Jordan Bazant is a founder and partner of Goal Marketing .  Mr. Bazant has 11 years of sports marketing and management experience. 

Mr. Bazant is the exclusive marketing representative for such high-profile personalities including but not limited to Isiah Thomas, Troy Aikman, Stephon Marbury, Jeremy Shockey, Warren Moon, and several college basketball coaches including UCLA’s Ben Howland and Notre Dame’s Mike Brey.  As their exclusive marketing representative, he focuses on maintaining the desired brand image of each client and enhances their careers through contract and broadcast negotiation, promotional management, and maximizing endorsement opportunities.  Throughout his career, Jordan has formed partnerships with several of the largest corporations in the world.   

Jordan resides in New York City and is a graduate from Vanderbilt University.  He attended law school at the University of Miami. 

 

Andrew Witlieb is a founder and partner of Goal Marketing and the Agency Sports Marketing and Management. Mr. Witlieb brings a 14-year track record of sports marketing and management success. As the former Vice President of Golf Management at SFX, Andrew manages prominent PGA Tour players such as World #2 Jim Furyk, Kevin Sutherland, Bob Burns, John Senden, Len Mattiace and Paul Goydos.

As a partner at Goal Marketing, Andrew is involved in every aspect of golf management and marketing. He focuses his efforts on maintaining each individual clients' brand as well as building their careers through commercial sponsorships and endorsements. In addition, Andrew has negotiated extremely lucrative endorsement contracts with every major equipment and clothing manufacturer represented on the PGA tour. Andrew has also completed numerous corporate marketing deals with corporations such as American Express, Bayer, Johnnie Walker, Exelon, Marriott, Siemens, Hertz and PayChex.

Andrew resides in New York City with his wife Michele and is a graduate of the University of Maryland.   

 

 

Kevin Canning joined Goal Marketing as the Senior Vice President of Golf in March, 2004. In 2007, Mr. Canning became the CEO of Goal. He brings 13 years of experience in the field of sports marketing and athlete management to Goal. Mr. Canning joined Goal after leading the golf division at CSMG Sports from 2000 – 2004. Over the course of his career, Kevin has managed athletes in a variety of sports, including golf, baseball, football and basketball.

As CEO of Goal Marketing, Kevin oversees the day to day operations of the golf division and plans the overall direction of the division. He is also involved heavily in the management of his clients, such as 2 Time PGA Tour winner Woody Austin. He is involved in every aspect of his clients’ careers, from contract negotiation with major manufacturers to maintaining and marketing each client to corporate America. Additionally, Kevin is the Executive Director and is responsible for overseeing Goal Marketing’s Nationwide Tour Event, PalmettoPride Classic in Charleston, South Carolina. Throughout his career, Kevin has negotiated contracts with every major equipment and clothing manufacturer represented on the PGA tour.

Kevin resides with his wife, Elisia, and two sons, Chapman and George, in Charleston, South Carolina. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina.

 

1Jonathan Salant joined Goal Marketing in 2003 as the director of golf and client management.  He joined our team after spending a year in the marketing department at NYC2012, New York’s Olympic bid committee for the 2012 Olympic Games.  After learning the intricacies of the business, he embarked on a career in Athlete representation and marketing.  Jonathan is responsible for handling the daily operations for our clients and helps manage our corporate client relationships.  Jonathan has been instrumental in our player marketing strategies and is a rising star in this industry. 

Jonathan resides in New York City and graduated from the University of Colorado. 

 

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Dave Maryles, Vice President Golf Management, joined Goal Marketing in January 2006. Prior to working with Goal, Mr. Maryles worked at New York City based law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal where he worked as a paralegal for 2 years. Dave works to secure corporate relationships and new marketing opportunities for Goal's clients. He is responsible for day to day client services, business development, and recruiting. Mr. Maryles serves as Sponsorship Director for Goal Marketing's Nationwide Tour Event, in Charleston, South Carolina. Dave has been instrumental in the growth of our player management and marketing division and is a rising star in this industry. Dave is a graduate from Penn State University and resides in Manhattan, NY.