Stars CEO Jim Lites Transitioning To New Role As Chair

Stars CEO Jim Lites "will no longer" hold that title and will instead become Chair, a role that "will lessen his day-to-day duties but keep him involved with the club," according to Matthew DeFranks of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Stars President Brad Alberts "will be the team's CEO and President." Alberts will report directly to Owner Tom Gaglardi, work more closely with GM Jim Nill on hockey operations decisions and "assume a greater role in the management of American Airlines Center." Lites said of the transition, "Always the plan, maybe sped up by COVID." Lites will "still be involved with the management" of the American Airlines Center and also will be the Stars Ownership Advisory Group Chair. He said, "Those are my hot buttons." DeFranks noted both the Stars and Mavericks "have two seats on the board of the Center Operation Company, and previously Lites was the lead while Alberts was secondary." Now Alberts "will be the lead and Lites will be secondary" (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 7/11).