Executive Transactions

GOLF: Callaway Golf appointed SRI Int'l Chair SAMUEL ARMACOST and commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield Chair JOHN CUSHMAN to the company's BOD, effective immediately (Callaway)....Nike Golf promoted Dir of Strategic Planning STEVE EKLUND to CFO (GOLF WORLD BUSINESS, 4/18).

EXECS: Former Momentum Sports Senior VP GARY PLUCHINO has joined IMG in N.Y. as a Senior VP in the property/rights holder representation unit (THE DAILY)....The Broncos named RICH SLIVKA as General Counsel & Senior VP/Administration (Broncos)....K2 named Ernst & Young west coast corporate finance practice Senior Partner DUDLEY MENDENHALL as Senior VP/Finance, Asia Global Crossing Associate General Counsel MONTE BAIER as VP & General Counsel and promoted Senior VP/Finance JOHN RANGEL to Senior VP & CFO. Delafield Hambrecht Senior Equity Analyst R.J. Jones said that the hirings "indicate K2 is quickly moving to make further acquisitions in the sporting goods industry" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 4/18)....Nike named GERALD KARVER as VP of Nike Apparel operations. Karver has been with Nike since '82, most recently as divisional VP/Footwear Product Creation (Nike)....The USTA named THOMAS ZWICKE as Dir of Facility Operations for the USTA National Tennis Center. Zwicke previously was an exec at the Nassau Coliseum and MSG (USTA)....The Double A TX League Frisco RoughRiders named BRENT STEHLIK as Dir of Sales. Most recently, Stehlik was Dir of Group Sales for the Lightning, Storm and St. Petersburg Times Forum (THE DAILY)....Richmond Int'l Raceway named MATTHEW BECHERER as Dir of Marketing, replacing DEBBIE WELLER, who was promoted to a marketing position at Daytona Int'l Speedway (RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, 4/20).

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