Executive Transactions

The GEM Group named MAURA PRIEM as VP & Account Dir for the company's Chicago office. Previously, Priem was Dir of Consumer Communications for electronic toy company VTech Industries (The GEM Group)....ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) named BRENDA GAIL D'CRUZ Company Secretary. D'Cruz joined ESS in March '00 as Assistant General Counsel. In addition to her new position, D'Cruz will focus on the provision of legal services to the company's Programming, Strategic Planning and Corporate Affairs divisions (ESS)....Orlimar Golf named MARK MCCLURE as senior exec of the Orlimar management team. McClure was once President & CEO of Cobra Golf (Orlimar). ...Sporting News Radio named MICHAEL KELLOGG as GM of Boston's WWZN-AM. Kellogg spent the past four years as a GM for all-sports WFNZ-AM in Charlotte (Sporting News Radio).