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Eclipse Sports & Entertainment, LLC is an experiential marketing and multi-media company dedicated to making a positive difference in the world daily through sports and entertainment while helping companies, organizations and individuals achieve maximum performance.
CORE E.C.L.I.P.S.E. VALUES
The letters of ECLIPSE spell out the character and professional traits by which we operate: Expertise and Connections, built on a foundation of Loyalty, Integrity, Passion and Selflessness, produce Extraordinary results. |
AJOM "A.J." ALI, FOUNDER & CEO
A.J. Ali is an award-winning producer, writer and brand-builder. A.J. is the founder and CEO of Eclipse Sports & Entertainment, LLC, a sports-based business development company operating internationally out of Santa Monica, California. He was selected to the Baltimore Business Journal's 2003 40-Under-40 Emerging Leaders list and guided Eclipse to becoming one of the fastest growing companies in Baltimore in 2005. A.J. has raised millions of dollars for charities through the production of celebrity golf and other sports marketing events. Prior to starting Eclipse in 1999, A.J. crafted a long and successful career in sports marketing and public relations.
From 1983 to 1987, he served his country honorably in the U.S. Air Force, working public relations and playing soccer for the Air Force Team. A.J. has more than 26 years of experience in the field of sports and entertainment based business development. He has owned two professional soccer teams and has developed hundreds of sponsorship deals on behalf of clients and his sports business interests. His vast experience in cause-event marketing and relationship marketing has made him a sought-after speaker, writer and consultant. He has written, produced and been featured in numerous print, television and radio programs including various commercials, dozens of PSA’s, the POSITIVE CHOICE mentoring video featuring TV host James "JB" Brown and other programming.
An accomplished writer, A.J. is a regular columnist for Fairways & Greens and other sports and business publications. His "On the Tee with A.J. Ali" celebrity golf lifestyle column will appear regularly in Statement Magazine (www.statementmag.com) starting in May. He recently finished co-authoring an inspirational book for athletes titled "A True Champion's Guide to Cross Training." It's a biblically based 40-day journey complete with celebrity stories, tales of wisdom and action steps designed to make people champions off the field as well as on. He’s writing another book on the subject of business golf. His writing pursuits also include TV and film. A.J.’s long-term goal in the TV/Film industry is to write and produce a body of work that helps to change our culture through redemptive and moving stories that stir the soul, inspire excellence and build family values.
A.J., a respected golf industry visionary, serves on the advisory boards of both the International Players Tour (www.ipgtour.com) and the Pure Golf television network (www.puregolf.tv) launching in late 2008 on DirecTV. He is slated to produce and host the show "Life in the Fairway," a magazine-style inspirational show dealing with triumphs over adversity in golf and life.
His recent work includes writing and producing the song "Through the Darkness, Into the Light" and producing the compilation music CD "Survivor Celebration" to benefit breast cancer survivors. The song and entire CD is available at www.survivorcelebration.com. His 2007 Survivor Celebration campaign helping cancer survivors all over the U.S. won the Hollywood Fame Awards “National Community Service Award.” You can check out the video of the tour at www.survivorcelebration.com/video.
Active in the community, A.J. and his wife Jane are co-founders of the Marathon of Miracles Foundation helping families that are fighting cancer. They serve together on the Presidential Advisory Council of Davis College, the third oldest bible college in the United States. A.J. is also a co-founder of SAVE, a violence prevention charitable Foundation. A.J. participates in sports ministry programs with professional and student athletes across the nation. He has performed chapel services for several professional sports teams, including the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets, Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies. A.J. is a graduate of the Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy.
Check out A.J.’s blog at http://ontheteewithajali.blogspot.com/.
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JANE ALI, V.P. OPERATIONS
Jane is a multi-talented management wiz with more than 20 years experience in management and operations. She has managed operations for Eclipse since its inception in 1999 while working full time elsewhere. She has worked solely with Eclipse since the beginning of 2005. Her role with Eclipse includes bookkeeping, development of tournament operations, HR and general management of business operations.
As the Business Manager for Bridgeway Community Church in Columbia, MD from 1999 to 2005, she was instrumental in managing rapid growth. During her six years as business manager, the church membership grew by 800 to nearly 1,400 people. During that time, staff numbers more than tripled. She oversaw collection of tithes & offering, prepared budgets, managed financial records & reports, performed HR functions and made key recommendations on various management issues. Prior to joining Bridgeway, she managed more than 20 sales representatives and a budget of over $2 million for the Columbia Association, one of the nation’s largest homeowner’s associations.
Jane, a breast cancer survivor, is the founder and Executive Director of the Marathon of Miracles Foundation, the official Foundation of Eclipse Sports & Entertainment. The Foundation creates Swing for Survivors golf events, Survivor Celebration luncheons and other programs to raise money and awareness for cancer support programs and for cancer survivors directly.
Jane is an animal lover and admittedly “would rather hang out with animals than people.” Although she says she’s more of an animal person than a people person, her legions of good and loyal friends would beg to differ. Nonetheless, her two cats and her horse are the most spoiled animals on the planet. When she’s not petting her pets, she loves to read, often consuming a book in a day.
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