2011 Celebrity Guests
“On the biggest football stage, no player in the history of the NFL performed like Joe Montana!” says Event Chair Stuart Ages.
Joe Montana - Keynote Speaker
Widely considered the best NFL quarterback of all time, Joe Montana personifies performance excellence and personal integrity both on and off the field. Yet the word most closely associated with him is not “winner”— it’s “leader.”
Joe Montana and the San Francisco 49ers won four Super Bowls and were the team of the 1980’s. What they accomplished in football may never be equaled. Montana won more than 70 percent of the games he started during his 16-year career with the team. He is the all-time NFL Leader in quarterback ratings (93.4). Known for his agility, his vision, his extreme accuracy as a passer, and his capacity to retain and act upon staggering loads of information, Montana’s excellence as a player is legendary.
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Roy Firestone - Master of Ceremonies
Critically acclaimed for his work in broadcast journalism, Firestone has won seven Emmy® Awards and seven Cable ACE Awards, he has interviewed more than 5,000 people, including nearly every major sports figure. The late Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Jim Murray called Firestone, "the best interviewer I've ever seen. That's not the best interviewer in sports, that's the best interviewer period."
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Stuntman Stu - Auctioneer
"Stuntman Stu" Schwartz started doing stunts for a local rock station in 1996. Hear him weekday mornings on Majic 100 with Angie Poirier and Trisha Owens. He's also the PA announcer for the Ottawa Senators and has hosted on Rogers TV, done weather for CTV Ottawa and was a PA announcer at the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic games. He's an emcee, auctioneer, amateur chef and launched his own wine which supports the Sens Foundation. A recipient of a United Way community builder award, Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon award, Stu was named Algonquin College's top alumni in 2003. Stu lives in Ottawa with his wife and enjoys relaxing at home with his 2 children while trying to save enough money to buy a Ferrari.