Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 17, 2025
PGA Tour Superstore CEO & Exec Chair DICK SULLIVAN will retire from his day-to-day duties as CEO this summer. He will remain in the exec chair position and will stay on as CEO until his successor is found. Sullivan has been running the company since it had only 10 stores when ARTHUR BLANK bought...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 16, 2025
Athletes Unlimited Softball League named KIM NG as the league’s first commissioner. Since last summer, Ng had been the league’s senior advisor helping develop the teams and structure of the AUSL, including overseeing operations for the league. From 2021-23 she served as general manager of the Marlin...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 15, 2025
The 76ers hired JACKLIN RHOADS as VP/Corporate Communications. Rhoads joins the franchise after a decade in politics, most recently working in communications for Pennsylvania Gov. JOSH SHAPIRO. While there, she led planning from a state perspective for FIFA World Cup, NFL Draft, MLB All Star Game. R...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 14, 2025
USA Swimming has hired GREG MEEHAN as its national team managing director. The former Stanford women’s coach served as the head coach of the Olympic team for the Tokyo Games as well as the assistant coach in 2016 (Rio) and 2024 (Paris). In the role, Meehan will be responsible for the national team p...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 11, 2025
Elevate has promoted Chief Business Officer, Marketplace JONATHAN MARKS to Chief Business Officer, Elevate College & Global Marketplace. Marks, a 2024 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree, founded Dynamic Pricing Partners in 2014 before Elevate acquired the company and rebranded it as Elevate Marketplace ...
Denver NWSL team taps Bay FC’s Jen Millet as president
The incoming NWSL expansion team based in Denver has hired Bay FC COO JEN MILLET as its president and first employee. Millet, who went to Cherry Creek High School near Denver before attending the Univ. of Colorado Boulder, brings recent experience launching an NWSL franchise, having led Bay FC’s bus...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 10, 2025
Reese’s Senior Bowl has hired West Virginia Univ. GM and Dir of Scouting DREW FABIANICH as its new Exec Dir. Fabianich was in his role at WVU from 2023-24. He replaces JIM NAGY, who left after seven years to become GM at the Univ. of Oklahoma (AL.com ,4/9).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 9, 2025
Dr. Phil’s MeritTV named KEN SOLOMON President & CEO. Solomon, who served as President of Tennis Channel since 2005, has been a board member and senior advisor at the Merit Street Media brand since its launch in 2024. Prior to Tennis Channel, Solomon was President of Universal Television, co-hea...
LAFC names Stacy Johns Chief Business Officer
LAFC has promoted COO Stacy Johns to Chief Business Officer as part of a restructuring of the club’s executive leadership team. She will take over day-to-day responsibility for both LAFC and BMO Stadium, which is also home to NWSL club Angel City FC.
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 8, 2025
Northwestern named Deputy AD & Assistant VP/Development JESSE MARKS CRO. Marks is the first to assume the new role. He will oversee revenue-generating functions across the athletic department and will also continue to have a leadership role with the new Ryan Field. Marks first joined Northwester...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 7, 2025
Sources indicated that RedBird Capital Partners is hiring ATP CEO MASSIMO CALVELLI as an “operating partner,” with Calvelli set to join “in July.” Calvelli will “work closely with” CCO BRANDON SNOW on “commercializing RedBird’s sports, media and entertainment assets outside the US, while Snow will f...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 4, 2025
Puma announced that CEO ARNE FREUNDT is “leaving due to differing views with the company’s supervisory board on strategy execution.” Freundt’s departure will be effective on April 11 after 14 years in various positions, including the CEO role since November 2022. Puma said that former Adidas executi...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 3, 2025
Togethxr has named NANCY DUBUC Exec Chair. In the newly created position, Dubuc will “hold a seat on the board and lead the company’s growth strategy.” She has been consulting for Togethxr for the past six months. Dubuc was formerly CEO of Vice beginning in 2018 until she stepped down months before ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 2, 2025
The CFL named longtime Bell Media and TSN exec STEWART JOHNSTON Commissioner. Johnston most recently served as President at TSN and SVP/Content at Bell Media. Incumbent CFL Commissioner RANDY AMBROSIE will continue to lead the day-to-day operations of the league office until Johnston officially take...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - April 1, 2025
Crypto.com Arena, Peacock Theater and LA Live President LEE ZEIDMAN is stepping down once the Lakers’ and Kings’ postseason runs conclude. He was the first employee hired at Crypto.com Arena in February 1997, following 10 years overseeing the LA Forum. Zeidman estimates that he worked 6,500 events d...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - March 31, 2025
NASCAR promoted President STEVE PHELPS to the newly created position of commissioner, making him the first person in company history to hold that title. Phelps, a two-time SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree, will remain on NASCAR’s BOD. NASCAR is also elevating COO STEVE O’DONNELL as Phelps’ successor, maki...
On the Move: March 31, 2025
The Baltimore Orioles named TONY MAYHOFF vice president of corporate partnerships. Mayhoff was senior vice president and chief commercial officer at JR Motorsports.
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - March 28, 2025
USA Swimming interim CEO SHANA FERGUSON will join LA28 as its Chief of Sport & Games Delivery, joining the organizing committee after six years at the NGB. Ferguson -- a 2023 SBJ Game Changers honoree -- had been the national governing body’s CCO & COO before taking over as interim CEO in Se...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - March 27, 2025
Foot Locker named EVP & Chief Commercial Officer FRANKLIN BRACKEN President. He will continue reporting to CEO MARY DILLON. Bracken joined Foot Locker in 2010 and has held several senior leadership roles across the company. Prior to Foot Locker, Bracken held senior management roles at The Coca-C...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - March 26, 2025
The Fire named TED GLICK Chief Ticketing Officer and SVP/Stadium Programming & Events. He will assume the role on April 1 and report to President of Business Operations DAVE BALDWIN. Glick -- a 2020 SBJ New Voices Under 30 honoree -- most recently worked at Legends as SVP/Global Sales (Alex Silv...
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