Front Office Biographies

Susan Samueli was born and raised in Los Angeles, Calif. She earned her B.A. degree in Mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1972. From 1972 to 1985 she was with IBM Corporation, where she worked initially as a software programmer in the Federal Systems Division, Westlake Village, Calif., and then as a Systems Engineer in the National Marketing Division, Los Angeles, CA, providing technical marketing and sales support for IBM’s mid-range computer systems. In 1985 she left IBM and focused her energy on raising her children, at which time she developed a keen interest in integrative health care, studying in the areas of nutrition, homeopathy and Chinese herbs. Susan subsequently received a Ph.D. degree in nutrition from the American Holistic College of Nutrition in 1993 and a diploma in Homeopathy from the British Institute of Homeopathy in 1994.

Henry Samueli was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and grew up in Los Angeles. He earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from UCLA in 1975, 1976 and 1980, respectively. From 1980 to 1985 he was employed in various engineering and management positions in the Electronics and Technology Division of TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, a military communications defense contractor now part of Northrop-Grumman. Since 1985 he has been a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCLA, and since 2003 he has also served as a Distinguished Adjunct Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at UC Irvine. In 1991 he co-founded Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in providing semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Henry took a leave of absence from UCLA in 1995 and joined Broadcom full-time as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In 2016 Broadcom was acquired by Avago Technologies Limited and renamed Broadcom Inc. Henry retired as CTO of Broadcom in 2018 and now serves as Chairman of the Board.

In 2003 Susan and Henry took over management of the Honda Center sports and entertainment venue in Anaheim, Calif. and in 2005 they purchased the Anaheim Ducks National Hockey League (NHL) franchise from the Walt Disney Company. In 2007 the Anaheim Ducks became the first California team ever to win the Stanley Cup championship. Henry is a member of the Executive Committee of the NHL Board of Governors. The Samueli’s also own the San Diego Gulls American Hockey League (AHL) franchise, which serves as the Ducks’ minor-league affiliate in San Diego, CA. In 2020, the Samueli’s announced their endeavor to create ocV!BE, a 95-acre, mixed-use community and live entertainment district that will surround its anchor, Honda Center, with new live entertainment venues, dining and retail offerings, and public amenities. Construction is expected to begin in 2023 with the first phase opening in 2025.

The success of Broadcom has provided Susan and Henry the opportunity to support many worth-

while nonprofit organizations. After Broadcom went public in 1998 they created the Samueli Foundation and to date they have gifted over $1 billion primarily in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education, Integrative Health, Youth Services, Social Justice, and Jewish Culture. In 2012 they joined the Giving Pledge, initiated by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, whose members pledge the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.

Susan serves on the Board of the Orangewood Children’s Foundation, a leading provider of foster youth services in Orange County, CA, and she is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Samueli Academy, an innovative public Charter High School in Santa Ana, CA that focuses on project-based STEM learning for community, underserved and foster youth. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute at UC Irvine which provides education, research and clinical care built around integrative practices and emphasizes whole-person healing and wellness. Henry serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board of both the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine. Both Susan and Henry serve on the Advisory Board of the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences at UC Irvine.

In 2019 they opened Great Park Ice in Irvine, CA which features four ice sheets, including FivePoint Arena that seats 2,500 spectators. The 280,000-square-foot complex offers a variety of ice sports including youth and adult hockey programs, figure skating, curling, broomball, sled hockey, public open skating and is also the official practice facility for the Anaheim Ducks.

Chairman of the Board, ocV!BE Sports & Entertainment Chairman of the Board, Anaheim Arena Management, LLC Managing Director, H&S Ventures, LLC

Michael Schulman serves as Chairman of the Board of ocV!BE Sports & Entertainment, Chairman of the Board of Anaheim Arena Management (AAM), Chief Executive Officer of Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club (ADHC), Chairman of the Board of the Anaheim Ducks Foundation and Chief Executive Officer of the San Diego Gulls Hockey Club (SDG). He is also an Alternate Governor for both the NHL and AHL Board of Governors and serves on the board of NHL Enterprises.

In addition, he is Managing Director of H&S Ventures, the entity that manages the Samueli Family Office. Schulman reports directly to owners Dr. Henry Samueli and Susan Samueli, and is responsible for managing and long-term planning of their profit and nonprofit entities.

Schulman was the lead negotiator on behalf of the Samueli family in the acquisition of the Honda Center management agreement from the bankruptcy court and the City of Anaheim, and played the key role in extending the lease of AAM and acquiring various properties around Honda Center which formed ocV!BE.

He acts as liaison between the Samueli family and AAM management, and supervises all financial, legal, and charitable decisions of the arena; as well as with the other partners of AAM and the City of Anaheim. In addition, Schulman oversees all long-term capital projects, including the 57 Freeway Marquee, two 360° LED rings, revamping of the video room, new scoreboard and sound system, and remodeling of the company offices and locker rooms.

Schulman also represented the Samueli family in purchase negotiations with Disney for the Anaheim Ducks, and in qualifying the Samueli family for the purchase of the team with the NHL.

Schulman was also involved with the family in changing the team name and logo, and forming the Anaheim Ducks Foundation. Schulman led the negotiation with the American Hockey League (AHL) in forming the new AHL Pacific Division along with four other NHL teams. He was the lead negotiator in purchasing the Norfolk AHL team and moving the team to San Diego. He also formed the San Diego Gulls Foundation.

He is responsible for developing additional ice and inline rinks in the Orange County area and was instrumental in the purchase of several ice and inline rinks, including Great Park Ice and FivePoint Arena, Irvine and Corona inline rinks, and KHS, Lakewood, Poway, Westminster and Yorba Linda ice rinks. Schulman is the Chairman of THE RINKS Program and oversees its development, including the advancement of the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League, California State Championship and the Learn to Play Hockey Program. Schulman spent over 10 years working with the City of Irvine in developing Great Park Ice and FivePoint Arena, and forming the Irvine Ice Foundation, which was responsible for the building of the complex.

Schulman’s role at H&S Ventures is multi-faceted. He is the Managing Director of the family office, which oversees all of the family’s profit and nonprofit operations. H&S Ventures serves as the manager of AAM, ADHC, SDG as well as a number of other business entities in which the Samuelis are involved. Schulman was a founding member, and is a past board member, of the Santa Clara Institute of Sports Law and Ethics and the USC Sports Business Institute (SBI) Advisory Council.

Schulman serves on the boards of AAM, ADHC, Anaheim Sports Holdings, Anaheim Ducks Foundation, HS Hockey Development, San Diego Gulls Hockey Club and ECH 2101. He is also a current member of the board of the Telluride Ski and Golf Company.

Schulman also serves on many nonprofit boards. He has been a member of the University of California, Irvine Foundation Board since 1991, and CEO Leadership Alliance (CLA-OC) since 2019. He was one of the founding members and past chair of the UCI Planned Giving Leadership Council. Schulman serves on the boards of the Samueli Foundation, Samueli Institute, Anaheim Ducks Foundation and San Diego Gulls Foundation.

After earning his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from University of California, Berkeley, Schulman went on to the University of Santa Clara Law School. In addition, Schulman studied economics for one year at the University of Leeds in England.

Following law school, he was hired as a full-time law professor at the University of Southern California, after which he was a practicing attorney for a number of years and a partner with the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery.

A native of California, Michael and his wife, Sherry, reside in Laguna Beach and have four children: Annie, Danielle, Bryant and Natasha.

Bill Foltz serves as Chief Executive Officer of ocV!BE. Named to his new role May 19, 2022, Foltz oversees the planning, strategic vision and development of ocV!BE, a one-of-a-kind, mixed-use, master-planned community and entertainment district, as well as lead the business initiatives of Honda Center and the company’s Sports Division, which consists of the Anaheim Ducks, San Diego Gulls, The Rinks and Irvine Ice Foundation. Foltz previously served as Chief Operating Officer of ocV!BE, responsible for the day-to-day operations and all enterprise-wide business functions, including Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology and Legal. He led all aspects of financing the development of the 95-acre ocV!BE, including real estate operations as phases of the mixed-use community project continue.

Foltz has extensive experience over a 35-year career that covers professional sports, hospitality, private equity and consumer products. Most recently, Foltz served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Anaheim Ducks, Anaheim Arena Management and H&S Ventures, the entity that manages the Samueli Family Office and the various other holdings of the Samuelis. He oversaw the financial teams for each of the operating entities of the Samueli family holdings and was responsible for all treasury, banking, strategic planning and taxes for the various companies.

Foltz joined H&S Ventures in 2015 and subsequently assumed the CFO roles for the operating companies in 2016. Early in his career he served the O’Malley family as CFO of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and subsequently joined Platinum Equity, LLC, a Beverly Hills private equity fund where he oversaw the initial fundraising effort in 2004, resulting in the largest first-time fund raise of that year. He then joined the Wonderful Companies, the holding company for consumer products companies Pom Wonderful, Wonderful pistachios and almonds, Halos mandarin oranges, Fiji Water and floral interchange Teleflora. While with the Wonderful Companies, he negotiated and closed the acquisition of the iconic Fiji Water company. Most recently, Foltz was CFO of Oakwood Worldwide, LLC, the world’s largest provider of temporary housing where he sourced, negotiated and closed a multi-billion dollar joint venture with Singapore’s Mapletree Investments.

A native of Southern California, Foltz is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance. He began his career with the Big 4 accounting firm Ernst & Young where he obtained his CPA certification.

Foltz has served on Board of Directors for the Catholic Big Brothers, where he also was a “big brother” for 15 years. He also started the Lunada Bay Little League “Challengers” program bringing special needs children together with mainstream “buddies” to play baseball throughout the baseball season. Foltz currently serves on the Board of Directors for Pediatric Therapy Network, which serves special needs children and their families through the critical early development stages.

Bill and his wife, Robbie, have four children: Bill, Daniel, Francesca and Zachary. The family resides in Palos Verdes Estates.

Aaron Teats serves as Club President of the Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club. Named to his current post in February 2022, Teats continues to have oversight of ocV!BE Sports and Entertainment, which includes the Ducks, San Diego Gulls and The Rinks, while he serves as President of the Irvine Ice Foundation. Teats also serves as an Alternate Governor for the NHL Board of Governors. Now in his 28th season with the Ducks, Teats is an Alternate Governor for the club and most recently served as Anaheim’s President of Business Operations, where in addition to his leadership role with the Gulls and The Rinks, he led all ticket sales, premium seating, business intelligence, broadcasting, communications, community relations, entertainment, fan development, marketing, merchandising, publications/digital content and social networking.

He also spent six years as the club’s Chief Marketing Officer, where he was integral in several business initiatives advancing the brand and financial impact of the Ducks in the community as well as the front office. He created the Ducks’ internal merchandise division in 2014, which included the design and creation of the new Ducks Team Store, and a business intelligence division in 2017.

Teats began his career within the broadcasting ranks in 1994. He served 11 years as both an Emmy Award-winning producer and director of the Ducks radio and television broadcasts before permanently transitioning to the business office in 2007.

Teats has helped lead an organization recognized as a leader in charitable programming and community engagement. He also helped create programs benefitting public education, health and wellness, access to youth hockey, and grassroots marketing. Twice in recent years, Ducks were named a finalist for Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year by ESPN (both 2018 & 2019). The award “represents a sports club/team that demonstrates how teamwork can create a measurable impact on a community or cause.” The club has also been continually recognized by ESPN The Magazine in its annual “Ultimate Standings” edition for successes both on and off the ice. The magazine has recognized the Ducks as a top franchise among 122 professional sports teams (NHL, NFL, MLB & NBA), ranking in the top eight three times.

During his Ducks tenure, Teats has spearheaded additional successful initiatives which led to organizational growth. He helped lead the launch of the John Wayne Airport Breakaway Bar and Grill (2011), a Ducks-themed restaurant at Orange County’s international airport. Teats was also instrumental in the celebration and honoring of Ducks legends Teemu Selanne (2015), Paul Kariya (2018) and Scott Niedermayer (2019), who each had their jerseys retired by the club. Kariya and Niedermayer’s jersey retirements took place during the club’s 25th Anniversary Season (2018-19), which was also led by Teats.

Additionally, Teats is on the Advisory Council for Anaheim Boys & Girls Club after serving on the board of directors for the previous 13 years, and the Advisory Committee for Cal State Fullerton’s “PRactical ADvantage” student-run advertising for the last three years. He is also on the Board of Directors for the newly formed OC Sports Commission.

Teats began his career for the then-California Angels in 1992. He received his bachelor’s degree from Cal State Fullerton in 1992. Aaron and his wife, Justine, have two sons: Nolan and Colin. The family has lived in Anaheim Hills for the last 28 years.

Pat Verbeek is in the midst of his second season as General Manager of the Anaheim Ducks, his first full season with the organization. Named the sixth General Manager in Ducks history on Feb. 3, 2022, Verbeek joined Anaheim with two Stanley Cups on his resume and 36 years of NHL experience, 16 as an executive and 20 as an NHL player. He won Stanley Cups as a player (1999) and Professional Scout (2008), and helped build foundational pieces of Tampa Bay’s eventual back-to-back championship teams in 2020 and 2021.

Prior to his current role, Verbeek spent three seasons as Assistant General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings (2019-22) where he was involved in all hockey operations matters with a focus on player personnel decisions. Prior to the 2021-22 season, Verbeek was named General Manager of the Grand Rapids Griffins, Detroit’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL). He also served as a Professional Scout for Detroit from 2006-10, serving on the Red Wings staff for the team’s 2008 Stanley Cup championship.

Verbeek also spent nine seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning as Assistant General Manager and Director of Player Personnel (2012-19), and Director of Professional Scouting (2010-12). Verbeek was responsible for oversight of the team’s professional scouting operations, player recruitment, contract negotiations and overall support of the hockey operations department. During his tenure, the Lightning made an appearance in the 2015 Stanley Cup Final in addition to four Conference Finals (2015, 2018, 2020, 2021). A total of 17 Lightning players that won consecutive Stanley Cups in 2020 and 2021 were drafted, signed or acquired while Verbeek was an executive with the organization.

Verbeek also served as Director of Player Personnel for Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey and won a gold medal as part of Canada’s management staff at the 2015 World Championship.

As a player, he won a Stanley Cup with Dallas in 1999 and appeared at two NHL All-Star Games (1991 and 1996) during a 20-year NHL career. Originally selected by the New Jersey Devils in the third round (43rd overall) of the 1982 NHL Draft, Verbeek scored 522-540=1,062 points and 2,905 penalty minutes in 1,424 NHL games with New Jersey (1982-89), the Hartford Whalers (1989-95), New York Rangers (1994-96), Dallas Stars (1996-99, 2001-02) and Red Wings (1999-01). He served as Hartford’s captain for four seasons from 1991-95.

A native of Sarnia, Ontario, Verbeek represented Canada at several international tournaments as a player, including medals at the 1994 (gold) and 1989 (silver) World Championship. He also appeared at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and 1983 World Junior Championship.

Pat and his wife Dianne have five children, including one son, Kyle, and four daughters: Stephanie, Kendall, Haley and Georgeanne.