Dustin begins his tenth season with the Gladiators. A recipient of the ECHL's American Conference Media Relations Director of the year award for the 2006-2007 season, he has been in the broadcast booth for the Gladiators since the organization relocated to Gwinnett from Mobile, AL. For the eigth season in a row, Dustin will be calling the Gladiators action on WDUN, News Talk 550 and online at wdun.com. The Gladiators radio broadcasts on WDUN 550 AM were named best Sports Play-By-Play for a Class B radio station in Georgia by the AP for 2005.

Prior to joining the Gladiators, Dustin was the Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations Director with the Baton Rouge Kingfish (now the Victoria Salmon Kings) during the 2002-03 season. He got his start in hockey during the organization's final season in Mobile as the Mysticks director of Broadcasting and Media relations in 2001-02. A native of Crofton, Maryland, Dustin graduated from the Universtiy of Delaware with a degree in Mass Communication in January of 2001. Dustin and his wife Jessica reside in Lawrenceville with their two cats, Milton and Tessa.

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The 2012-2013 season will mark Joe’s tenth with the Gladiators, and fourth as Vice-President of Sales. Prior to the 2009-2010 season Joe served as the Director of Operations for the Gladiators. Joe began his career in sports as the director of ticketing and promotions for the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings of the independant Central Baseball League. From there Joe moved on to gain valuable experience in Knoxville Tennessee while working for the Tennessee Smokies of the AA Southern League.

He is a graduate of the esteemed University of Georgia with a degree in Sports Studies with an emphasis in business. Joe is responsible for overseeing all Gladiators sales efforts. Joe currently resides in Flowery Branch with his wife and daughter.

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Thomas Anderson Jr. enters his seventh year with the Gladiators and ninth total in pro hockey after spending last season as the Assistant Equipment Manager with the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League. He also served as an assistant at the Dallas Stars Training Camp at Traverse City. Anderson previously spent time in the ECHL as an Assistant Equipment Manager for the Gladiators and the Charlotte Checkers. He also spent one season as the Equipment Manager for the Arena Football League’s Georgia Force.

Tim recently graduated from Roanoke College in May with a degree in sports management. Having grown up in Michigan, he developed a passion for hockey and became a die hard Red Wings fan. Tim even got to go into the locker room and get autographs from the 1996 red wings team that set the record for the most wins in an nhl regular season, a record that still stands. His family moved to Virginia when he was 14 years old where he spent my winters in the Roanoke Civic Center banging on the glass cheering for the Roanoke Express. Tim moved to Buford earlier this summer weeks ago and is looking forward his first job in professional sports.

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The 2012-2013 season will mark David’s third with the Gladiators. During his first year with the team, he was the Media Relations/Broadcasting assistant, handling the road broadcasts and various other media responsibilities. For the second season in a row, he will again be covering all the road games and as well as serving as the Video Services Coordinator for the Gladiators.

David started his career in professional sports in 2009-2010 as a Media Relations/Broadcasting intern with the back-to-back South Atlantic League Champion Lakewood BlueClaws (Single A baseball- Philadelphia Phillies).

A Doylestown, PA native, he graduated from the University of Southern California majoring in Broadcast Journalism with a Communications minor and is a loyal Trojan supporter and Philly sports fan (he did not, however, throw batteries at J.D. Drew or snowballs at Santa Claus.)  Some of his favorite sports memories were witnessing Wayne Gretzky’s record-setting 802nd career goal while with the Los Angeles Kings, being in Florida for USC’s 55-19 thrashing of the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2005 BCS Championship Game, and jumping on the bandwagon to see the Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series in 2008.

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The 2012-2013 season will be Dave’s third with the Gladiators as a Ticket Account Executive. In addition to his responsibilities as an Account Executive he will be working closely with the local youth hockey community as well as other youth sports organizations. Prior to joining the Gladiators, Dave spent a season as an Intern for the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2008. Dave was born in Shawano, Wisconsin and is a die-hard Packer, Brewer and Gopher fan.

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A lifetime fan of hockey who first laced on the skates at the age of 6 or 7, Jim Hall brings a love for the game as well as a passion for our Community. Throughout the season, he can be found visiting local schools, making team appearances, and helping to keep Maximus out of trouble. As a Community Volunteer, he has served on the Duluth Fall Festival Committee for 19 years, Co-Chairing the event in 2000 and 2003. He has been an active member of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and is a graduate of the "Leadership Gwinnett" Class of 2005. In January, 2010, he “retired” from the Duluth City Council, a seat he held for eight years. A longtime "Duluth High School Dad" who recently became a "Georgia Southern Dad," he likes to spend time cheering for the Wildcats and Eagles. A 1981 graduate of Georgia State University in Atlanta, he helped organize the first GSU "Men's League" Ice Hockey Team in 1977. Hall is a 25 year resident of Gwinnett County and he resides in Duluth with his wife Julie and their sons, Evan and Charlie.

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Christina begins her tenth season with the Gladiators and ninth as Merchandise Director. A graduate of Georgia State University, she majored in Broadcast Journalism and began her career in sports as a Media Relations intern during the team's inaugural year. For 2012-2013 Christina will assume the roll of the Director of Game Operations in addition to her work in Merchandise, Coporate Sales, Ticket & Group Sales, Organizational Event Coordination and Social Media, where she contributes regularly to the team's Facebook page and manages the Gladiators official twitter account.

A rare true native of Atlanta, she possesses a die-hard love of the Texas Longhorns. Inspired by the unorthodox combination of having grown up in the south and a crazy passion for the frozen sport, Christina got her hockey start going to Atlanta Knights games at the old Omni and Jacksonville Lizard Kings games in Florida. Currently residing in Lawrenceville, Christina actually spends more time ITP than OTP. Fortunately, that allows her to be actively involved as a Board Member of Fabulous Friends in Philanthropy Inc., a non-profit organization created to promote charitable giving while empowering homeless girls.

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Christopher Leverett begins his sixth season with the team after a year spent working with the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs in 2009. No stranger to the sports world, Christopher has previously worked as an Assistant Sports Information Director at Norfolk State University (Norfolk, Va.) where he served as the media liaison for the women’s basketball, volleyball, men’s and women’s tennis and track teams.

A graduate of the Game Face Academy, Christopher is originally from Jackson, Michigan. He graduated from Albion College with a degree in English and Mass Communications. While at Albion, he worked in the sports information office and served as the sports editor for the school newspaper. He also interned with Sports Illustrated in New York, New York. Christopher, who resides in Duluth, is an avid fan of both Michigan State and Duke.

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Mike is entering his tenth season in Gwinnett and his fifteenth year in professional hockey. Prior to Gwinnett, he had stints with Bakersfield (ECHL) and New Mexico (CHL). As Director of Corporate Sales, Mike is responsible for development and retention of corporate partnerships, the creation and management of corporate advertising inventory, and assisting in production of sales/marketing materials.

Mike completed his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Monmouth University (NJ) and went on to receive his Masters in Sports Administration from Georgia State University.

During his free time you will find him on the tennis courts around Atlanta. Originally from Tampa, Florida, Mike now resides in Cumming with his wife Allison and their sons Sebastian and Asher.

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Chris begins his 17th season in professional hockey. In addition to serving as public address announcer, Chris is responsible for coordinating the Gladiators game presentation operations and is responsible for production management of team marketing and advertising. He has over 20 years experience as a sports marketing consultant and PA Announcer in hockey, baseball, football, basketball, boxing, and motorsports. Chris is also a freelance film/video producer and narrator, and the voice of numerous television and radio commercials. During the development of the Space Shuttle program in the 1980's, Chris worked as a writer/producer for NASA with Rockwell International. He is also a former television news anchor, sportscaster, and disc jockey.

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Chris began his career with the Gladiators last season as an intern for the Merchandise Department. 2012-2013 will find him doubling up on his responsibilities with the team as an assitant for both Ticketing and Merchandise needs, as well as filling in for the remainder of the season as the Office Coordinator and Bookkeeper. His role with the organization gets a bit tricky on game days as the two departments fight over who gets more of his time.

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The 2012-2013 season marks Kim's second with the Gladiators. As a Ticket Account Executive, Kim is responsible for ticketing and any Ticketmaster-related tasks in addition to selling season ticket and group ticket packages.

Kim is a native of Georgia who graduated from West Georgia University and has an unhealthy obsession with Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe."

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