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Executive Transactions - April 10, 2024

The Bears named Heat VP & Associate General Counsel KRISTA WHITAKER EVP/Legal and Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer. The team also named Cleveland Avenue Managing Partner ANDREA ZOPP Senior Advisor/Legal and Business Affairs (Bears). This follows a series C-suite moves made in March by President & CEO KEVIN WARREN (SBJ).

Hockey Canada named Globe Theatre Exec Dir JAIME BOLDT Governance Adviser. She is the first person to hold the position. Boldt will help ensure that Hockey Canada’s governance model is “effective, sustainable and efficient” (CP, 4/9).

X Games promoted Dir/Sports and Competition & Senior Dir/Event Operations RICH BIGGE to VP/Live Events (X Games).

Trajektory named YouGov VP/Account Management ROGER PAYNE VP/Operations and CHRIS KIERNAN to the Business Development department. Payne will assume the role on April 17 (Trajektory).

Prodigy Search named DINA ALI Recruiter (Prodigy Search).

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On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp has two Big Get interviews. The first is with TNT’s Stan Van Gundy as he breaks down the NBA Playoffs from the booth. Later in the show, we hear from ESPN’s VP of Programming and Acquisitions Tim Reed as the NFL Draft gets set to kick off on Thursday night in Motown. SBJ’s Tom Friend also joins the show to share his insights into NBA viewership trends.

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SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance encounter while working at a stationery store launched her career in the sports industry. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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