Executive Transactions

Whitecaps COO RACHEL LEWIS will “oversee the soccer club’s business side” when current CEO PAUL BARBER leaves at the end of February. The MLS club “will not fill the CEO position” following Barber’s departure ( Vancouver PROVINCE, 12/11 )….Golf Channel named ESPN Dir of Studio Directing ANDREW SMILEY Coordinating Dir, responsible for the net’s studio directors and studio production. The net also hired JESSICA BATCHELOR as an on-air planner in the promotions department and JAVIER ZAPATA as Senior Graphic Designer ( Golf Channel )….Bradley Univ. named HEIDI WEGMUELLER Assistant AD/External Affairs ( Bradley Univ .)….Ragnar Events LLC named DAVE KLEWAN VP/Corporate Partnerships ( THE DAILY )….The Trans-Am Series named ASHLEY WILSON Dir of PR ( Trans-Am Series ).  Do you have an executive announcement? If so, please send to editorial@sportsbusinessdaily.com .