McLaren promoted Exec Dir ZAK BROWN to CEO, giving him "overall responsibility" for the F1 team, with Racing Dir ERIC BOULLIER reporting to him. Brown since '16 had been "effectively acting as principal of the team." McLaren also named JONATHAN NEALE COO; MIKE FLEWITT will continue as McLaren Automotive CEO ( REUTERS, 4/10 ).
EXECS : The Hawks and Philips Arena named AMB Sports & Entertainment Dir of Fan Experience DAVID GARCIA VP/Guest Experience ( Hawks )....ATP/WTA Western & Southern Open CEO ELAINE BRUENING will retire, effective Friday ( USTA )....Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Ticket Sales Senior Manager TED GLICK joined USL club Sacramento Republic FC to run the team's ticket sales department ( TWITTER.com, 4/10 )....Learfield created the new position of VP & Market Dir and named four execs that role: BRITT OLIGSCHLAEGER (Missouri Valley Conference); LANDON DAY (Big Sky Conference); TONY SOARES (Big West Conference); and MIKE HAAKE (state of Texas) ( Learfield )....UC-Riverside named UC-Berkeley Associate AD/Strategic Communications WES MALLETTE Senior Associate AD/External Relations ( UC-Riverside )....The Univ. of Maryland promoted MATT MONROE to Associate AD/Annual Giving and named LAURA CHIRIACO Exec Dir of the M Club ( Maryland )....UNC Wilmington promoted Associate Dir of Development ADAM FEARING to Dir of Development for Athletics ( UNCW )....Technology service provider ANC named TAYLOR KHAN Communications Administrator and ADAM BEIZER Financial Analyst ( THE DAILY ).
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