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Terdema Ussery, who was appointed to the Entrust board of directors in December 2006, has served as the Dallas Mavericks president and CEO since 1996, and was a catalyst in the organization's resurgence, including increased corporate sponsorship, ticket sales, television revenues and community impact under his direction.
The Los Angeles, Calif., native is also the CEO for HDNet and spearheaded the launch of the network, one of the world's first all-high-definition television stations and negotiated the channel's first content and distribution agreements.
A graduate of Princeton, Ussery arrived in Dallas after serving as president of Nike Sports Management in Beaverton, Ore., where he reported to chairman and CEO Phil Knight. Prior to his post at Nike, he also served as commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA).
A popular speaker who is active in the Dallas-Fort Worth business community, Ussery serves as an alternate governor for the Mavericks on the NBA board of governors, as well as president of the Dallas Mavericks Foundation.
Ussery has a master's degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and a law degree from Cal-Berkeley.
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