2025 ACG ASA August 21st Lunch

Event Details

When:

August 21, 2025 11:15 AM - 1 PM CDT

Where:

Location Name

Westwood Country Club

Location Address

3808 West 35th Street
Austin, TX 78703
United States

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Join us on Thursday, August 21st for our monthly lunch in Austin - please note this event date has changed; it was originally scheduled for Wed. 8/20.

"Say Howdy, Play Rowdy" An inside look at two niche pro sports: Major League Pickleball and Professional Bull Riding. Speakers will be Tim Klitch, Co-Owner of the MLP team Texas Ranchers, & Chief Fun Officer at Austin Pickle Ranch, and J.J. Gottsch, CEO of PBR Austin Gamblers. Click here for a quick overview about PBR, then check out this trailer for The Ride: PBR on Amazon Prime Video. This event is being sponsored by Jackson Walker LLP.

Due to a request for more networking time, we’ll be starting this event @ 11:15AM. Networking will be from 11:15AM-12Noon, and the lunch program will be from 12Noon-1PM. You are welcome to stay and continue networking from 1PM-1:30PM.

Early Bird Reg. Rates available through Thursday, August 14th: ACG Members @ $60./Non-Members @ $95. Late Registration Rates begin on Friday, August 15th thru 5PM on Wednesday, August 20th (or until we sell out): ACG Members @ $70./Non-Members @ $105. ACG Members save $35 on a ticket for themselves & their guests! Click here to become a member today!

Location: Westwood Country Club, located @ 3808 West 35th Street, Austin, 78703.

Attire: Business or Business Casual.

Dietary Restrictions - While some dietary restrictions are based on medical conditions, allergies, or religious convictions that must be strictly observed, others may be based on personal preferences. It's important to differentiate between the two to ensure we address everyone's needs appropriately. Please ensure any dietary requests that are submitted are based on restrictions and not preferences. Dietary restrictions must be received by close of business on Wednesday, August 13th. The lunch menu on Wednesday, August 20th will be:

House Salad - Mixed greens, carrot, tomato, cucumber and balsamic vinaigrette

Pesto Seared Chicken – Served with tomato, fresh mozzarrella, polenta, & asparagus. Please email acgasa@acg.org by close of business on Wednesday, August 13th if you would prefer the vegetarian option instead: The Quinoa Bowl (V/VE/Gluten-Free/Dairy-Free).

Slice of Lemon Pie topped with toasted meringue & berries

Cancellation Policy – Cancellations received in writing to acgasa@acg.org by Wednesday, August 13th will receive a full refund. There are no refunds for cancellations received after Wed. August 13th. If you are an ACG Member unable to attend, you can transfer your registration to another person for this same event. If the person attending in your place is not an ACG Member, they will need to pay an additional fee to bring them up to the non-member rate to attend.  

ACG Austin/San Antonio reserves the right to fill open seats at the respective event venues once the networking period has passed and the official event programming has begun. In rare instances this could mean that registered attendees arriving late will not have a seat readily available upon their arrival. In these instances ACG Austin/San Antonio will work to accommodate the attendee, and if not able to do so to the attendee's satisfaction, ACG Austin/San Antonio will refund their registration fee.

Your registration for this event acts as an audio/video release and includes your permission for ACG Austin/San Antonio to use your image and comments captured on audio, video or photographic formats while attending the event for marketing and promotional purposes.

If you have questions or need last minute assistance, please email Sara Singer, ACG Austin/San Antonio Chapter Executive @ acgasa@acg.org or send a text to 512-970-0417.

Speakers

J.J. Gottsch

PBR Austin Gamblers

CEO

After a successful 24-year career with Nolan Ryan’s sports and entertainment company (Ryan Sanders Sports & Entertainment) J.J. Gottsch was named the first CEO and General Manager of the PBR Austin Gamblers in March of 2022. Tasked with overseeing both business and team operations, he’s led the organization to on the dirt and off the dirt success in the team’s first three seasons.

Starting with the inaugural PBR Team Series Draft in 2022, Gottsch has overseen all team selections, including the overall first-round draft pick Jose Vitor Leme, who would go on to win the MVP award in the league’s first two seasons. The Gamblers have achieved team success as well, winning the Regular Season Championship in back-to-back seasons in 2022 and 2023, and winning the PBR Teams World Championship in 2024.

On the business side, J.J. guided the Gamblers and PBR into the Moody Center in 2022 as the first sports tenant to perform in the building. Gottsch has brought innovation to the Gamblers and the PBR Team Series. The team was the first to bring on an analytics division and the first to have operations internationally in Brazil. The team has created several merchandise collaborations as well, being the first professional bull riding team to partner with New Era Caps, the first to partner with Hooey Hats, and also creating several other lines of branded merchandise including custom belts with Austin based Zilker Belts. The Gamblers also lead the PBR Teams league in most revenue categories.

Prior to his role with the Gamblers, Gottsch played a key role in the development of both the Round Rock Express and Corpus Christi Hooks. He was ultimately promoted to COO of Ryan Sanders Sports & Entertainment, where he oversaw all business operations for the Express, RS3 Turf, RS3 Strategic Hospitality as well as the company’s entertainment division.

Gottsch serves on the Board of Directors for several organizations including Foster Angels of Central Texas, the Austin Chamber of Commerce, and the Austin Sports Commission, where he serves as Past-Chairman of the Board. J.J., his wife Evonne and daughter Emma Jo reside in Central Austin, just a few blocks away from here.

Tim Klitch

Franchise Co-Owner of the Major League Pickleball team Texas Ranchers

Founder & Chief Fun Officer at Austin Pickle Ranch

Tim Klitch was a Division 1 scholarship Tennis Player and 3 time MAC champion at Miami University located in Oxford, Ohio and likes to brag that he was very briefly a world-ranked tennis player. After his brief pro tennis career, Tim started a 35-year career in the financial services industry, most notably with Comerica Bank here in Austin where he served as Austin Market President and Managing Director of the bank’s Technology and Life Sciences Texas division. Since picking up pickleball in 2019, Tim founded and developed the unique and innovative Austin Pickle Ranch and was one of the original 8 founding owners of Major League Pickleball (MLP). When attending MLP events, Tim is one of the most recognizable team owners/GMs, wearing his cowboy hat, jeans, and boots with spurs. Since bringing in new owners into the Texas Ranchers ownership group, the franchise has become one of the highest-valued teams in the league. Tim is proud to be an owner in the Texas Ranchers alongside notable co-owners which include NFL players Micah Parsons and Myles Garrett, rapper Lil Wayne, country music star Zach Bryan, and professional golfer Scottie Scheffler. In addition to being the owner of Austin Pickle Ranch and a co-owner of the Texas Ranchers, Tim’s favorite hobby is defying Father Time and repeatedly beating his three sons in pickleball.

Hosted by: ACG

Chapter

Austin/San Antonio