Former Nike Dir of Women's Sports Marketing SANDI
BITTLER was named the Blazers' WNBA franchise VP/Business
Affairs. Former ABL Power G KATY STEDING was named as a
community liaison on a "temporary" basis, with the "chance
it could turn into something more long-term" (Portland
OREGONIAN, 8/12)....HEIDI MOORE was named CFO for ANC Sports
Enterprises. Moore was CFO for Sunburst Communications, an
educational/software video publisher (ANC Sports)....The
Thrashers named DAN KAMAL as Dir of Radio Operations. Kamal
was a writer/field producer for CNN/SI (Thrashers). Kamal
will oversee WQXI-AM "SportksTalk 790" and WLKQ-FM and is
responsible for building the Thrashers radio affil network
(ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 8/13)....Ajay Sports named RONALD
SILBERSTEIN as CFO (Ajay)....Sports Supply Group named
TERRENCE BABILLA as COO (SSG)....PATTI-ANNE TARLTON was
named Dir of Programming & Event Marketing for the Air
Canada Centre (Air Canada Centre)....In St. Paul, Charley
Walters reports that Devil Rays Internet Manager DAVE WRIGHT
"is leaving" the team (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 8/13).