SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/ CHIEF RELATIONSHIP OFFICER

In his 13th season with the franchise, Leo is the key liaison between the Nets and the team’s ownership group, including Forest City Ratner Companies, which is responsible for bringing the franchise to the future Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In addition to being involved with the team’s plans for its new arena, Leo remains active in all aspects of Nets sales and marketing, as well as community and customer relations. Furthermore, Leo plays a major role in the organization’s seamless relationship between business and basketball.

Prior to joining the Nets in 1996, Ehrline spent 19 years at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

He had a steady ascent up the corporate ladder, working his way from the accounting office and then the box office to eventually managing all marketing and sales efforts at the Meadowlands Arena, which has been re-named the IZOD Center, Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands Racetrack.

A native of Medford, New Jersey, Leo graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1977. Residing in Ramsey, New Jersey, Leo and his wife, Kathy, have two sons, Leo, 19, a sophomore at James Madison University, and Johnny, 16, a junior at Don Bosco Prep.