US Chapter Luncheon "Mastering Negotiation Skills: Lessons Learned from the Houston Texans and College Football"

David Fletcher became Executive Director of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl and AdvoCare Texas Kickoff as well as the Director of Lone Star Sports & Entertainment on January 1, 2014.  He was promoted to General Manager of Lone Star Sports & Entertainment on April 1, 2016.  During his time leading LSSE, David has solidified NRG Stadium as one of the premier destinations for sporting events in the world.  He's overseen some of biggest sporting events to ever come to Houston, including the most attended college football game (2014 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff), the most attended Bowl game (2015 Bowl) and the most attended soccer game (Copa America Centenario Semifinal - US vs. ARG) along with a number of other world class events like the first ever Manchester Derby played outside the UK between Manchester United and Manchester City in 2017.  

David joined the NFL's Houston Texans in June 2010.  Prior to leading LSSE and the Texas Bowl, he most recently served as the Director of Corporate Development and Broadcast Sales of the Texans, negotiating and managing a number of the team's major corporate partnerships while helping to build and oversee one of the largest in-house media platforms in the NFL.  In October 2012, he added the responsibility of the same role with Lone Star Sports & Entertainment leading local corporate sales efforts for the Texas Bowl and Texas Kickoff.  David started his career as intern with the Houston Texans in 2002 and followed with positions at Clear Channel Radio and the NBA's Houston Rockets before returning to the Texans in 2010.

A native of Houston, David is a proud graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.  He was named a member of the Houston Business Journal's "40 Under 40" for 2017 as well as one of the Top-20 Most Influential Sports Leaders in Houston.  He serves as an Executive Committee member of the Football Bowl Association, the College Football Playoff National Championship Game Houston 2024 Host Committee, the Touchdown Club of Houston and the United 2026 Houston World Cup Bid Committee.  He currently lives in Missouri City with his wife, Sara, and their children, Sydney and Will.