Rich Foster is the owner of the Law Office of Richard J. Foster, where he specialized in representing Olympic Athletes and other sports figures and celebrities. Rich was the President of United States Water Polo for twelve years and President of the United States Aquatic Sports from 2006 through 2010. He also seved a four year term on the United States Olympic Committee. Rich received his bachelor's degree from Long Beach State, his M.P.A. from USC and his law degree from Loyola Law School. Rich will be teaching the Sports Law and Ethics course for the Graduate Program in Sport Management at Long Beach State.
Stephen E. Buchan, MBA
Steve received his Bachelor of Arts Degree and Secondary Teaching Credential from CSULB in 1974. He began his teaching career in Special Education in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He was a member and captain of the Long Beach State Crew team, receiving the '49er of the Year' and 'William Lockyer Awards' for outstanding contributions. He later returned to CSULB in 1980 to serve as the Assistant Women’s Volleyball Coach. He teaches the Foundations in Sport Management course. Read more.
Doris Lu-Anderson, Ph.D.
Dr. Lu-Anderson’s academic background includes a Ph.D. degree in Sport Management from Florida State University, an Executive MBA degree from San Diego State University, a Master of Science degree in Health and Physical Education from Louisiana Tech University, and a bachelor degree in International Business from Ming Chuan University, Taipei, Taiwan. She currently is the instructor for the Capstone course. Read More.
Andy has a B.A. from Claremont Men's College where he majored in Economics with an Accounting emphasis. He was the CFO of the NHL Anaheim Mighty Ducks for 10 years and the CFO of the Anaheim Angels for 7 years. Currently, Andy is the Vice-President, Corporate Controller for Shea Homes, one of the largest privately owned homebuilders in the nation. Andy has taught the Sport Finance course in the Sports Management Program since its inception in 2002.
Charles Harris, a 25 year veteran of the sports management business, joined the program when he was the Director of Corporate Communications and Community Relations for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Charles currently serves as the Internship Coordinator for all three learning teams and teaches one class each semester. He has also taught the Sport Marketing course in the past and has offered a mini Communications/Media Relations segment workshop as part of the class. In addition to his senior leadership experience with the Ducks, Charles has also provided strategic and proactive public relations and marketing services for a number of sports related businesses including the Los Angeles Dodgers, UC Irvine Athletics and Major League baseball. He began his career in the 1980’s with the Los Angeles Angels. Charles also writes a blog on the sports business: www.sportsinfo101.com
Stacy Embretson is currently the Director of Operations for the Honda LA Marathon. A native of Brainerd, MN and a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Stacy joined the staff in October 2009. As Director of Operations she is a part of the team that was charged with reinventing the LA Marathon...
Bill Brady
Bill Brady is currently the Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Affairs at Long Beach State University. He began his career at Northern Arizona University as a Graduate Assistant to the Athletic Director. An alumnus of Long Beach State, he received his Masters in Sports Administration from Ohio University in 1997. Read more.
Roger Harvey, M.A.
Roger Harvey is the President of Event Alignment Marketing. He was formerly the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Big League Dreams Sports, LLC. He was responsible for...
Cindy Jarvis, M.A.
Cindy Jarvis graduated from California State University Long Beach with two degrees. The first degree was a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology specializing in Elementary Education. The second degree was a Masters degree from our very own program in Sport Management. Cindy spent 9 years working as a children and adult sports coordinator for the City of Norwalk ...
Anthony Dittmann
Anthony Dittmann graduated from San Diego State University in 1997 with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications. Following graduation, Anthony worked for the San Diego Chargers until 1998. Since then, he has been working for ESPN in ...
