Adam Helfant is a former Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) executive chairman and president who succeeded Etienne de Villiers in 2009. Helfant is an MIT and Harvard Law graduate. He spent 12 years with Nike as a senior executive and three years with the National Hockey League as an attorney. In 2012, with , Helfant started a sports and media advisory company called Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures. Helfant's niece Grace McDonnell was one of the victims of the Newtown Tragedy.