MATTHEW CALDWELL

PRESIDENT & CEO, FLORIDA PANTHERS, SUNRISE

In their 30th season, the Florida Panthers won their first Stanley Cup, after reaching the finals last year. Their achievements are earning Caldwell accolades as he marks a decade with the the team. He joined the National Hockey League team in 2014 as chief operating officer and became president in 2016. Since joining the Panthers, the team has reached the National Hockey League playoffs six times. The team signed a media-rights agreement with Bally Sports, hosting the 2023 All-Star Game, has grown attendance, and is developing a practice center and community ice facility in Fort Lauderdale. Prior to working with the Panthers, Caldwell was a vice president at Goldman Sachs in the firm’s investment management division. He served as a U.S. Army officer for five years, conducting combat operations in Iraq and peacekeeping operations in Kosovo. The Panthers have committed more than $5 million to local nonprofits, supporting crisis relief efforts ranging from rebuilding a family’s home after a fire, to sheltering and feeding thousands of people at the Panthers arena in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.

EDUCATION: United States Military Academy at West Point (BS), Northwestern University (MBA, JD)