scalable, big data analytics platform. His career spans executive management, technology, start-up management and business financing as well as software and hardware engineering.
Weber and his wife, Julie, live in Fort Collins with their dog, CAM. He serves on the CSU College of Business' Global Leadership Council and the Institute for Entrepreneurship Advisory Board.
Rich Karlis
Rich Karlis turned his love of hardwoods into a thriving business. He established Barefoot Bronco Woodworking in 2021. Specializing in cutting boards, game boards and charcuterie, his marquee projects include custom wine tasting tables and conference tables made from 280-year-old walnut, and work featured in Wine Spectator for a Michelin star restaurant in New York City.
Before woodworking, Rich built a successful career in sports and event marketing. As CenturyLink’s senior director of corporate sponsorships (2002-2020), he led the strategy, development and implementation of corporate sponsorships. His first large naming rights deal came in 2004, with the naming of the Seattle Seahawks stadium. Additionally, he negotiated deals with the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, college and Olympic Sports.
Previously, Rich played nine seasons in the NFL as a kicker for the Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions. Best known for his barefoot kicking style, he was the last NFL kicker to play without a shoe. He finished with 799 career points and a 72% field goal percentage.
His commitment to philanthropy began in 1984 with his Points for People program, benefiting Family Tree’s initiatives. He has served as Board Chair for the National Sports Center for the Disabled and YMCA Metro Denver as well as supporting the Colorado Special Olympics. Today, he remains active with the Denver Broncos Alumni Association and its charitable arm. Additionally, he is serving on his high school class of 1977 scholarship fundraising committee in Ohio, helping to raise $100,000 for scholarships.
Rich holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Cincinnati. He and his wife, Laura, have five children. They live on a small ranch southeast of Denver, where they raise horses, chickens and honeybees.
Thomas Carrier
Thomas Carrier has more than 23 years of experience in the venue management industry. For the past nine years, he has been a key member of Oak View Group and currently serves as the general manager of Blue Arena in Loveland, where he oversees all business operations for the 6,800-seat multipurpose arena on behalf of Larimer County.
Previously, Carrier served as general manager for Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, also under Oak View Group. In both positions, he managed facility services, event operations, parking, ticketing, food service, event booking, marketing, finance, risk management and capital projects — including a transformative $220 million renovation of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and the ongoing master plan at The Ranch Events Complex.
Prior to these roles, Carrier was the assistant athletic director for Events and Facilities at the University of Memphis for two years and spent a decade as senior manager of Event Operations at FedExForum. He began his career in the industry as an event services intern with SMG at the Pyramid Arena. In addition to his extensive professional background, Carrier serves as an adjunct professor for the College of Business’ Music Business Program at Colorado State University. He also previously contributed to the University of Memphis’ Sports Management Program.
Justin Michael
Justin Michael graduated from Colorado State University in 2019 and remains a resident of Northern Colorado. He has been a podcast host and sportswriter for DNVR Sports for six years and has covered CSU athletics for a decade after first working for CSU Football. Justin has been published in just about every newspaper in the state. He has written for The Associated Press, and his reporting has been picked up by ESPN and multiple other national outlets over the years. In addition to covering CSU for DNVR, Justin also reports on the Colorado Avalanche.
Emily Meister
Emily Meister is an accomplished professional in the entertainment and hospitality industries. She began her career at the age of 16, gaining valuable experience in the Chicago music industry. Emily earned a Bachelor of Arts in art, entertainment and media management from Columbia College Chicago, followed by an MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Prior to relocating to Colorado, Emily held the position of manager of theatre operations at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Illinois. In this role, Emily was responsible for overseeing event advancement, building operations, hospitality, front of house, security and traffic staff, and she served as the liaison for visiting artists, clients and dignitaries.
Emily joined OVG Hospitality in 2021 and currently serves as the General Manager, overseeing the food and beverage operations at The Ranch Events Complex and Blue Arena. Emily's commitment to operational excellence was recognized in December 2024, when she was chosen as the recipient of the OVG Hospitality President's Award.
Ryan Greene
Ryan Greene graduated from CSU in 2013 and currently works in Denver. After graduating, Ryan spent time in Montana as a sports reporter for a CBS affiliate. He later came back to Denver to work as a sports producer and reporter for CBS Colorado. Ryan is now the head of video production for DNVR, where he attends nearly every major sporting event in the state for every team and captures some of the most sharable video and photo content in the market.
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