Baseball
The Philadelphia Phillies promoted Michael Stiles to executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Andy Viano stepped down as president and general manager for the independent Frontier League’s Schaumburg (Ill.) Boomers.
Colleges
Bradley University Athletic Director Michael Cross will resign at the conclusion of the women’s Missouri Valley Conference basketball tournament.
Facilities
AEG Brasil named Venancio de Castro executive director. De Castro was chief marketing officer for AIG Seguros Brasil SA.
Memphis International Raceway hired Craig Wack as director of public relations and marketing.
SMG named Nina Jackson regional director of marketing for the company’s Midwest region. Jackson will continue in her role as director of marketing and public relations for the SMG-managed NRG Park in Houston.
Football
The Minnesota Vikings promoted Kevin Warren to chief operating officer.
Golf
The PGA of Canada promoted Jeff Dykeman to chief business officer.
Hockey
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The
Columbus Blue Jackets
hired
Kathryn Dobbs
as vice president of community relations. Dobbs was vice president of philanthropy for the YMCA of Central Ohio.
The Los Angeles Kings promoted Ryan Rock and Katie Hazelrigg to account executives for ticket sales and service, and hired Claire Winde as a customer service and sales representative.
Law
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| LEIBOWITZ
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NFLPA-licensed agent
Gary Leibowitz
started a sports law group at
Cole Schotz P.C.
Marketing
Roundhouse hired John Martin as creative director. Martin co-founded photo storage mobile app HitnQuit and was formerly creative director for Nike Action Sports and Outdoor.
Brand Promotions named Wendy Voss business development manager.
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Sport Dimensions
promoted
Todd Stonis
to president.
Etihad Airways hired Patrick Pierce as vice president of sponsorships and events. Pierce was director of global marketing and communications for Aon.
The Aspire Group promoted Gina Roberto to strategic consulting and research assistant; Damon Olstead to team leader at Arizona State University; Adrian Pina to sales consultant at Florida International University; and Alec Hamm to team leader at Georgia Tech.
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| GROPPER
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| SHAPIRO
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| CONTI
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| HOROWITZ
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Scout Sports and Entertainment
hired
Dana Horowitz
as production coordinator,
Dan Conti
as associate director of events,
Jason Shapiro
and
Brenna Flynn
as account coordinators,
Dino Koutsouris
as an account supervisor and
Josh Gropper
as an associate.
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| KRAUT
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Learfield Sports
named
Lucas Kraut
general manager at the University of Memphis,
Brad Harrison
general manager at Marquette University,
Dani Beliniski
general manager at Colorado State,
Eric Taylor
general manager at the University of Pennsylvania,
Tatia Benkonvich
general manager at Sacramento State,
Ryan Connors
general manager at Northwestern University,
Joey King
general manager at Boise State and
Lance Gerlach
general manager at the University of Colorado.
Sports consulting group Huddle Up Group named Gary Alexander a principal. Alexander was executive director of the local organizing committee for the 2014 NCAA Women’s Final Four.
IRG Sports & Entertainment promoted Manfred Eissner to director of creative and corporate marketing and Shayna Keller to director of public relations and corporate communications.
Media
ESPN Audio promoted Amanda Gifford to senior director of daytime programming.
Fox Sports promoted Rod Conti to vice president of technical operations and production management and Sandy Gong to senior vice president of production management.
WGN-TV hired Jim Muno as director of sports partnerships. Muno was vice president of marketing and business partnerships for Navy Pier.
BigTeams hired Paige Keffer as vice president of business development. Keffer was a client marketing manager for AOL Platforms.
Andy Hobson resigned from Univision Communications, where he was senior executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Motorsports
Roush Fenway Racing hired Brian Cleek as senior vice president of sales and business development, Bruce Mosley as vice president of strategic marketing and Stacie Brenner as director of event marketing.
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TRG-Aston Martin Racing
hired
Paul Zindrick
as senior vice president of sales and marketing.
Speedway Motorsports named Bruton Smith executive chairman and Marcus Smith chief executive officer.
Multiteam Companies
The Madison Square Garden Co. named Gregg Seibert vice chairman and also vice chairman for AMC Networks. Seibert will continue in his role as vice chairman of Cablevision Systems Corp.
Olympics
Boston 2024 named Joseph Rull chief administrative officer. Rull was chief of operations and administration for the mayor of Boston.
Soccer
Toronto FC hired Devin Pleuler as manager of analytics. Pleuler was a statistician for sports data company Opta and wrote a column for mlssoccer.com.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Donald Blair, Nike executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire in October. Effective Aug. 1, Blair will be succeeded by Andrew Campion, Nike senior vice president of finance, strategy and investor relations.
Rawlings Sporting Goods hired Michael Zlaket as president and chief executive officer. Zlaket was president of Easton-Bell Sports.
Other
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| SCHUTT
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| UNDERWOOD
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IMG Tickets
promoted
Travis Underwood
to director of ticket operations for the Miami Open and
Lucas Schutt
to director of client services.
Chad Collins launched a new national recruiting firm, Legacy Search. Collins was director of recruiting for Prodigy Sports.
The Greenbrier resort named Doug Miller vice president of sales, marketing and promotions. Miller was executive director of communications for the New Orleans Saints.
Awards and Boards
The Sports Turf Managers Association named to its 2015 board of directors Allen Johnson, president; Jeff Salmond, president-elect; David Pinsonneault, immediate past president; James Graff, vice president of commercial; Tim Van Loo, secretary and treasurer; Jimmy Simpson, at-large director; Doug Schattinger, commercial director; Robert Behr, schools K-12 director; Dan Bergstrom, professional facilities director; Sarah Martin, parks and recreation director; David Anderson, director at-large; Matt Anderson, higher education director; and Jeffrey Fowler, academic director.
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| KAMINKOW
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The
Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation
named
Joe Kaminkow
to its board of directors.
The L.A. Sports Council named Dave Allen, Auto Club Speedway president, and Christine Simmons, Los Angeles Sparks president, to its board of directors.
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