{"id":16,"date":"2018-08-17T19:40:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T00:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2019-11-21T13:13:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T19:13:43","slug":"meet-roy-kessel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/meet-roy-kessel\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Roy Kessel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16\" class=\"elementor elementor-16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-272ff57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"272ff57\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25dfdfd\" data-id=\"25dfdfd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7150ffa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7150ffa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet Roy Kessel<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc013f5\" data-id=\"bc013f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7aab5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7aab5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"280\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/20181107_084203-280x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35581f90 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35581f90\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6546b742\" data-id=\"6546b742\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56694b12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56694b12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Roy Kessel has extensive experience in many areas of business, law, sports and philanthropy.<\/b><\/p><p><b>You can read more details about his involvement in:<\/b><\/p><ul><li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/roy-kessel-sports\/\">SPORTS<\/a><\/b><\/li><li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/roy-kessel-philanthropy\/\">PHILANTHROPY<\/a><\/b><\/li><li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/about-roy-kessel-2\/roy-kessel-jewish\/\">JEWISH COMMUNITY<\/a><\/b><\/li><li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/about-roy-kessel-2\/roy-kessel-personal\/\">PERSONAL<\/a><\/b><\/li><li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/about-roy-kessel-2\/roy-kessel-professional\/\">PROFESSIONAL&#8211;LAW\/BUSINESS\/REAL ESTATE<\/a><\/b><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Roy graduated from the University of Wisconsin, with majors in finance and marketing. During college he was involved with many campus organizations and he participated in numerous intramural sports leagues (and even managed to win a couple).<\/b><\/p><p><b>Roy then continued his education at the Northwestern School of Law where he was a Note and Comment Editor for the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business.<\/b><\/p><p><b>He worked in small law firms for his first seven years as an attorney before launching his own practice in 1998 so that he could focus on representing athletes and entrepreneurs. He was certified by the National Football League Players Association to represent NFL players in 2001.<\/b><\/p><p><b>He was Co-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Sports Law Committee for many years planning, coordinating and hosting numerous speakers and hosting seminars on current sports law topics.<\/b><\/p><p><b>Roy was an adjunct professor in Northwestern University&#8217;s graduate Sports Management Program (MSA) in the School of Professional Studies.\u00a0 During his tenure there, he served on the Admissions Committee and also as Program Director. He has been invited to speak at multiple law schools including Northwestern, Marquette and Florida Coastal School of Law.<\/b><\/p><p><b>He continued with his own practice until 2011 when he launched Sports Brain, in order to address the concussion crisis and help educate the community, schools and leagues about the dangers of concussions. Sports Brain worked to implement concussion management programs for high schools and youth sports organizations and also implemented programs with several colleges.<\/b><\/p><p><b>Roy launched the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SportsPhilanthropyNetwork.com\">Sports Philanthropy Network<\/a> in 2019 to help create a supportive community for sports nonprofits, athlete foundations, teams, leagues, governing bodies and other organizations using sports for social change.\u00a0 The Sports Philanthropy Network hosts its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsphilanthropynetwork.com\/2020-sports-philanthropy-world\/\">Sports Philanthropy WORLD<\/a> conference to bring together the community of people using sports for education, opportunity and empowerment.\u00a0 He hosts the weekly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsphilanthropynetwork.com\/podcast\">Sports Philanthropy Podcast<\/a> interviewing some of the top people in the world of sports philanthropy.<\/b><\/p><p><b>Roy also launched Right Brain Solutions in order to address the needs of the business community to get a better understanding of their brains, their cognitive functions and the weaknesses that hold them back from succeeding in their business.<\/b><\/p><p><b>Roy continues to work with many non-profit organizations assisting them with capacity building, education, board training, event management and fundraising efforts.<\/b><\/p><p><b>Roy is working on several books and continues to look for interesting subjects about which to write.<\/b><\/p><p><b>Roy continues to be available to speak on a whole variety of issues including: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsphilanthropynetwork.com\">sports philanthropy<\/a>, sports business, sports law, Jewish sports, concussions, youth sports, entreprenurship, leadership and much more. Details are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/roy-kessel-expertise\/roy-kessel-speaking\/\">Roy Kessel Speaker Page<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Roy Kessel Roy Kessel has extensive experience in many areas of business, law, sports and philanthropy. You can read more details about his involvement in: SPORTS PHILANTHROPY JEWISH COMMUNITY PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL&#8211;LAW\/BUSINESS\/REAL ESTATE Roy graduated from the University of Wisconsin, with majors in finance and marketing. 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