Mitch Germann
Senior Vice President
Fleishman-Hillard San Francisco
@MCG5

Mitch Germann is a senior vice president in the consumer practice group where he serves as client relationship manager for Electronic Arts and leads integrated communications support for Visa's FIFA, NFL and Olympics sponsorships. Mitch brings nearly 15 years of sports PR and marketing experience to Fleishman-Hillard, including leading in-house communications and serving as primary media spokesperson for three sports organizations.

Before joining Fleishman-Hillard, Mitch spent time at Edelman as a vice president on the digital team, providing strategic counsel on digital communications to a diverse portfolio of clients including Microsoft and Shutterfly. Also during that time, Mitch's role as a thought leader on sports and social media was enhanced through regular speaking engagements and by being cited and quoted in multiple blogs and articles, including a national story on MSNBC.com.

Prior to his time at Edelman, Mitch worked for four seasons with the NBA's Sacramento Kings, spending three seasons as vice president of business communications and one season as vice president of marketing and communications.