Steven Ellinger Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Area

Consultant, game reviewer, and observer for NBA G League basketball games both in-arena and by video. Former NBA and WNBA game reviewer and observer. Analyze individual officiating performance, evaluate overall play-calling accuracy, and report observations to the respective league and conference offices. Manage a group of NCAA game reviewers who evaluate.

Contract mediator with USPS REDRESS program, an alternative dispute resolution program offered to USPS employees as part of the equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaint process. Assist parties in resolving EEO disputes using the transformative mediation format.

The Basketball Referee Camp at Rice University is nationally recognized as one of the top camps for developing high school officials and improving their skills. The curriculum, consisting of classroom training and officiating games, is designed to teach and refine students' high school basketball officiating skills. A number of the camp's former attendees.

Houston And San Antonio, Texas

Observed NBA and WNBA games both in-arena and by video, analyzed individual officiating performances, evaluated overall play-calling, and reported observations to the league office.

Austin, Texas Area

• Hired as assistant executive director and was promoted to executive director.
• Managed and directed functions and activities for a 17,000-member non-profit organization of high school football, basketball, baseball, soccer, softball, and volleyball officials; reported to the organization’s board.
• Developed annual budget and managed administrative and financial operation of the organization.
• Hired and supervised professional staff.
• Negotiated hotel contracts and license agreements with vendors.
• Developed organization's public service announcements for ESPN radio.

• Concentrated in the areas of alternative dispute resolution, business transactions and contracts, risk management, family law, and sports law.
• Lectured and authored articles on liability, injury, and risk management relating to sports officiating organizations and other nonprofit athletic organizations.
• Wrote a column for Referee magazine, a monthly periodical for sports officials.

J.D., Law

B.A., Political Science