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Mr. Hallman received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the College of Charleston (SC) and his MBA from the University of South Carolina. He serves as President and CEO of Bruno Event Team. He also holds the title of Executive Director of the Alabama Sports Foundation, the sports lobby for the city of Birmingham and the state of Alabama. He is President of Zoom Motorsports, LLC, the exclusive event promoter for the Barber Motorsports Park. He is also the co-owner of Five Star Event Catering and a board member of March of Dimes and Magic Moments at Children's Hospital. |
Mr. Bochnak received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, as well as a Masters of Accountancy from the University of Alabama. He currently serves as Senior Vice President of Business Affairs for Bruno Event Team, overseeing all financial, administrative and human resource functions for the company and all of its divisions. He also manages the Gameday Operations projects for Bruno Event Team, which entails handling all aspects of parking, traffic and tailgating for the University of Alabama home football, basketball and gymnastics events.
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Mr. Collins holds a degree in Biological Science from the University of Delaware. He currently serves as Vice President of the Alabama Sports Foundation, the official sports lobby for the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area as well as the State of Alabama. Projects include the SEC Baseball Tournament, the #1 college baseball tournament in the country, the Magic City Classic, the most attended black college football classic in the country, International Soccer events, Davis Cup Tennis, and a management agreement with the Alabama High School Athletic Association. Previously, Brett served as vice president of ZOOM Motorsports, the motorsports division of the Bruno Event Team, from 2003-2007.
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Mr. Habgood earned at a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising Management from the University of South Carolina. He currently serves as Vice President of Golf focusing on the events managed by Bruno Event Team in the Western half of the country. Habgood’s duties include the strategic development, implementation and reporting of the sales and marketing plans for these events as well as management of the on-site event staffs. Habgood was promoted to this role after serving as the Champions Director for three USGA National Championships in Colorado. Prior to joining the company, Habgood worked on numerous golf events on the LPGA, PGA, Champions and Nationwide Tours with Executive Sports, Inc.
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Mr. Humphrey currently serves as Vice President of ZOOM Motorsports, LLC, a division of Bruno Event Team. He will oversee all races and events at the Barber Motorsports Park. Humphrey previously spent 13 years at Talladega Superspeedway, home to two annual races on the NASCAR curcuit. He began his career there as the Director of Public Relations before moving on to Director of Operations, and then Vice President/General Manager. He spent his final three years as President of the multi-million dollar motorsports facility before leaving in March to become Managing Director of Business Operations in Daytona Beach, Fla for International Speedway Corp, the parent company of Talladega.
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Mr. Jamroz was the first student in the English department at Wayne State University to receive a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Film Studies. He currently serves as Vice President and Creative Director of Think Positive, the creative services division of the Bruno Event Team. His background includes eight years of experience at the multi-national agency DDB, working on Volkswagen, Audi, American Airlines, Pepsi, Frito-Lay and Pizza Hut. Prior to Think Positive he was Vice President/Senior Producer at O2 Ideas in Birmingham, working on Verizon Wireless, The Home Depot Employment Group and others. In his current position he is responsible for concepting, creating and executing all aspects of creative production of the advertising campaigns for Bruno Event Team events.
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Mr. Marovich holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Sociology from the University of Illinois. In his current position as Vice President of Golf, he oversees the day-to-day management of the Golf Division along with Sean Sovacool. His duties include overall event and staff management of several Champions Tour, LPGA, PGA TOUR and Nationwide TOUR Events. He has been involved in golf tournament management for 10 years and joined the Bruno Event Team in 2002. Prior to that he was the tournament director of the Royal Caribbean Classic since 1998. He is a member of the Champions Tour Tournament Association Board of Directors. Before entering the golf industry, he was the manager of sports marketing for Gatorade where he was responsible for the company’s sports marketing activities west of the Mississippi River for six years.
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Mrs. Sciacca received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations and Marketing from Auburn University. She currently serves as the Vice President of Public Relations and Marketing and oversees the Think Positive creative services division of Bruno Event Team. Her duties include managing the overall marketing campaigns for each Bruno Event Team event, along with media and public relations for the company. Sciacca was promoted to this role after serving as Public Relations Director for Bruno Event Team. Prior to joining the company, she worked in the Bush Administration, spending the last two years of her time in Washington, DC, working in the Office of Presidential Advance at The White House. There, she helped coordinate all domestic and international event and travel logistics for President George W. Bush, including his trip to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
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Chef Frank Sekyra started his career while in high school with a local pizzeria that made everything from scratch. This early foundation formed his passion for food and willingness to not compromise quality. Just after high school he took the kitchen manager position at Bottega Café in Birmingham, Alabama. In the fall of 1998, Chef Sekyra accepted a position at Hot and Hot Fish Club, and within four months was promoted to AM Sous Chef. For a short while, he left Hot and Hot Fish Club to become co-owner of the Original Pancake House, before returning to Hot and Hot Fish Club as PM Sous Chef. In 2005, Chef Sekyra left for an opportunity to demonstrate his culinary talents with Satterfield’s Restaurant as the executive chef. Just a few years later, Chef Sekyra was sought after to help elevate The Country Club of Birmingham’s food program as the executive chef. He spent a short time there before joining Jim-N-Nick’s Bar-B-Q as the General Manager of the Hwy 280 Training Store. Now, joining Five Star Event Catering allows Chef Frank to re-embrace his passion for culinary arts. |
Mr. Sovacool holds a Masters in Kinesiology from Georgia State and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management/Engineering from Georgia Tech. He currently serves as Executive Vice President of Golf for Bruno Event Team, overseeing all aspects of professional golf events for both Champions Tour, PGA Tour and USGA events managed by Bruno Event Team. Prior to joining the company he spent ten years working on professional golf events as Tournament Director.
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Ronald G. Bruno, Chairman 
Gene Hallman, President and CEO 
John W. Bochnak, Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration 
Brett Collins, Vice President, Alabama Sports Foundation 
Douglas Habgood, Vice President, Golf
Rick Humphrey, Vice President, ZOOM Motorsports
Jessica Sciacca, Vice President of Public Relations & Marketing 
Chef Frank Sekyra, Five Star Event Catering
Sean Sovacool, Executive Vice President, Golf