EVOLUTION OF THE REVOLUTION: Former MLS Deputy
Commissioner SUNIL GULATI was named Managing Dir of Kraft
Soccer Properties overseeing the Revolution. Gulati will
also "direct operations" for the Kraft-owned MLS Clash, and
will "continue to work" as Project 2010 Managing Dir for the
USSF (BOSTON GLOBE, 10/13). Revolution GM BRIAN O'DONOVAN
was named COO of Kraft Soccer Properties and will be
responsible for the business operations and soccer
development at Foxboro Stadium (Providence JOURNAL, 10/13).
MOVIN' ON UP: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
President & COO DAVID D'ALESSANDRO will "take over" as CEO,
effective June 1, 2000. D'Alessandro will succeed STEPHEN
BROWN, who will remain as Chair. D'Alessandro will remain
as President, but "will no longer be" COO. A successor for
that position has not been named. (WALL STREET JOURNAL,
10/13). D'Alessandro "joined" John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance in '84 to "run" corporate communications and was
named President on January 1, '98 (BOSTON HERALD, 10/13).
OTHER EXECS: Executive search firm SpencerStuart has
been selected to manage the search for a new USOC CEO.
SpencerStuart U.S. Chair THOMAS NEFF and U.S. Vice Chair BOB
DAMON will direct the search (USOC)....ESPN has promoted
MIKE MISHOL to Dir of Affiliate Operations. Since joining
ESPN in '85, Mishol has been promoted three times and has
held a variety of positions in finance, sales and marketing
(ESPN)....TVG named JIMMY OLDHAM as Dir of New Media, where
he will direct TVG's interactive consumer marketing
strategies. Oldham had been Dir of Publications,
Advertising & New Media for the Rockies from '92-99 (TVG).
....Asimba.com named KURT SCHNEIDER as CEO & President.
Schneider was VP/Marketing for Fox Sports Net (Asimba.com).
