LANCE LOPES has resigned as Packers VP & General Counsel to pursue other interests on the West Coast. Lopes joined the team in September '93 (Packers)....USTA CFO & Dir of Administration ROBERT GEBBIE has resigned (Mult., 5/20). ...PHYLLIS HOWARD was named President of the U.S. Figure Skating Association. She is the USFSA's 27th President and only the second woman to serve in this capacity (USFSA)....The SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL's Daniel Kaplan reports that the XFL named STEVE GRIFFITH as Dir of Communications. Griffith, who helped oversee publicity for the Success Magazine Tour for the past five years, will be on the XFL's exec committee (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 5/22 issue)....Orca Bay VP/Communications & Community Investment KEVIN GASS "will leave" the company at the end of June. He will also step down as Exec Dir of the Canucks and Grizzlies charitable foundations (Vancouver PROVINCE, 5/20)....Former Browns VP/Communications & Public Affairs ALEX MARTINS, who left the franchise after one year, has rejoined the Magic as a consultant through August. Martins was RDV Sports Senior Dir of Communications before joining the Browns in December '98 (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 5/21)....In Minneapolis, Sid Hartman reported that Twins Community Affairs Manager DARRELL CUNNINGHAM "is moving on to pursue other opportunities" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 5/21).
