345: Summer Brown and Oran Lopez-Reed Talk Ownership and Social Responsibility

Joe and Guest Co-Host Mike Schretter’25 welcome Summer Brown’25, Full-Time Student at Columbia and Former Campus Ambassador for the Washington Wizards, and Oran Lopez-Reed’24, the owner of Hills Country Lobos, as well as a Full-Time Graduate Student at Columbia. They discuss their sports backgrounds, and how Columbia has helped them so far. Oran talks about the different areas of focus in his ownership role, and Summer explains the difference between her job at an agency and with a team. Lastly, they speak about mentorship and their future paths. The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports and Instagram @cu_sps_sportsmanagement. The CUSP Show is hosted by Joe Favorito (@Joefav) and Tom Richardson (@ConvergenceTR). The show is produced by Mike Schretter’25 (@mikeschrett1), LJ Holmgren (@LJ_Holmgren), and Danny Hagenlocher (@DhColumbiaSPS), with Jessica Potter’25 and Felipe Velez’25 managing social media efforts. 

Links:

Hill Country Lobos: https://www.instagram.com/hclobos/

Oran’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oran-lopez-reed/

Summer’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/summer-brown-031aa221a/