VICE PRESIDENT OF ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENT MARKETING

Entering her third full season with the Nets, Petra Pope was promoted to Vice President of Entertainment and Event Marketing in May, 2007. Pope is an innovator in the specialized discipline of entertainment and special events for the sports industry.

Pope is responsible for the Nets in-game entertainment experience, including the Nets Dancers, NETSational Seniors, Nets Kids, Team Hype, the Nets DrumLine, music, video production, costumes, lighting, halftime and Sly, the mascot. She also oversees the team's special events, such as Ticket Influencers, Basketbowl – the Nets charity bowling event -- Draft Night Party and the Open Practice. In addition, during August of the past two years, Pope ran the entertainment component of the AVP Brooklyn Open, the pro beach volleyball event on Coney Island, which is promoted by Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment, an affiliate of the Nets.

In 1991, Pope launched the Knicks City Dancers and spent 14 years with the Knicks before joining the Nets in 2005. While with the Knicks, she produced on-court entertainment and was also responsible for creating the first children's dance team for the Knicks and New York Liberty and the first Dance Camp in the NBA.

Prior to joining the Knicks, Pope was the manager of the Laker Girls from 1983-89.

Pope, who was born in Neiderweisel, Germany, is a black belt in karate. She lives in Secaucus, New Jersey.