Executive Transactions - January 29, 2025

Foley Entertainment Group named SGEi founder & President SHANE GREEN CEO. Green will be based in Las Vegas and will oversee business operations for FEG’s entire portfolio of entities, domestically and internationally (Foley Entertainment Group).

The Truist Championship named Quail Hollow Club Dir/Professional Golf ADAM SPERLING Exec Dir. Sperling ran the 2022 Presidents Cup, which was also held at Quail Hollow. Following the Presidents Cup, Sperling joined the club to help manage and prepare for its top golf events, including this year’s PGA Championship (Josh Carpenter, SBJ).

Las Vegas Motor Speedway President & GM CHRIS POWELL announced his retirement. He has been at the helm of the speedway since December 1998. His resignation will be effective March 31 (LVMS).

USA Lacrosse named Univ. of Maryland Senior Dir of Development/University Relations CHRIS DAX VP/Philanthropy. Dax has worked in fundraising at Maryland since 2017, where he managed fundraising strategies and activities for campus-wide initiatives. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade at Johns Hopkins, initially working in fundraising in the athletic department before moving into a role as the Dir of Annual Giving for Johns Hopkins Univ. & Medicine (USA Lacrosse).

Tech service firm Next League named SHRIPAL SHAH as its first Chief Digital Officer. He will help the company expand its focus on emerging technology, martech and AI. Shah most recently spent six years as the Chief Digital Officer of loyalty platform Shop Your Way. He also spent nine years with the Commanders as SVP & Chief Strategy Officer ( Ethan Joyce, SBJ ).

Univ. of Tampa AD LARRY MARFISE announced that he will be “retiring at the end of this year” after serving with the department for 26 years. His retirement will be “effective in November” and a national search for his replacement “will begin soon.” Marfise will “stay on through the selection, hiring and onboarding of his replacement” ( TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL, 1/28 ).

Austin FC promoted JOSE BAUTISTA to Dir/Event Services & Facility Management; EMMA CAVES to Senior Manager/Safety & Security; CAMRYN COOK to Corporate Partnerships Manager; ERIN GARNER to Senior Dir/Finance; ARTURO GUZMAN to Senior Graphic Designer; and CAMERON JENKINS to Senior Coordinator/Corporate Partnerships ( Austin FC ).

Inter Miami Dir/Player Development & Methodology of the second team  GUILLERMO HOYOS  had "his role expanded" to being "directly involved in scouting and roster construction of the first team." Hoyos takes that responsibility following the departures of Sporting Dir  CHRIS HENDERSON  and Dir of Scouting  MARK PRIZANT  ( MIAMI HERALD, 1/28 ).

The International Cricket Council confirmed that CEO  GEOFF ALLARDICE  has decided to step down from his role. He joined in 2012 as ICC General Manager of Cricket and was appointed CEO in November 2021 ( International Cricket Council ).

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