Andy Curtin

Executive Director
acurtin@legendspoll.com

Andy has significant experience working in sports and the sports marketing arena. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Legends Poll, which is a group of 18 retired college football coaches that conduct a weekly football poll and offer commentary on radio, television and the Legends Channel web site. He has worked as a player agent certified by the NFL, NBA, and Major League Baseball player unions, and he was the marketing representative for Joe Montana in his first Super Bowl year. In addition to his marketing experience, Mr. Curtin has worked as an attorney for No Limit Sports Management representing such key figures as Ron Mercer, Derek Anderson and Jason Terry. During his college tenure, he worked with the Sports Information Director at Marquette. He has also helped lead the Accurate Pro Appraisals in 2002 with former San Diego Charger General Manager, Steve Ortmayer. Andy is also an accomplished author. He wrote The Relations of Professional Athletes with Their Attorneys and he has published several articles and manuals in industry periodicals.

Andy was commissioned as a Naval Officer, and served in engineering billets on USS Waldron (DD-699). He earned early promotion to rank of Lieutenant in Vietnam while running the sports and recreation programs for 1,000 men at the Naval Air Facility at Cam Ranh Bay.

Andy received an NROTC scholarship to Marquette University graduating with an A.B. in Economics. He later graduated from Fordham University School of Law with J.D. degree.

Pete Wolek

Chief Operating Officer
pwolek@legendspoll.com

Pete is a partner in Legends Channel, LLC. He is COO for the Legends Channel. His duties require him to oversee and manage the company’s Internet website. In addition, produces the weekly game DVDs during the college football season for the Legends Football coaches. Pete helped create the Legends Channel Internet web site. In short, Pete provides the content of Legends Channel to the media.

In 2000, Peter Wolek established his own business & financial consulting firm, InFocus Consulting, LLC, specializing in business, tax and financial planning for closely-held businesses and high-net worth individuals. His practice focus is primarily on business acquisitions and financial planning.

Prior to 2000, Wolek, as a CPA with over 22 years of broad-based experience in tax research and consulting, financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, and management consulting, was a Partner with Lanigan & Associates, a regional CPA and Management Consulting firm. He managed many due diligence engagement teams; assisted clients in obtaining equity or debt financing for acquisitions or expansion; provided tax planning for high-net worth individual clients; and managed the preparation of various corporate, partnership, and individual tax returns. In addition, Peter was Partner-in-Charge of technology and implemented network and internet strategies for their three CPA offices (Thomasville, Tallahassee & Atlanta). Finally, Wolek was a Principal with Southeast Asset Advisors, Inc. which specializes in creating and preserving wealth through investments, income tax and estate planning. Both firms are based in Thomasville, Georgia.

Wolek has frequently volunteered to serve as a board member on many business and community wide charitable organizations — Southeast Accounting & Technology Forum, RoseNet Technology Committee, YMCA, American Cancer Society, and Pro Sports Outreach. In addition, he has been an instructor at numerous in-house tax planning and technology training courses. He holds a degree in Accounting and Finance from Florida State University.

Stephen Wolek

Executive Publisher
swolek@legendspoll.com

Stephen is a partner in Legends Channel, LLC. He is the Executive Publisher for the Legends Channel. His duties include publishing content to the Legends Channel Web site, managing producers, creating written and audio content for the Web site and providing input on day-to-day operations.

Wolek received a Master of Arts in Online Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in June 2010 and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Valdosta State University in 2008. He worked extensively for Legends Channel, LLC throughout his college career.

Wolek has worked in the advertising department of Cygnus Business Media, a Wisconsin-based business-to-business publishing company and has also performed consulting for various companies, including producing mash-up videos for the national college football award, The Lott Trophy.

Prior to attending Valdosta State University, Wolek was a member of the men’s varsity basketball team at the University of Georgia.