BASKETBALL
The Dallas Mavericks named KIERAN KELLIHER chief financial officer. Kelliher was vice president of finance and administration with the Chicago Bulls.
COLLEGES
Accelerate Sports Ventures hired GREG NEJMEH as president. Nejmeh was co-director of player personnel for the New York Jets.
FACILITIES
Chyron named ERIC WOLFF director of venues sales, North America. Wolff was director of broadcast operations and media production for T-Mobile Arena.
FOOTBALL
The Buffalo Bills promoted TONI D. CANNADY to general counsel, adding her to their executive leadership team.
GOLF
The PGA of America promoted ERNIE VILAR to senior director of global partnerships and TYLER HIMEBAUGH to senior director of global sales.
MARKETING
Excel Sports Management promoted GABE MATUS to chief legal officer; TUCK BURCH to executive vice president, head of brand marketing; TRACY OGREAN to senior vice president of hospitality and brand marketing; MIKE OREFICE to senior vice president of business development and talent marketing; SYDNEY COHN to vice president of marketing, basketball; CURT TRUHE to vice president, health and performance; ELLIOTT CURTIS to senior vice president of creative, Game Seven; MAX DOBLIN to vice president of strategy, Game Seven; and MATT ROGERS to partner, head of search operations, U.S., Excel Search & Advisory.
MEDIA
Nielsen hired SETH LADETSKY as head of global sports and TREVOR FELLOWS as head of advertiser/agency; and promoted MATTHEW DEVITT to head of national. Ladetsky was senior vice president of sales and head of Turner Sports Digital. Fellows was executive vice president of digital sales and partnerships at NBCUniversal.
Racecourse Media Group named FILIPPA WALLESTAM non-executive director. Wallestam was executive vice president and chief content officer at Viaplay.
TECHNOLOGY
Deltatre hired MARC WATSON as chief executive officer and KASHMIR SOHI as chief financial officer; ANDREA MARINI will transition to deputy chairman of the group. Watson was chief commercial officer at DAZN. Sohi was chief financial officer and board director of PEI Group.
TICKETING
Tixr named WAYNE GRIERSON managing director for the U.K. and EMEA. Grierson was chief operating officer for StubHub International.
AWARDS & BOARDS
The NASCAR Foundation added businesswoman and philanthropist AMY LEA FRANCE and JOE PETROCK to its board of directors. Petrock was formerly executive director of Halifax Health.
The U.S. Center for SafeSport elected MICHAEL LEVIN and KRISTINA SCHAEFER to its board of directors. Levin is of counsel to Kaplan & Walker. Schaefer is a former senior marketing executive at IMG and the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Women in Motorsports North America named Eberthart Law founder LAURI EBERHART president of its board of directors, and appointed several new members: former Indy Racing League driver SARAH FISHER; Quarles & Brady partner ED HOLLORAN III; former MEMA president/CEO BILL LONG; HEATHER MASTERSON, Spire Motorsports head of people operations; DEBORAH MURPHY, procurement director, GM Performance Power Units; and former Dallara USA administration consultant TERRI TALBERT-HATCH.
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