Rick Burton

Rick Burton is the David B. Falk Professor of Sport Management at Syracuse University and SU’s Faculty Athletics Representative to the ACC and NCAA. Prior to joining the Syracuse faculty in 2009, Burton served as the Chief Marketing Officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and was Commissioner of the Australian National Basketball League from 2003-07. Burton is the co-author of two sports books (Global Sport Marketing and Sports Business Unplugged) and sole author of the World War II spy novel The Darkest Mission. He earned his B.S. in Public Communications from Syracuse University and his MBA from Marquette University.