BOSTON October 31 2014 – Sports Legacy Institute (SLI) a non-profit organization dedicated to concussion education and research announced that Paul Levesque Executive Vice President Talent Live Events & Creative at WWE Inc. (WWE) has been elected to its Board of Directors.

At WWE when he is not performing as WWE Superstar “Triple H” Levesque is responsible for overseeing the talent relations and talent development departments training of WWE Superstars and Divas and management of worldwide recruitment and live global events. Levesque also plays an integral role behind-the-scenes as a director and producer working to shape the creative direction and storylines of WWE’s programming.

“We are thrilled to welcome Paul Levesque to our Board of Directors ” said Christopher Nowinski Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Sports Legacy Institute. “As an athlete himself Paul is familiar with the risks associated with concussions. As an executive Paul has made it a priority to protect WWE’s performers through education and awareness as well as preventative measures and world class medical care.”

“It is an honor to join the Board of Directors at SLI to support the important work they do in the field of concussion management and prevention ” said Levesque. “This work benefits athletes of all ages and skill levels from high school to collegiate to professional sports as well as many others including members of our military.”

In his role at WWE Levesque also oversees WWE’s comprehensive Talent Wellness Program and Professional Development for all WWE performers. WWE’s Talent Wellness Program has been in place since 2006 and includes cardiovascular testing medical and wellness staffing annual physicals and health care referrals and ImPACT testing where every one of its talent undergoes baseline neurocognitive testing. WWE was the first major sports-entertainment organization to include ImPACT testing as part of its Talent Wellness Program in 2008.

WWE’s Professional Development focuses on four key pillars – Life Skills Education Wellness and Career Success. Through this program WWE provides seminars on financial education media training language courses living a healthy lifestyle and injury and illness prevention. WWE also offers college tuition reimbursement.

In 2013 Levesque oversaw the development of the state-of-the-art WWE Performance Center in Orlando Fla. serving as the home to WWE’s developmental division NXT. A 26 000 square foot facility the Performance Center provides coaching from the best in the business with seven training rings a world-class strength and conditioning program and cutting-edge edit and production facilities. The WWE Performance Center serves as the hub for WWE’s Talent Wellness and Professional Development Programs.

In 2013 WWE made a grant of $1.2 million to SLI to fund research that could lead to potential new treatments for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy a degenerative brain disease.

Joining Levesque on the Board of Directors will be Sylvia Mackey of Baltimore Maryland Director of the John Mackey Fund; John Corcoran of Boston Massachusetts Founder and President of Trinity Partners LLC; author Andrea Pomerantz Lustig of New York City and philanthropist Laura Hunt of Dallas Texas Principal at Laura Hunt LLC.

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About SLI
The Sports Legacy Institute (SLI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 2007 by Dr. Robert Cantu and Christopher Nowinski to “solve the concussion crisis” by advancing the study treatment and prevention of the effects of brain trauma in athletes and other at-risk groups. SLI achieves this mission through education and prevention programs advocacy policy development and support of medical research. SLI collaborates with the Boston University CTE Center and supports the VA-BU-SLI CTE Brain Bank. For more information please visit SportsLegacy.org or follow @SportsLegacy on Twitter.

About WWE
WWE a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE) is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television programming pay-per-view digital media and publishing platforms. WWE programming reaches more than 650 million homes worldwide in 35 languages. WWE Network the first-ever 24/7 over-the-top premium network that includes all 12 live pay-per-views scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library is currently available in more than 170 countries. The company is headquartered in Stamford Conn. with offices in New York Los Angeles London Mexico City Mumbai Shanghai Singapore Dubai Munich and Tokyo.

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