About Chris Rivers Portland
Chris Rivers is based in the Portland, Oregon region, where he has proven himself to be a dedicated and highly accomplished senior management professional with 20 years of progressive experience in the world of sports marketing, both brand, and direct response. He has consistently displayed exceptional interpersonal and communication skills at all levels across a diverse array of environments.
Since 2018, Christopher has been serving as the President of Professional Athletic Career Development for Tribute Sports Management in Wilsonville, Oregon. As President, Chris Rivers consistently provides in-depth event management and consulting services on everything from mar-comms and international events to e-commerce business, athlete partnerships, and digital activations. He also works closely with these young professionals and college students to act as a professional life coach to aid them with career direction and skilled advice.
Prior to his current role, Chris Rivers worked as the Director of Global Sports Marketing for four years with a global brand, implementing strategies for not only grassroots basketball departments but also for the NBA and WNBA. Before that, Christopher spent nearly five years as an NBA Sports Marketing Manager, where he was responsible for managing, leading, and overseeing all recruitment efforts. Christopher built the start of his career at Reebok, where he worked for nearly three years as a Basketball Sports Marketing Director.
In his career, Chris Rivers has shown success managing a budget to focus on both managing player endorsements, sponsorships, and brand activations while also advocating for the athlete’s voice.
Throughout his professional career, Chris Rivers has developed skills and insight into multiple areas, including brand management, consumer insights, meeting facilitation, budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, social media strategy, and strategy objectives. He is also talented when it comes to program, campaign, project, and promotions management, as well as client relations, meeting facilitation, team leadership, mentoring, coaching, and development. He is skilled in taking consumer insights, analyzing results, and creating innovative strategies and plans to create newsworthy campaigns with an innovative approach.
Alongside his busy career, Christopher Rivers likes to find time to volunteer whenever possible. He has previously coached Wilsonville Youth Football, Clutch Players Basketball, and Wilsonville Youth Lacrosse. He served on the board of Shooting Touch in Boston for two years, and he’s been a Board Member of the Sports Boost Foundation since 2021.
