Lori Gamble has been with DSA since its formation and is the company’s general manager. In addition to overseeing in-house management of most DSA projects, she currently works closely with two primary projects/accounts, the National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC) and the DSA Prep Sports Division.
Gamble was responsible for the majority of the day-to-day operations of Cincinnati’s First Fans, the organization created by Hamilton County to manage the campaign to sell Charter Ownership Agreements for Paul Brown Stadium. The campaign raised more than $26 million in commitments.
She is also the Assistant Executive Director of the NASC, and is responsible for developing and managing the annual budget, supervising the director of membership services, planning the organization’s annual and semi-annual meeting and planning and executing all marketing activities of the association. The organization’s membership currently exceeds 500.
Gamble, who performed her college internship with the Greater Cincinnati Sports and Events Commission, joined Ott Communications upon her graduation from Miami University in 1991, where she studied communications and media relations. She served as an account executive for the full-service advertising agency and worked on key accounts like Chiquita and Coney Island. A year later she left to join Schumacher’s company. While at DSA, Gamble has served as media relations director for the Cincinnati Rockers (Arena Football League), helped develop, promote and execute a 10-city soccer tour for Mitre International and later worked to set up a series of soccer clinics nationally for Hillshire Farm & Kahn’s featuring U.S. ’94 World Cup team goalkeeper Tony Meola. In addition, Gamble was responsible for the supervision and coordination of the research DSA has performed for dozens of facilities.
Lori Gamble coordinates the projects, assists in research, and supervises production of the finished work product.
