IUPUI named K. RENIA EDWARDS Senior Associate AD/Internal Operations & Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) on the IUPUI staff. She comes from Mississippi Valley State where she was Senior Associate AD/Compliance & Student-Athlete Affairs & SWA (IUPUI).
JJ GOTTSCH, the first COO at Ryan Sanders Sports & Entertainment, has "closed the book on a 23+ year career" with the company. Gottsch: "It's obviously tough to leave a family that you've spent half of your life working for, but I couldn't be more excited about my next opportunity." An announcement on his next steps is forthcoming (LinkedIn).
ASM Global named Mobilitie VP/National Sports & Entertainment KATHERINE KROHN VP/Business Development and Compass Group N.A. Foodbuy National Strategic Sales Dir ALIAH SUMMERS Business Development and Sales & Marketing Dir (ASM Global).
New Balance named former NBA Senior Manager/Global Partnerships & Media NAVEEN LOKESH Head of Global Sports Marketing/ Basketball. Lokesh joins New Balance after more than nine years with the NBA (PALCO23.com, 2/23).
DLA Piper named attorney MARK WHITAKER and partner TOM ARA co-Chairs of its new Sports, Media & Entertainment Finance & Transactions sub-practice (SBJ).
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