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Jonathan Walker

Jonathan Walker is the senior director of sports sales for the Rhode Island Sports Commission, a division of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. He earned a BS in Sports Event and Entertainment Management and a subsequent MBA in Hospitality Management from Johnson & Wales University. Prior to joining the PWCVB, Jonathan held ticket sales and service roles with the Providence Bruins and Pawtucket Red Sox. Despite his love for Providence and the Ocean State, the Pennsylvania native admits to great hubris when it comes to Philadelphia sports franchises.

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Sports Roots Run Deep in Rhode Island

By Jonathan Walker on Oct. 09, 2024

Here at the Rhode Island Sports Commission, we like to say that Rhode Island is small in size, but big on sports. With professional teams like the Providence Bruins and Rhode Island FC, and college athletics like University of Rhode Island, Brown University and Providence College, there's almost…

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2022 Winter Olympics With Sara DeCosta-Hayes

By Jonathan Walker on Feb. 02, 2022

The Olympics are around the corner, so we thought we'd get into the spirit of the 2022 Games by chatting with one of our own local Olympians, Sara DeCosta-Hayes. An ice hockey player from Warwick, Rhode Island, Sara is an alumna of Toll Gate High School, where she played goalie on the boy’s hockey…

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Beauty and the Beast Invitational Showcases Excellence Across the Mat

By Jonathan Walker on Jan. 14, 2020

Dream Big Inc. and Beat the Streets Providence, two Rhode Island-based organizations, are returning…

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NBX Gran Prix of Cyclocross Returns to Goddard Park

By Jonathan Walker on Nov. 13, 2019

Over the river and through the woods, to Goddard Park we go? That’s right, with its technical twists…

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