October 22-24, 2025

Santa Clara Marriott

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Cricket in North America is entering

an exciting new phase.

After the USA Men’s Cricket Team’s success at the recent T20 World Cup and cricket’s inclusion in the
LA 2028 Olympic Games, interest and investment in the sport are at an all-time high.

The Cricket Impact Summit & Expo serves as a platform for the people and organizations who have long been driving cricket forward and those ready to contribute to its next chapter. By bringing together leaders from business, sport, community, and social impact, the cricket impact summit & expo aims to strengthen connections, share ideas, and collectively explore the opportunities ahead.

This summit is not about starting something new, but about accelerating what is already in motion, elevating cricket’s role as a catalyst for business, community engagement, and positive impact across North America.

We invite you to join this network

and be part of shaping cricket’s exciting future.

what you can

look forward to

CRICKET IMPACT SUMMIT & EXPO:

host & speakers

Julie Abbott

Executive Director, Charlotte Edwards Foundation
wasim akram

Pakistaní Cricket Commentator, Coach,
and Pakistani Cricket Legend
Harper Albo

VP, Accounts & Strategy, AMHC
Corey Anderson

International Cricketer & SF Unicorns Captain
Adam Bannon

Digital Marketing Strategist & Content Creator
Ikins D Clarke

Sport Enthusiast & Cricket Administrator
Tax & Consulting Partner, Deloitte in Barbados
Zayanya De Alwis

Director of Marketing and Communications, San Francisco Unicorns
Hemant Dua

CEO, Seattle Orcas
James English

Co-Founder & CEO, Chicago Hounds
Abey Finklea

Co-Founder & Coordinator of Blind Cricket at the Cricket Association for the Blind USA and Player on the Women's National Team
Drew Finklea

Co-Founder and Secretary of the Board of Directors, Cricket Association for the Blind in the USA
eddie fitzgibbon

Managing Director, NYZ Consulting
William Fitzgerald

Founder & Partner, The Worker Agency
Stuart Giles

CEO and President, Century Cricket Centres
Johnny Grave

CEO, Major League Cricket
Adam Hall

CEO, AMHC
CEO & Co-Founder, Cricket Impact Group
Venky Harinarayan

Co-owner, San Francisco Unicorns
Courtney Hirsch

CEO, Jomboy Media
Uzma Iftikhar

Co-founder, Aspire Cricket & Former USA Women's Player
Sanjeev Joshipura

CEO, Indiaspora
Anika Kolan

Player & Captain, USA Women's T20i Team
Dr. George Lynn Lashbrook

President & Founder, Sports Management Worldwide
Dr. Omar S. Khokhar, MD

Founder, Sportsnection
Chris Millard

Managing Director, Barmy Army
Peter Miller

Head of PR and Communications, Caribbean Premier League (CPL)
Vishal Misra

Founder, ESPNCricInfo & Minority Owner, San Francisco Unicorns
Roberta Moretti Avery

President of Brazil Cricket and Athlete
Mayuri Mukherjee

VP of Marketing, LT Foods Americas
Biju Nair

Founder & CEO at Bay Blazers
Sanjay Parthasarathy

Co-Owner & Operating Partner, Seattle Orcas
Amber pinto

Partner, Pinto Capital LLP
LIAM PLUNKETT

World Cup Winner,
San Francisco Unicorns Player and Director,
Cricket Impact Group
EBONY RAINFORD-BRENT MBE

World Cup Winning Cricketer, Broadcaster, Motivational Speaker & Performance Coach
Pete Russell

CEO, Caribbean Premier League
Vijay Setlur

Marketing Instructor
Schulich School of Business-York University
Navjeet Sira

CEO, The Change Foundation
Sindhu Sriharsha

Co-Founder, Aspire Cricket & Former USA Women's Cricket Captain
Rahul Srinivasan

CEO, Boundaries North
Vijay Srinivasan

Co-Founder, MLC Expansion Team, MLC and Willow TV
Ian Sykes

Managing Director, Wisden
Brian Walters

Cricket Commentator & Former USA Cricket Association Director
David White

Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco Unicorns
Zee Zaidi

Founder, cricexec
Melissa Zajic

Executive Director, Australian American Chamber of Commerce

the agenda

Please note that all events are being held at the Santa Clara Marriott & all times are in PST

5:00 PM
Registration Opens

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception
8:00 AM
Registration, Breakfast & Expo Opens
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Opening Keynote & Welcome Remarks
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Main Stage Panel #1: The T20 CEO Panel: Strategy, Expansion, and the Future of Franchise Cricket
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Expo Networking & Break
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Morning Breakouts
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Buffet Lunch & JKJ Closed Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Main Stage Panel #2: The Innovation Engine: Disrupting Cricket’s Norms
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Expo Networking & Coffee Break
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Main Stage Panel #3: Growing Cricket’s Opportunity in the Americas: Owner’s Perspective
3:35 PM - 4:20 PM
Main Stage Panel #4: Growing Cricket’s Opportunity in the Americas: Player’s Perspective
4:20 PM - 4:45 PM
Main Stage Panel #5: Breaking the Boundaries: Diaspora’s Role in Cricket
4:45 PM - 4:55 PM
Day One Feedback

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Networking Happy Hour
8:00 AM
Registration, Breakfast & Expo Opens
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome Day 2 & Reflections
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Main Stage Panel #1: Women’s Game Rising: Power, Growth & Equity
10:15 AM - 10:40 AM
Expo Networking & Coffee Break
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Main Stage Panel #2: Owning the Future – Building the Franchise Era of U.S. Cricket
11:40 AM - 12:30 PM
Main Stage Panel #3: Legend Session: Reflections from a Cricket Icon
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Co-Founder’s Closing Remarks
1:00 PM
Boxed Lunch & Expo Networking
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POST-SUMMIT CRICEXEC FORUM

1:15 – 2:15 PM
cricexec Innovation Challenge - Preliminary Round
2:15 – 2:55 PM
Panel: In Conversation: Inside a winning sponsorship
2:55 – 3:10 PM
Break
3:10 – 3:55 PM
cricexec Innovation Challenge - Finals
3:55 – 4:35 PM
Panel: Rebuilding the innings - The path forward for cricket in America
4:35 – 4:45 PM
Awards & Closing