JOHN HeNNEGAN

Board Member

Growing up in Huntington, NY, John was raised around the racetracks of New York: Belmont, Aqueduct, and Saratoga. His father, John, was a racing official for the New York Racing Association beginning in 1965 for nearly 40 years. 

As a teenager, John was a hotwalker for LeRoy Jolley and was once bitten by a then two-year-old Gulch. He also served as an ice cream vendor and Pinkerton security guard at all three NYRA tracks. John is proud to have visited Belmont and Saratoga every year of his life. He attended Chaminade High School in nearby Mineola, NY and went on to graduate from the University of Virginia.

Along with his business and creative partner brother Brad, the Hennegan Brothers are 30-plus-year veterans of the television and film industry. They have created content for a variety of high-profile clients including NBC SPORTS, ABC SPORTS, CBS SPORTS NETWORK, FOX SPORTS, ESPN, HBO, BRAVO, AT&T, VERIZON, MCCANN ERICKSON, BNP PARIBAS, and THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. 

Hennegan Brothers Creative has won the Eclipse Award on three separate occasions: THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY (2008), IRONMAN: PERRY OUTZS (2016) and RIDER’S UP: THE WORLD’S FIRST SPORTS BUBBLE (2020).

John and his wife Karen live in Brooklyn, NY and have two children, Elsie and Gus.