A Bloomington resident, Brian comes to The Bison with over 30 years experience creating brands, marketing, and operational leadership for local, national, and international clients like Caterpillar, Toyota, Lexus, State Farm, and Country Financial. 

In the sports realm, he’s consulted, strategized, and created for seven Indy500 driver teams and all three professional hockey clubs that called Bloomington home. Brian is a former youth hockey coach and graduate of Illinois State University. He’s excited to be a part of the highest level of hockey our community has had to date and contribute to building the Bison in our inaugural year and beyond.

Dave’s formerly of Scranton, Pennsylvania, known by many as the home of The Office (even though it wasn't filmed there). He spent eight seasons working with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL, five as an Account Executive and three as Director of Group Sales. Dave graduated from California University of Pennsylvania in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Sport Management and a minor in Business Administration. In his free time, Dave enjoys listening to music, attending professional sporting events & concerts, and exploring the 250+ restaurants in the Bloomington-Normal area!

Maddie is a proud native of Bloomington, Illinois, known to locals as a “townie”. She attended Illinois State University graduating with a bachelor's in science with a degree in Creative Technologies in 2021. Maddie loves to travel to new places, cheer on the Cubs at Wrigley Field, and dive into the latest Netflix series with her cat, Uno, by her side. Maddie looks forward to connecting with the community this season and having a new team to cheer on!

Jonathon is from Port Saint Lucie, Florida but attended college in New York at Dominican University, where he played on the Men’s Soccer team all four years. Jonathon recently graduated in May 2024 and earned his bachelor's degree in business administration. In his free time, Jonathon enjoys watching all types of sports, listening to music, and going to the driving range!

Russell is from Scranton, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State University with a dual-major in Marketing and Management. His sales experience began as an entry-level door to door Sales Representative but was promoted to Account Manager in just six weeks. A couple years later he earned a license to sell Home, Auto, Life, and Health for State Farm Insurance, before making his way to Bloomington. In his leisure time, he enjoys watching all types of sports, attending concerts, and cooking. He lucked-out because the Bloomington Bison are affiliated with his favorite NHL team, the NY Rangers!