The AFL Toronto Phantoms named JOEL SUTHERLAND as CFO.
Sutherland was Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
WILNA BEHR was named VP/Sales & Marketing after spending six
years at House of Blues Concerts Canada. STEPHEN ADLER was
named Dir of Public & Media Relations. Adler was National
Coordinator & Dir of Broadcasting/Media Relations for the
Double A Texas League Wranglers and National Baseball
Congress. JACEY CHAE was named Ticket Manager and Exec
Assistant to the CEO/CFO after serving in the financial
industry. CRISTA BAZOS was named Dir of Special Events.
Bazos was a Corporate Entertainment exec for NFL Europe and
the Scottish Claymores. DAWN CLARKE was named Dir of Group
Sales and Office Manager. Clarke joins the Phantoms after
serving as Operations Supervisor at the SkyDome (Phantoms).
OTHER APPOINTMENTS: NC-based Capital Sports Management
named WINKIE LA FORCE as Exec VP & GM of Events. La Force
will develop and direct the company's new USA Masters Games
property. La Force was President & CEO of the NC Bid
Committee for the 2007 Pan American Games (Capital Sports
Management)....The WNBA Starzz named RON GOCH as VP/Business
Operations and KELLY CHOPUS as VP/Ticket Sales, replacing
KIM FREE, who stepped down at the end of the '00 season
(SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 11/29). ...The Pacers named J. WILLIAM
KINGSTON as Dir of the Pacers Foundation for Pacers Sports &
Entertainment. Kingston will be responsible for improving
the departments, fundraising, creating community awareness
and developing promotional materials (Pacers)....thePit.com
named BRIAN BENCZKOWSKI as Assistant General Counsel &
Senior VP/Business Development. Benczkowski spent the past
three years as legal counsel to U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici (R-
NM) (THE DAILY)....N.Y.-based Strategic Sports Group named
TINA GRUTSCH as Senior Account Exec. Previously, Grutsch
managed CollegeLink.com's overall marketing communications
objectives (Strategic Sports Group).