353: Ishwara Glassman Chrein Speaks about Career and New Teaching Role

The CUSP Show

Tom and Joe welcome Ishwara Glassman Chrein, Former President of the Chicago Fire and Current Lectuer at Columbia University. Ishwara introduces her career journey, the Yahoo sports emergence and the interaction with Verizon. She also talks about the transition to the Chicago Fire, the experience of being a president. Lastly, she talks about her excitement around teaching her first class at Columbia, and the past learnings that will apply to this position. 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 Pablo Aycart ‘24 (@pablo_aycart), Hernan Gonzalez Ramirez ‘24 (@hdgonzalezr28), Jessica Potter’25 and Felipe Velez’25​​ managing social media efforts.