Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman serves as Chairman of the Board of Anaheim Arena Management (AAM), Chief Executive Officer of Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club (ADHC), Chairman of the Board of the Anaheim Ducks Foundation and serves on the board of NHL Enterprises. He is also an Alternate Governor for the NHL Board of Governors.

Schulman is Chief Executive Officer of the San Diego Gulls Hockey Club (SDG) and the Alternate Governor for the AHL Board of Governors. In addition, he is Managing Director of H&S Ventures, the entity that manages the Samueli Family Office. Schulman reports directly to owners Dr. Henry Samueli and Susan Samueli, and is responsible for managing and long-term planning of their profit and nonprofit entities.

Schulman was the lead negotiator on behalf of the Samueli family in the acquisition of the Honda Center management agreement from the bankruptcy court and the City of Anaheim. He acts as liaison between the Samueli family and AAM management and supervises all financial, legal and charitable decisions of the arena. He also acts as liaison with the other partners of AAM and the City of Anaheim. In addition, Schulman oversees all long-term capital projects, including the 57 Freeway Marquee, two 360° LED rings, revamping of the video room, new scoreboard and sound system, and remodeling of the company offices and locker rooms.

Schulman also represented the Samueli family in purchase negotiations with Disney for the Anaheim Ducks, and in qualifying the Samueli family for the purchase of the team with the NHL.

Schulman was also involved with the family in changing the team name and logo, and forming the Anaheim Ducks Foundation. Schulman led the negotiation with the American Hockey League (AHL) in forming the new AHL Pacific Division along with four other NHL teams. He was the lead negotiator in purchasing the Norfolk AHL team and moving the team to San Diego. He also formed the San Diego Gulls Foundation.

He is responsible for developing additional ice and inline rinks in the Orange County area and was instrumental in the purchase of several ice and inline rinks, including Irvine, Corona and Huntington Beach inline rinks, and Westminster, Yorba Linda and Lakewood ice rinks. Schulman is the Chairman of THE RINKS Program and oversees its development, including the advancement of the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League, California State Championship and the Learn to Play Hockey Program. Schulman spent over 10 years working with the City of Irvine in developing the Irvine Ice & Sports Complex and forming the Irvine Ice Foundation, which will be responsible for the building of the complex.

Schulman's role at H&S Ventures is multi-faceted. He is the Managing Director of the family office, which oversees all of the family's profit and nonprofit operations. H&S Ventures serves as the manager of AAM, ADHC, SDG as well as a number of other business entities in which the Samuelis are involved. Schulman was a founding member, and is a past board member, of the Santa Clara Institute of Sports Law and Ethics and the USC Sports Business Institute (SBI) Advisory Council.

Schulman serves on the boards of AAM, ADHC, Anaheim Sports Holdings, Anaheim Ducks Foundation, HS Hockey Development, San Diego Gulls Hockey Club and ECH 2101. He is also a current member of the board of the Telluride Ski and Golf Company.

Schulman also serves on many nonprofit boards. He has been a member of the University of California, Irvine Foundation Board since 1991. He was one of the founding members and past chair of the UCI Planned Giving Leadership Council. Schulman serves on the boards of the Samueli Foundation, Samueli Institute, Anaheim Ducks Foundation and San Diego Gulls Foundation.

After earning his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from University of California, Berkeley, Schulman went on to the University of Santa Clara Law School. In addition, Schulman studied economics for one year at the University of Leeds in England.

Following law school, he was hired as a full-time law professor at the University of Southern California, after which he was a practicing attorney for a number of years and a partner with the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery.

A native of California, Michael and his wife, Sherry, reside in Laguna Beach and have four children: Annie, Danielle, Bryant and Natasha.