Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - September 8, 2025
NBA CMO TAMMY HENAULT announced that she is “stepping down to pursue other opportunities.” Marketing related functions at the league will be handled by a group of current NBA employees after Henault departs Sept. 26, including JANINE DUGRE (brand and creative), ANDY HEATLEY (media strategy), CLAISIA...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - September 5, 2025
MLB named Dir/International Operations MIGUEL MATOS head of the league’s Dominican Republic office. Matos has been a part of MLB’s staff in the Dominican Republic since 2012. He will continue to report to MLB VP/International Operations REBECCA SEESEL (MLB).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - September 4, 2025
World Archery named GREG EASTON President. Easton becomes the 10th person to hold the position, succeeding UGUR ERDENER, who had been in the role since 2005 (World Archery).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - September 3, 2025
Fanatics is set to announce the hiring of Altius Sports Partners CEO TOMMY GRAY as SVP of its college division. An official announcement is expected today. Gray, who has been with Altius for two years, has overseen the company’s evolution in NIL strategy and consulting. ASP College President ANDREW ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - September 2, 2025
Amazon Prime Video VP & Global Head of Sports and Advertising JAY MARINE and VP/Prime Video U.S. ALBERT CHENG’s roles have been “consolidated into one with Marine elevated, taking over Cheng’s responsibilities overseeing the U.S. Prime Video business.” Marine will also “continue to lead the comp...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 29, 2025
JMI Sports named KIM SHELTON SVP/NIL Strategy & Exec Dir of UK NIL. This marks JMI Sports’ first dedicated NIL hire, and she will oversee all NIL strategy company-wide, with a particular focus on the UK. Shelton from USL League One Lexington Sporting Club, where she served as CEO (JMI Sports).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 28, 2025
ESPN is promoting VP/Production SCOTT CLARK to VP & Executive Producer, overseeing all of “SportsCenter,” “ESPN Bet Live” and “Fantasy Football Now.” He will continue to report to SVP/Sports Studio & Entertainment MIKE FOSS within EVP & Executive Editor/Sports News & Entertainment DA...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 27, 2025
Commanders owner JOSH HARRIS has joined the NFL’s finance committee, filling the vacancy created when longtime Colts owner JIM IRSAY died in May. Broncos owner GREG PENNER has been appointed to the Management Council Executive Committee. Stepping down from that committee are former Packers CEO MARK ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 26, 2025
League One Volleyball announced the formation of its Advisory Board that includes: Excel Search & Advisory President CHAD BIAGINI; Sports, media and entertainment exec LYNNE FRANK; former U.S. Olympic volleyball player FOLUKE GUNDERSON; Mavericks GM NICO HARRISON; Univ. of Michigan AD WARDE MANU...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 25, 2025
Elevate is set to announce the hiring of CELINE MANGAN as VP/Business Development for College. Mangan spent the previous four years at Altius Sports Partners, most recently as the vice president of ASP College. Prior to Altius, she spent over three years at Women Leaders in Sports, where she led rev...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 22, 2025
NBC Sports named NBA Senior Manager/Communications COLLEEN WAGONER Dir of Communications, where she will lead the network’s work around the new NBA and WNBA partnerships. GREG HUGHES remains EVP, running the comms department. CHRIS MCCLOSKEY is SVP and DAN MASONSON is VP (Austin Karp, SBJ).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 21, 2025
Versant named CHARISSE WILLIAMS LARADO VP/Talent Strategy and Recruitment for Sports. Larado recently served as Senior Dir/Talent Strategy and Recruitment across NBC News, TODAY, Dateline, NBC News NOW, MSNBC and digital properties (Versant).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 20, 2025
Gardner-Webb named Wagner AD BRENDAN FAHEY as the school’s next AD. Fahey became Wagner’s AD in 2022. He began his career at Wagner in 2006 as Assistant AD/Marketing & Promotions before advancing to Deputy AD in 2009 (Gardner-Webb).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 19, 2025
Altius Sports Partners is set to hire Learfield Amplify VP TYLER REICHWEIN and FC Cincinnati Chief Commercial Officer JOHN DURBIN, sources told SBJ. Reichwein will serve as the SVP/ASP College, while Durbin will be brought on as VP/ASP College. An official announcement is expected this week (Ben Por...
Women’s sports executive transactions
The Atlanta Dream hired TRACI MESSIER as VP/communications and external affairs. Messier was previously the U.S. Soccer Federation director of corporate communications.
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 18, 2025
The Chris Paul Collective has appointed DAVID SCHWAB, an SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree, as its first President. Schwab will work alongside Clippers G CHRIS PAUL; CP3, LLC President CJ PAUL; execs CARMEN WILSON and JACQUELINE TAYLOR; and other business partners. Schwab spent more than 25 years at Octago...
On the Move: Aug. 18, 2025
Louisiana State University hired JULIE CROMER as executive deputy athletic director and chief operating officer. Cromer was athletic director at Ohio University.
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 15, 2025
Mississippi Valley State named former Alcorn State Associate AD/Compliance ROBERT RAINES Deputy AD (Mississippi Valley State).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 14, 2025
Wasserman named MAYA HERM Associate VP/Brand Strategy and Growth for The Collective. Herm joins Wasserman from sponsorship analytics firm Relo Metrics, where she was Dir/Customer Success, EMEA (Wasserman).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - August 13, 2025
Sources revealed that WYC GROUSBECK will “no longer stay on” as Celtics governor as part of the $6.1B sale of the team to BILL CHISHOLM. Sources said that the NBA BOG “was informed in recent days that Chisholm will now assume the governor title moving forward.” Grousbeck will retain the CEO title an...
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