Rob Simmelkjaer

Rob Simmelkjaer is an American television executive, journalist, entrepreneur, and is the CEO of New York Road Runners.

He served as a senior executive and on-air journalist at ESPN, ABC News and NBC Sports.

[1] Prior to joining NBC, Simmelkjaer served as ESPN's Vice President of International Development and Corporate Projects.

[1] Simmelkjaer served as an anchor and correspondent for ABC News Now from December 2005 to July 2007, and was the host of such original programs as, Inside the Newsroom, In the Mix and Guilt or Innocence.

[5] Prior to his tenure at ESPN, Simmelkjaer practiced law at two New York firms, Weil, Gotshal and Manges from 2000 to 2001, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1997 to 2000.