Second Half Network

Meet the team

Second Half Network was founded by business students who saw how little support athletes get for the part that comes after sport, and built the thing that was missing. Its founders study at the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.

Scott Venancio, Second Half Network

Scott Venancio

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

  • Software Development
  • Head of IT
  • Head of University Outreach & Relations
  • Co-Host, Second Half Network Business Series
  • Spokesperson

Senior, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University

Legal Studies in Business, minor in Entrepreneurship

Scott built the Second Half Network platform and leads the company's engineering, technology, and university outreach. He is the company's spokesperson, and the person a school or a prospective mentor hears from first. He is also lead fundraiser for the Fight Against Suicide event in New Orleans, and is stepping into the ring himself.

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Jack Gross, Second Half Network

Jack Gross

Founder & Chief Operating Officer

  • Head of Mentor Outreach
  • Head of Compliance
  • Co-Host, Second Half Network Business Series

Senior, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University

Legal Studies in Business, minor in Entrepreneurship

Jack founded Second Half Network after living the transition away from college sport himself. At Tulane he has served as an EMT, a Lepage Fellow, and a bullpen catcher for the baseball team. He is helping bring the Fight Against Suicide initiative to campus.

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Co-Founders
Noah Spigel, Second Half Network

Noah Spigel

Co-Founder, Director of Student-Athlete Relations

  • Internal Operations & Marketing
  • Co-Lead, Mentor Outreach

Senior, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University

Business Management and Legal Studies in Business

Noah leads student-athlete relations, runs internal operations and marketing, and co-leads mentor outreach. He has worked for two sports agencies and currently works in Tulane Football's recruiting department. He co-leads the company's podcast, Bullpen Talk.

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Justin Kornblum, Second Half Network

Justin Kornblum

Co-Founder, Director of Legal Affairs

Senior, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University

Legal Studies in Business and Marketing

Justin leads legal affairs. His focus is the legal, business, and strategic side of sport, and he plans to attend law school and build a career in sports law. He joined to reach as many student-athletes as the program can carry.

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The Team
Dustin Greenwood, Second Half Network

Dustin Greenwood

Head of Business Development & Growth

  • Co-Lead, Mentor Outreach
  • Head of Partnerships & Relationships

Senior, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University

Finance, minor in Entrepreneurial Business

Dustin leads business development and growth, co-leads mentor outreach, and owns partnerships and relationships. As a Tulane freshman he started a late-night food business with no money and grew it to nearly $30,000 in sales in a little over a year. He spent this past summer interning with the Private Bank at JPMorgan.

Peter Cook, Second Half Network

Peter Cook

Director of Student-Athlete Alumni Relations

Graduate Student, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University

Master of Accounting, Tax; Finance, minor in Real Estate

Peter leads student-athlete alumni relations, building and managing the network of former athletes who mentor, hire, and open doors for current ones. He is the founder of SummerRefund, an AI-assisted tax filing platform built for college students, and has negotiated its transmission partnership, incorporation, and IP from scratch. He spent this past summer interning on the asset management tax team at PwC in Boston.

Jack Caplan, Second Half Network

Jack Caplan

Co-Director of University Outreach

  • VP of Mentor Outreach
  • Financial Planning & Modeling

Freshman, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University

Jack co-directs university outreach with Scott and leads mentor outreach as VP. He also works on the company's financial planning and modeling.

Ari Grossman, Second Half Network

Ari Grossman

Finance Intern

  • Mentor Outreach
  • Financial Planning & Modeling

Freshman, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University

Ari works on mentor outreach and on the company's financial planning and modeling.

Aiden Stokes, Second Half Network

Aiden Stokes

Finance Intern

  • Mentor Outreach
  • Financial Planning & Modeling

Freshman, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University

Aiden works on mentor outreach and on the company's financial planning and modeling.

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