Baseball
The Class AA Eastern League’s Akron RubberDucks hired Mark Carlozzi and Jenna Reed as ticket sales executives, Colin Tulley as assistant director of food and beverage, Taylor Myers as graphic designer and Melissa Dies as office manager and executive assistant to owner and chief executive officer, and promoted Pete Nugent to box office manager, Leslie Wenzlawsh to controller, Sam Dankoff to manager of suites and picnics and Brock Cline to community relations and special events manager.
Bob Miller, Cincinnati Reds vice president and assistant general manager, will leave the team this month.
Basketball
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The
Atlanta Dream
promoted
Natalie White
to senior director of ticket sales and service,
Octavia Samuels
to manager of corporate partnership activation and
Kyle Parker
to full-time graphic designer, and hired
Latisha Hanna
as coordinator of ticket service,
Amber Pannell
as account executive and
Emanuel Shaw
as coordinator of business operations.
The Utah Jazz named former NBA player Mehmet Okur a team ambassador.
Pacers Sports & Entertainment Chief Operating Officer Rick Fuson will add the title of president.
NBA China named Masaaki Matsuzawa chief strategic officer and head of corporate development. He was managing director for Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division.
Palace Sports & Entertainment named Greg Campbell as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Campbell was president of business operations for the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx named Natasha Larry, Brandon McCray, Alex Payne and Emma Hassen group events representatives and promoted Alex Gustafson to group events representative and Kate LaFerriere to group events executive. Larry was account executive for the Chicago Sky, McCray was membership development associate for the Miami Dolphins, Payne was account representative for the Chicago Bulls and Hassen was in inside sales for the Atlanta Hawks.
College
Penn State University named Brad Keen assistant athletic director of marketing. He was director of marketing at Wake Forest University.
The College of Holy Cross named Kevin Haas director of social and digital marketing.
Facilities
SMG named John Sharkey executive vice president of European operations. He was CEO for the Scottish Exhibition Centre Ltd. Group.
Steve Gregosky, Ovations Food Services vice president of business operations and senior vice president of client relations, announced his retirement.
Hockey
The Arizona Coyotes hired John Pierce as chief marketing officer. Pierce was managing director of marketing and productions for the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Marketing
Omnigon promoted Becki Wronko to managing director of client services.
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U/S Sports Advisors
hired
Matt Wells
as account manager. Wells was a legislative aide for the Indiana General Assembly.
Motorsports
Zoom Motorsports named George Dennis president. He was general manager for IMG Sports Network for the Auburn and UAB properties.
IRG Sports & Entertainment and the International Hot Rod Association named Chris McMahan corporate director of track development and division director for the Southeastern region.
Soccer
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| WEAVER
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The
Chicago Fire
named
Tim Weaver
senior manager of corporate sales. Weaver was an account manager with ESPN Local in Chicago.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Adidas hired Marc Dolce, Denis Dekovic and Mark Miner as designers for its new shoe design studio in Brooklyn. They were with Nike.
Hibbett Sports promoted Jared Briskin to senior vice president and chief merchant.
Tennis
The ATP named Ross Hutchins vice president of player relations. Hutchins was tournament director of the Aegon Championships, which promoted Stephen Farrow to replace him.
The ATP U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships named Erin Mazurek tournament director.
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