Peter Carlisle

Peter Carlisle is the driving force behind the success of Octagon’s Olympic & Action Sports division. An expert at the forefront of the booming action sports industry for more than a decade, he has successfully transitioned his creative marketing strategies to emerge as the leader in the representation and marketing of Olympic and Action Sports athletes One of only two sports agents to be inducted into Sports Business Journal’s “Forty-Under-Forty” Hall of Fame, Carlisle oversees a global business that provides career management for the company’s Olympics and Action Sports clients through contract negotiations, endorsements, licensing and merchandising opportunities as well as successfully developing content-driven programs for athletes that are re-defining the term “athlete marketing.” In collaboration with a talented group of agents that provide expertise in summer, winter and action sports, the divisions clients include: Michael Phelps, Kelly, Clark, Ross Powers, Natalie Coughlin, Hannah Teter, Apolo Anton Ohno, Katie Hoff, Seth Wescott, and Chris Klug among others. Prior to joining Octagon, he founded Carlisle Sports Management and served as an attorney for Preti, Flaherty, Believeau, Pachios, and Haley based in Portland, Maine. Carlisle, who earned his J.D. from the University of Maine and B.A. from Bates College, is a member of the Maine and New Hampshire State Bar Associations. In addition, he has served as an Adjunct Professor of Sports Law at the University of New Hampshire and Maine School of Law.