Football
The Baltimore Ravens promoted CHAD STEELE to senior vice president of communications , HEATHER DARNEY to vice president of community relations and PATRICK GLEASON to vice president of public relations . KEVIN BYRNE , executive vice president of public and community relations , announced he will retire next month.
Hockey
The ECHL Allen Americans named MIKE WADDELL president . Waddell was president of the Alliance of American Football Orlando Apollos.
Esports
Activision Blizzard named HELAINE KLASKY chief communications officer . Klasky was chief communications officer at SoundExchange.
Riot Games hired ALEX FRANCOIS as head of competitive operations . Francois was manager of football operations and rules administration at the NFL.
Marketing
Translation named ANN WOOL president . Wool was chief integration officer at Ketchum Sports and Entertainment.
Truist named JOE SMITH head of sponsorships and regional marketing . Smith was senior vice president of global sponsorship marketing at Bank of America.
Media
Fox Sports named MICHAEL EHRLICH senior director of brand communications . Ehrlich was vice president of marketing communications at Independent Sports & Entertainment.
Penske Media Corp.’s Sportico platform named DICK GLOVER president and CEO and SCOTT SOSHNICK editor-in-chief and head of content . Glover previously held the same post at Mandalay Sports, while Soshnick was a columnist at Bloomberg.
Sports Commissions
Visit Milwaukee named MARISSA WERNER director of sports development .
Visit Plano named ALYSHA CARSE sports sales manager .
The Rockford Area (Ill.) Convention and Visitors Bureau promoted KRISTEN PAUL to director of destination development and NICK POVALITIS to vice president of marketing and sports development .
Tulsa (Okla.) Regional Tourism hired ASHLEIGH BACHERT vice president of sales .
Technology
Addaday named HUGH WILLIAMS chief marketing officer and KRISTIN GOETT communications director .
Intel Sports hired JESSICA DAVID as marketing manager of sports partnerships . David was director of marketing at SeventySix Capital.
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