It almost sounds like the plot of a Hallmark Channel movie. Local boy goes to the Big Apple, does quite well and becomes a star in his field, and comes back to his hometown for his dream job.
A Pikesville native, Adam Neuman was recently named chief of staff and special advisor to Baltimore Ravens President Sashi Brown.
An alumnus of the now-defunct Yeshivat Rambam day school in Baltimore, Neuman currently lives in New York and served for more than three years as chief of staff for strategy and operations and deputy general counsel for the Big Ten Conference, the nation’s oldest Division 1 collegiate athletic conference.
Neuman, 33, previously worked as an associate at the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
“Being a Baltimorean has always been in the fabric of who I am, and I’ve learned a lot from the people who have raised me,” Neuman told the Jewish Insider media company. “There’s a certain grittiness, a certain toughness, a certain hospitality that exists in Baltimore. Returning is really powerful.”
Neuman, who plans to move back to Baltimore later this month, was recently included in The Athletic’s inaugural “College Sports 40 Under 40” list as “a major player behind the scenes in one of the most powerful conferences in college sports.”
A 2018 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law, Neuman served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Yeshiva University in 2013.
Neuman’s grandfather is Earle S. “Jock” Freedman, the state’s former director of bridges who was the longest-serving state government employee in Maryland’s history. In 2004, the state recognized Freedman by naming the I-695 overpass bridge at Reisterstown Road in his honor.
Sports has always been a major component of Neuman’s life. “I think athletics has always played a huge part in my life,” he told the Baltimore Sun in 2020. “My father [Craig] played basketball with me always when I was young. It was like a routine Sunday: We’d shoot hundreds of jump shots at the [Park Heights Jewish Community Center]. My parents were huge fans of the Orioles, the Ravens and Maryland.”
A lifelong Ravens fan and Baltimore sports memorabilia collector, Neuman, who grew up at Shomrei Emunah Congregation, told Jewish Insider, “It’s a real blessing to get to work for the team you rooted for. … The Ravens are one of these real community teams. I think everybody knows how important the Ravens are to the community and how important they are to the welfare of the state. To be a part of a leadership group with the Ravens, really, in a lot of ways, is a dream come true.
“I’m really looking forward to helping the organization win a Super Bowl in any way that I can.”
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