Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions

Proskauer Rose LLP partner JON ORAM announced today is his final day at the firm. Oram -- an SBJ Forty Under 40 HOFer -- has been a partner at Proskauer for 25 years. He has most recently worked in the corporate department, is a former member of the firm’s executive committee and is a member of its ...

Nielsen named PETER NAYLOR as its first Chief Client Officer. He will report directly to Nielsen CEO KARTHIK RAO. Naylor was Netflix’s first VP/Global Advertising Sales, led sales for the Americas at Snap Inc. and served as SVP/Advertising Sales at Hulu. He also spent seven years with NBCUniversal a...

The NCAA named GEOFF SILVER VP/D-I Governance & Member Services. Silver, who has served in the position in an interim role since January, will assume the permanent role Nov. 17. Silver began his career at the NCAA in 2005. Most recently, he served as the managing director of academic and members...

Turnkey named DAN JONES President. Jones, a 2012 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree, previously served as EVP at the Chicago Sports Network. Prior to that, he spent eight years at 160over90 in a variety of senior roles. Turnkey founder and majority owner BRIAN KILLIAN, who has served as President and CEO si...

NWSL club Bay FC has hired Mets SVP/Corporate Partnerships BRENDEN MALLETTE to serve as CRO. Mallette will report to interim CEO RUSSELL WOLFF until the team permanently fills BRADY STEWART’s former position. The move marks a return to the Bay Area for Mallette, who led partnerships and business dev...

Longtime Under Armour exec DAVID BERGMAN will “depart his post” as CFO after 21 years with the company. Bergman served in the CFO role since 2017. Samsonite CFO REZA TALEGHANI “will take over in February” (BALTIMORE BANNER, 11/6).

NWSL club Gotham FC has appointed former 49ers CMO ALEX CHANG as their first CRO. He will report to Gotham CBO RYAN DILLON. Chang spent six years with the 49ers, including more than five as CMO before transitioning to a senior advisor role (Alex Silverman, SBJ).

USA Swimming has elected BRENT LANG as chair of the organization’s BOD, effective immediately. The BOD unanimously voted to approve Lang’s appointment during its most recent meeting, with the newly elected chair to serve a four-year term through September 2029. The election follows NATALIE COUGHLIN’...

The USL named Premier League Chief Football Officer TONY SCHOLES President of USL Division One, its new first-division men’s league in the U.S. Scholes will oversee the operations of the league, shaping its structure, standards and long-term development. Scholes will begin his role in Summer 2026 af...

Genesco Sports Enterprises promoted Chief Client Officer KIT GEIS to COO. The company also promoted JONAS CARR from EVP to president of consulting; ADAM BUXBAUM from SVP to president of the agency’s GSE Live experiential/activation division and ADAM NURIK from VP to group account VP overseeing the P...

LSU and AD SCOTT WOODWARD “finalized his separation from the school” last night, one day after Louisiana Gov. JEFF LANDRY said Woodward would not be the one to hire the replacement for football coach BRIAN KELLY. LSU confirmed that Woodward and the school “agreed to part ways effective immediately.”...

Legends Global has hired MATT GOODMAN as SVP/Business Development for the company’s hospitality and merchandise divisions. Goodman brings extensive sports industry experience to the role, having previously served in exec positions with the Mavericks (COO), LIV Golf (president, franchises), and NYCFC...

There are a plethora of new titles at Genesco Sports Enterprises. Kit Geis, who will have been there 25 years as of December, leads the list of promotions, having been elevated from chief client officer to COO.

KZ Provisioning hired BRI ROSAS as its new CEO. Rosas led both communications and broadcast departments for the T’Wolves and Lynx from 2018-21 before starting her consultancy, Opus Sports Partners. She will split time between N.Y. and Minneapolis, overseeing KZ’s 12 employees (Bret McCormick, SBJ).

The Royals have hired longtime Diamondbacks exec CULLEN MAXEY as their president of business operations. Maxey will start on Nov. 10 and oversee all departments except for baseball operations. BROOKS SHERMAN, who had been in the president of business operations role for the last three seasons, will ...

Bay FC CEO BRADY STEWART has stepped down from her role. The club has begun a search for the next leader of the organization and will announce a new CEO in due course. Stewart was hired to be the club’s first CEO in 2023 (Bay FC).

The USOPC has hired KOBY LANGLEY as its new COO. Langley will report to CEO SARAH HIRSHLAND and start in the role on Nov. 10. He spent more than a decade at the American Red Cross and most recently was Division VP (Rachel Axon, SBJ).

PlayOn Sports named Fandom CEO PERKINS MILLER CEO as part of the company’s planned leadership transition. DAVID RUDOLPH who founded and has led the company for 17 years, will continue in a senior leadership role overseeing video streaming and sports analytics. Miller has previously held leadership r...

MLB named ROBERT HOFMANN VP/Club Services, reporting to MLB Deputy Commissioner, Business and Media NOAH GARDEN. Hofmann last served as VP/Club Business Development at the NFL where he led the Club Consulting group. Prior to the NFL, Hofmann spent over five years as Senior Dir/Team Marketing & B...

Meadowlark Media announced BIMAL KAPADIA “will become its new CEO, succeeding” co-founder JOHN SKIPPER, who exited the company earlier this year. Kapadia had been Meadowlark’s COO since it launched (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 10/20).