Michael Schulman Chairman of the Board, Anaheim Arena Management, LLC Chief Executive Officer, Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club, LLC Managing Director, H&S Ventures, LLC
(AAM), Chief Executive Officer of Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club (ADHC), Chairman of the Board of the Anaheim Ducks Foundation and serves on the board of NHL Enterprises. He is also an Alternate Governor for the NHL Board of Governors. In addition, he is Managing Director of H&S Ventures, the entity that manages the Samueli Family Office, AAM and ADHC. Schulman reports directly to owners Dr. Henry Samueli and Susan Samueli, and is responsible for managing and long-term planning of their profit and non-profit entities. Schulman’s role with Honda Center began long
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before he was appointed Chairman of AAM in December of 2003. Schulman was the lead negotiator on behalf of the Samueli family in the acquisition of the management agreement from the bankruptcy court and the City of Anaheim. He acts as liaison between the Samueli family and AAM management and supervises all financial, legal and charitable decisions of the arena. He also acts as liaison with the other partners of AAM and the City of Anaheim. In addition, Schulman oversees all long-term capital projects including the 57 Freeway Marquee, two 360° LED rings, revamping of the video room and remodeling of the company offices and locker rooms. Schulman’s role at AAM includes overseeing all
business and hockey operations. He was the lead negotiator on behalf of the Samueli family in working with Disney on the purchase of the Anaheim Ducks and also with the NHL in qualify- ing the Samueli family for the purchase of the team. He is responsible for developing additional ice and roller rinks in the Orange County area and was instrumental in the purchase of several such facilities, including Corona Roller Rink, Huntington Beach Roller Rink and Westminster Ice Rink. Schulman was also involved with the family in changing the team name and logo, and forming
ichael Schulman serves as Chairman of the Board of Anaheim Arena Management
the Anaheim Ducks Foundation. Schulman’s role at H&S Ventures is multi-
faceted. He is the Managing Director of the fami- ly office which oversees all the family’s profit and non-profit operations. H&S Ventures serves as the manager of AAM and ADHC as well as a number of other business entities in which the Samuelis are involved. Schulman serves on the boards of Anaheim
Arena Management, Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club, Anaheim Sports Holdings, Anaheim Ducks Foundation, HS Hockey Development and ECH 2101. Previously, he served on the board of Commercial Capital Bank Corp., a public company listed on the NASDAQ Exchange. He is also a cur- rent member of the boards of Telluride Ski and Golf Company and KDOC Television. Schulman also serves on many non-profit
boards. He has been a member of the University of California, Irvine Foundation Board since 1991 and is on the Stewardship Committee. He was one of the founding members and past chair of the UCI Planned Giving Leadership Council. Schulman serves on the boards of the Samueli Foundation, Samueli Institute for Information Biology, the Orange County Jewish Campus and Anaheim Ducks Foundation. After earning his Bachelor of Arts in Economics
from University of California, Berkeley, Schulman went on to the University of Santa Clara Law School. In addition, Schulman studied economics for one year at the University of Leeds in Leeds, England. After law school, he was hired as a full-time law
professor at the University of Southern California, after which he was a practicing attorney for a number of years and a partner with the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery. A native of California, Michael and his wife
Sherry have four children (Annie, Danielle, Bryant and Natasha) and currently reside in Laguna Beach. #
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