Posted on 6/17/125 by Colin Vassallo
TKO Group Holdings, Inc. today announced it has appointed
Dean Garfield as Senior Vice President of Government
Affairs, effective June 16.
In this newly created role, Garfield will lead the company’s
government affairs activities globally, reporting to Seth
Krauss, Chief Administrative Officer & Senior Counsel to the
Board of Directors and Senior Management.
“Dean’s extensive public policy experience will be integral
to supercharging TKO’s government relations strategy,
including strengthening our engagement with governments to
bring our marquee events to fans in all regions of the
world,” said Krauss. “Our existing international
partnerships with Western Australia, Abu Dhabi, and Saudi
Arabia, as well as domestically with Minnesota, New Jersey,
and California, demonstrate the significant demand for our
properties’ live events, and we expect, with Dean’s
leadership, to expand our growth in this area.”
Garfield will lead a team responsible for public policy
initiatives and political engagement, as well as support
TKO’s subsidies and incentives efforts.
“I am excited to be joining TKO and for the opportunity to
share with governments what we know to be true: People all
around the world view sports and live entertainment as
central to their lives, to building community, and to
delivering economic impact,” Garfield said.
Garfield brings more than 20 years of public policy
experience to the role, including 15 years in media and
entertainment. Most recently, Garfield was Netflix’s Vice
President of Public Policy, where he served as a key member
of the executive team, building and leading the company’s
global government affairs function and pursuing incentive
packages globally.
Prior to joining Netflix in 2019, Garfield served as
President and CEO of the Information Technology Industry
Council; as EVP and Chief Strategic Officer for the Motion
Picture Association (MPA); and as VP of legal affairs at the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Garfield was appointed by President Barack Obama to the
White House’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and
Negotiations and was re-appointed by President Donald Trump.
He was also appointed to the Department of Transportation
Advisory Committee on Automation.
Garfield received a law degree from New York University
School of Law and a master’s degree in International Affairs
and Public Administration from the Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs at Princeton University,
where he was a Ford-Rockefeller as well as a Root-Tilden-
Snow scholar, respectively. He received a bachelor’s degree
in English language and literature from Middlebury College.