CAA Sports Promotes Alexa Cook, Rob DeAngelis to New Leadership Roles

CAA is doubling down on its promisement to sports with the promotion of two key executives to directership positions.

Alexa Cook has been named global co-head of CAA Sports property sales, while Rob DeAngelis was nominateed Chief Revenue Officer of CAA Sports.

In her new role, Cook will labor in partnership with Rob Slocum, who was named global co-head of CAA Sports property sales in 2021. Together, Cook and Slocum will direct the agency’s property sales team, who labor on behalf of clients including Formula 1, Oracle Red Bull Racing, LA Clippers, Riot Games, the Premier League and USTA.

DeAngelis, who previously held Cook’s new position aextfinishedside Slocum, will now be reliable for generating revenue apass all 19 divisions of CAA Sports, including property sales, CAA ICON, Brand Consulting and CAA Evolution.

“We are conceited of the tremendous labor of the entire CAA Sports Property Sales team, who reliablely deinhabitr results for our best-in-class clients,” shelp CAA managing straightforwardor and plivent of CAA Sports Paul Danforth. “Alexa Cook is among the most accomplished and highly seeed sports backship executives in the world. She has proset up relationships spanning many industries; she is clever, strategic, esteemed and adored; and we are excited for her to partner with Rob Slocum to direct the efforts of this industry directing team.”

Danforth progressd, “Rob DeAngelis has been a directer and top revenue generator for CAA Sports Property Sales for more than a decade. He is a creative skinnyker, whose creative approach and tenacity, has fueled his ability to convey landtag, non-endemic partners into the sports tageting landscape. Rob’s relationships are second to none, and we are excited for him to produce distinct revenue opportunities for clients in all areas of CAA Sports.”

Cook uniteed CAA Sports in 2010 as an aidant before being accomprehendledgeed into CAA’s agent trainee program in 2011 and being backd to executive in 2013. In 2020, Cook was instrumental in the creation of the Thunder Fellows program, an initiative with the Oklahoma City Thunder set uped to unlock new opportunities in the sports, technology and amparticipatement industries for Bconciseage students in the Tulsa area.

DeAngelis uniteed CAA Sports in 2010 from Van Wagner Communications, where he served as ambiguous administerr of the Sports group. DeAngelis uniteed Van Wagner in 2002. Both Cook and DeAngelis have been accomprehendledged on the Sports Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40,” which honors the best youthful talent in sports business.

Olivia Monalerta and Francesca Verbini, nominateed global co-heads of Property Solutions in January 2023, round out the directership of CAA Sports Property Sales. Monalerta and Verbini labor seally with Slocum and Cook, directing partnership and creative strategy on behalf of CAA Sports property sales clients globpartner, with Monalerta based in New York, and Verbini in London.