Godnai joins Indy Racing League
Godnai will report to Greg Gruning, Indy Racing League Vice President of Sales and will be responsible for securing sponsorships for the Indy Racing League, IndyCar Series and Indy Pro Series.
"We're excited to add Aaron to our team," Gruning said. "While Aaron's primary focus will be on securing and maintaining partners for the League, he'll also be an asset to the department as we help find partners for our drivers, teams and tracks."
Godnai, a 1995 graduate of The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn., joins the Indy Racing League from NewPage Corp. where he served as group sales director for the South Central Region and was responsible for managing a 12-state, 8-sales representative region with more than $300 million in sales forecast.
He also served as NewPage's commercial printing marketing manager, and worked closely with the company's NASCAR sponsorship and helped develop its business-to-business council, which allowed companies within the sport to identify reciprocal relationships and learn best practices on how other partners leverage their sponsorship. The council is recognized within sports properties as an industry leader.
From 1996-2003, Godnai worked at Mead where he advanced from being a marketing generalist to marketing manager.