Executive Transactions

Fanatics Inc. has brought on MIKE CARLTON, hiring the longtime collegiate sports exec as Dir of Business Development. He comes to Fanatics from high school digital outlet PlayOn! Sports, where he served as Senior VP/Partner Development for the last two years. Carlton also was at CLC for seven years, serving as Senior Dir of Partner Services before departing in ’13 (Austin Karp, Assistant Managing Editor).

Matjasic joins Norris Sports Group

for college football programming

EXECS

: The Hawks named Shapiro Negotiations Institute Exec VP & Sports Practice Dir

MICHAEL BLACKSTONE

Assistant GM. Blackstone previously had a stint as Cavaliers Exec Dir of Basketball Operations. The Hawks also named Suns Dir of Player Personnel

JOHN TRELOAR

to the same position and promoted Basketball Operations Coordinator & Scout

JEFF PETERSON

to Dir of Scouting (AJC.com, 8/1)....The White Sox promoted Assistant Scouting Dir

NICK HOSTETLER

to Dir of Amateur Scouting, taking the place of

DOUG LAUMANN

, who was promoted to Senior Advisor to Scouting Operations (White Sox)....Southern Utah Univ. named Army Senior Associate AD

JASON BUTIKOFER

AD, effective Aug. 17 (SUU)....Southeast Missouri State Univ. named Senior Associate to the President

BRADY BURKE

interim AD (SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN, 8/2)....Florida-based marketing firm Norris Sports Group hired

HEATHER MATJASIC

as a specialist for college football programming. Matjasic most recently had stints with the Ravens, Eagles and ESPN (THE DAILY)....Minnesota Gov.

MARK DAYTON

appointed former state House Majority Leader

TONY SERTICH

"to fill an open seat on the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 8/3).

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