Fred A. Shabel is Vice-Chairman of Comcast-Spectacor, a multifaceted organization specializing in sports and entertainment. He has been with Comcast-Spectacor (and its predecessor Spectacor) for 27 years. During that time, Shabel has guided the company's transition from being a local sports ream in an arena, to being a moving force in the Philadelphia community.

The Comcast-Spectacor organization includes the Philadelphia Flyers, of the National Hockey League; The Philadelphia 76ers, of the National Basketball League; the Philadelphia Phantoms, of the American Hockey League; The Wachovia Center and Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia; Comcast SportsNet; Global Spectrum and the Flyers Skate Zone.

Shabel is an active participant in numerous community organizations. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce; the Board of Governors of the Institute for Cancer and Blood Diseases, the Honorary Board of Directors of Police Athletic League, as well as a member of the Advisory Board for the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education; Board of Directors of the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation; and Chairman Emeritus of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation; and, a member of the Court of Judicial Discipline.

He has served as Chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, as well as on the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Arthritis Foundation, the Philadelphia Sports Congress, the Philadelphia Geriatric Center, the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation Board and Executive Committee, the Independence Visitor Center Corporation, the Board of Trustees of the Franklin Institute, the Moore College of Art, and Friends of Rittenhouse Square. Other board memberships include One to One Mentoring, Center City District and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Corporate Partners.

Prior to joining Spectacor in 1980, he was Vice President for Operations at the University of Pennsylvania from 1975 to 1980. He was Penn's Athletic Director from 1967 to 1975. In that time, his team achieved 28 Ivy League titles and numerous national rankings. In 1972-73, Intercollegiate Athletics at Penn accomplished a benchmark season, topping all previous victory records during the school's 26 years in the Ivy League.

During his tenure at the University of Pennsylvania, Shabel served as Chairman of the Ivy League Athletic Directors and the Eastern Collegiate Television Committee, and was Director of the Penn Relays.

Shabel began his collegiate athletics career as a member of the Duke University Men's Basketball team where he later became assistant basketball coach under Vic Bubas from 1957 to 1963. He moved on to become head basketball coach at University of Connecticut and was honored as New England Coach of the Year in 1964.

He has been the recipient of the Duke Alumni Award, the Penn Varsity Club Award, the University of Pennsylvania Hunter Lott Award, the Anti-Defamation League Torch of Liberty Award and Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania "Take the Lead" Champion Award.