VICE PRESIDENT OF ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENT MARKETING

Entering her fourth full season with the Nets, Petra Pope was promoted to vice president of entertainment and event marketing in May, 2007. Pope, 44, is an innovator in the specialized discipline of entertainment and special events for the sports industry.

Pope is responsible for the Nets in-game entertainment experience, including the Nets Dancers, NETSational Seniors, Nets Kids, Team Hype, the Nets DrumLine, music, video production, costumes, lighting, halftime, and Sly, the mascot. She also oversees the team’s community relations department as well as the team's special events, such as Ticket Influencers, Basketbowl – the Nets charity bowling event -- Draft Night party and the open practice. In addition, during each of the past three summers, Pope ran the entertainment component of the AVP Brooklyn Open, the pro beach volleyball event on Coney Island, which is promoted by Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, an affiliate of the Nets.

In 1991, Pope launched the Knicks City Dancers and spent 14 years with the Knicks before joining the Nets in 2005. While with the Knicks she produced on-court entertainment and was also responsible for creating the first children's dance team for theKnicks and New York Liberty and the first Dance Camp in the NBA.

Prior to joining the Knicks, Pope was the manager of the Laker Girls from 1983-89.

Pope, who was born in Niederweisel, Germany, is a black belt in karate. She lives in Secaucus, NJ.