Los Angeles Lakers Name Familiar Face as New Team General Manager


As a graduate of the University of Southern California, Diana Irene Dibble has almost 15 years of experience in the housing market. With a bachelor of science in planning and development, Diana Irene Dibble is a branch manager at Home Community Mortgage in Los Angeles, and she maintains the company’s lowest staff turnover rate. Besides having an interest in helping first-time home builders, Ms. Dibble is a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Taking the reins in the front office for the Los Angeles Lakers is a familiar Southern California resident. As the successor to former general manager Mitch Kupchak, Rob Pelinka brings almost two decades of sports management experience and a wealth of basketball connections to the organization.

Owner and chief executive officer of Landmark Sports Agency in Los Angeles, Rob Pelinka will set aside his responsibilities managing clients in the sports industry to collaborate with president of basketball operations Ervin Johnson in directing the Lakers organization. Originally from Lake Forest, Illinois, Pelinka was a high school All-American and played guard for the 1989 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champions University of Michigan (UM) Wolverines. 

Presented with the Walter Byers Scholarship award for being the top NCAA male student athlete, Pelinka earned a bachelor in business administration and academic honors with a 3.9 grade point average. After graduating from UM, he obtained a juris doctor and began managing sports clients including Laker great Kobe Bryant.

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