Andrew R. Hersam was named EVP – Media for the Competitor Group, Inc, the world’s largest international media and events company in endurance sports. CGI is the publisher of Competitor, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, VeloNews and those brand’s related digital properties. CGI is also the owner and operator of the Rock ‘n Roll Marathon and Half Marathon Series.

Recently, Competitor Magazine was ranked by the Media Industry Newsletter as one of the best performing consumer titles in the country.

Prior to CGI, Hersam was EVP and Chief Revenue Officer of one of the largest network radio companies, Westwood One (WWON). The network has more than 5, 000 affiliated radio stations and 165 television stations. Its more than 150 programs include talk shows hosted by such personalities as Charles Osgood, Dennis Miller, and Fred Thompson, as well as such sporting events as college football and basketball, The National Football League and The National Hockey League.

Prior to WWO, Hersam was VP/Publishing Director for the Runner’s World Media Group at Rodale, Inc. During his time there, Runner’s World more than doubled its topline advertising revenue, acquired and repositioned its competition, Running Times and developed one of the largest marketing and event solutions operations in endurance sports, The Runner’s World Race and Event Series that was comprised of over 4k events and races.

Also during his time at Rodale, RW was ranked number one on Adweek’s Hot list and was named to Advertising Age’s A-List. Hersam was also runner up to Time Inc’s Paul Caine as Publisher of the Year by The Delaney Report.

Hersam has appeared on CNBC’s On the Money; has been quoted in Beating the Deal Killers (Giglio); My Life On The Run (Yasso); The Ultimate Guide to Trail Running (Hobbs/Chase) and in The New York Times; Wall Street Journal; Adweek and Ad Age.

Hersam is a past board member of RunningUSA and the Stanford University Publishing advisory.