Mark Gross ’88, Sr. Vice President of Production and Remote Events for ESPN will visit the Park School on Tuesday, October 25 and Wednesday, October 26. Mark will meet with students, work with ICTV, speak in classes, host a moderated Q&A and share his expertise.
Open Session:
Wednesday, October 26
5:00pm
Park Auditorium
Mark Gross is senior vice president, production and remote events. He is responsible for ESPN’s cross-platform coverage of MLB, college baseball and Little League, combat sports, tennis and hockey. Additionally, he is responsible for the event production strategy for ESPN+ and new content initiatives, as well as oversight of the Stats & Information Group.
His previous role was senior vice president and executive producer, production where his responsibilities included management and oversight for SportsCenter, ESPNEWS network, college sports (event and studio), NBA (event and studio), NFL studio programming, Little League World Series, and the content integration and production wrap unit. He also had oversight of ESPN’s talent office. Gross has served in many roles in his 34 years of service to ESPN.
Gross joined ESPN in August 1988 after graduating from Ithaca College and the Roy H. Park School of Communications with a degree in Television-Radio.
Please contact April Johanns at ajohanns@ithaca.edu for questions regarding Mark’s visit.