February 23, 2024
Carlos Ames and Sam Bocken serve as co-managers of the Fire’s Inside Sales Academy.
After a career in ticket sales with the New York Mets, Ames was tapped to start the Fire’s Sales Academy last year. Bocken, also a graduate of the Mets Sales Academy, came to Chicago within the past five months to assist Ames in growing the MLS in Chicago.
In their role, Ames and Bocken are responsible for hiring new sales representatives and training them to sell individual, group and season ticket packages.
Produced through the Trine Broadcasting Network, the Trine Center for Sports Studies podcast focuses on the business side of sports, including interviews with sports professionals and current research in sports studies. Hosted by Center for Sports Studies director Brandon Podgorski, the podcast is available at css.transistor.fm, on platforms such as Spotify, iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher, and on YouTube.
Trine University students, employees and members of the community will have the opportunity to play, watch and create characters for video and board games at the university’s Art of Games event.
Trine University is collecting food through Nov. 7 for Community Harvest Food Bank’s 11th annual ‘U Can Crush Hunger’ campaign.
Kayla Warren, senior vice president and chief finance officer for Trine University, has been named to the 2025 class of Influential Women of Northeast Indiana.