Jeff Dickerson is the co-owner of Spire Motorsports and CEO and co-founder of Spire Holdings. A native of Indianapolis, Dickerson has forged relationships and facilitated opportunities with some of the most prominent team owners and drivers in both NASCAR and IndyCar, making him one of the most influential figures in American motorsports.

A former USAC midget racer from Indiana, Dickerson’s professional management career began in 2001 at Motorsports Management International (MMI), a leading management company for drivers, sponsors, and race teams. At MMI, Dickerson led the company’s driver development program, directing the careers of young and prominent drivers as both an agent and client manager. In 2010, Dickerson departed MMI and co-founded Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) with business partner Thaddeus “T.J.” Puchyr.

Since then, both Spire Motorsports and SS+E have become subsidiaries of parent organization Spire Holdings, where Dickerson is the face of Spire’s diverse sports portfolio which includes Spire Motorsports, SS+E, ECHL hockey teams the Rapid City (S.D.) Rush, Trois-Rivières (Q.C., Canada) Lions, and the Greenville (S.C.) Swamp Rabbits and short track promotions company Track Enterprises.

Todd Mackin, who has twice been a finalist for ECHL Executive of the Year, is currently the President of Spire Holdings. He previously held the same role with both the ECHL’s Rapid City Rush and Greenville Swamp Rabbits.

Mackin came to the Spire Hockey properties after spending the previous eight seasons working in the front office of the ECHL’s Kansas City Mavericks. He began with the Mavericks when they were a member of the Central Hockey League, originally brought in to revamp the corporate sales of the team as the Director of Corporate Sales, before his promotion to Vice President of Sales in 2016. Prior to his first appointment as President of the Rush, Mackin served as the Executive Vice President of the Mavericks. 

A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Mackin began his foray into professional sports in the National Football League, where he worked for a decade in ticket sales, premium seating, and corporate partnerships. Before working in professional sports, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Finance at Northwest Missouri State University in 2001 while playing NCAA-II college basketball. Following his undergraduate studies, he earned his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2006, during which he also served as a Graduate Assistant for the men’s basketball team. Mackin lives in Charlotte with his wife, Lauren, and their son, Graham.