Todd Koesters

Vice President, Marketing & Sales
Churchill Downs Entertainment Group

Todd Koesters joined Churchill Downs Entertainment Group in September, 2009 as Vice President, Marketing & Sales. In his current role, Koesters is responsible for marketing and sales of major events for CDE.

Prior to joining CDE, Koesters worked for one of the nations largest event marketing firms, GMR Marketing, as Vice President – Sports Group where he was responsible for identifying and developing agency strategic growth initiatives within its burgeoning sports practice.

Prior to his role as Vice President – Sports Group, Koesters was Vice President – Client Services where he led multiple sports clients in developing and implementing marketing strategies leveraging sports and entertainment as a platform. Clients include Alltel, Ask.com and The Coleman Company.

While at GMR, Koesters was a member of the sports group that received the Sports Business Journal’s Event Marketing Firm of the Year Award. Koesters was inducted into The GMR Hall of Fame in 2008.

A native of Dayton, Ohio and a graduate of The Ohio State University, Koesters also holds a Masters in Sports Administration from Ohio University and a Juris Doctrate from Capital University Law School.