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Joseph Haubert
The Dallas Regional Chamber’s 2025 annual meeting featured a “Playmaker’s Panel” of top local pro-sports executives, as well as reports from the DRC leadership. From left: Rick Welts, Dallas Mavericks; Charlotte Jones, Dallas Cowboys; Cynt Marshall and Dale Petroskey, DRC; Greg Bibb, Dallas Wings. [Photos: Joseph Haubert/DRC]
From Playmakers to Policymakers: DRC Champions the Dallas Region’s Winning Ways
by Glenn Hunter | Jan 23, 2025
At its annual meeting at Arlington's Globe Life Field, the Dallas Regional Chamber took a victory lap with Dallas-Fort Worth's multiple No. 1 economic rankings, outlined DRC priorities for the new legislative session, and heard from five leading pro sports executives why North Texas is such a sports business powerhouse.
![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
