Ryan Djabbarah

Ryan Djabbarah is the vice president of Corporate Sponsorships and Marketing at Citi. As part of the Global Brand Team, Djabbarah works with partners and colleagues across the enterprise in ensuring efficient and effective management of Citi’s sponsorship investments, focused on purposeful partnerships that engage clients, consumers, and colleagues at their passion points. In addition to leading major sports sponsorships like Citi Field, the PGA TOUR, the Paralympics, and Manchester City, Djabbarah also oversees Citi’s non-sports sponsorship verticals like Global Citizen Festival (music), Harlem EatUp! (culinary), and Perez Art Museum Miami.

Before joining Citi, Djabbarah was the vice president of Strategic Consulting for Genesco Sports Enterprises. In this role, Djabbarah led teams focused on saving clients’ money in sports sponsorship acquisition while effectively leveraging those sponsorships to drive brand and business objectives. Djabbarah led the account teams that worked on some of the largest brands in sports, including Pepsi, MillerCoors, and Sirius Satellite Radio. Djabbarah has worked extensively with North American sports properties like the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, PGA TOUR, and NASCAR but continues to work on more global properties as Citi’s portfolio diversifies in sponsorship.