Executive Transactions

Foot Locker promoted Lady Foot Locker President & CEO NICK GRAYSTON to Foot Locker U.S. President & CEO, replacing TIM FINN, who is retiring from the company. Foot Locker also named And 1 Exec VP/Sales KEITH DALY Lady Foot Locker President & CEO (Foot Locker).

National Sports Forum Names Mullins Senior Director

EXECS: The Hutt Sports Group promoted VP/Business Development J.P. HOLLAND to Exec VP & COO, effective immediately (Hutt Sports Group)....Minor League Baseball named JOHN COOK Exec Dir of Business Operations, replacing MISANN ELLMAKER, who is joining the staff of MLBAM. For the past five years, Cook was GM of the Single-A Florida State League Clearwater Threshers (Minor League Baseball)....The National Sports Forum promoted DAVE MULLINS to Senior Dir and JONATHAN RAYMOND to Coordinator and named BRYAN BANNER Dir of Business Development (THE DAILY)....Former ATHOC spokesperson PIERRE KOSMIDIS, “renowned for his command of French,” is joining the media staff of the Paris 2012 Olympic bid this month. STRATOS SAFIOLEAS, who worked in the ATHOC media department, has joined London 2012 (AROUNDTHERINGS.com, 1/7).

MEDIA: Comcast SportsNet promoted TOM STATHAKES to Senior VP/Programming and Senior Exec Producer and BOB AYARS to Senior VP/Technical Operations (Comcast SportsNet)....XM Satellite Radio named former KCSP-AM Program Dir MATT FISHERMAN Exec Producer for MLB programming (K.C. STAR, 1/11)....ERIC SPITZ, most recently VP/Operations & Programming of Metro/Shadow Traffic Networks for Westwood One, has been named Program Dir of N.Y.’s WFAN-AM (MEDIAWEEK, 1/10 issue).

RACING: RWI Racing named RICHARD PAYSOR GM, effective immediately. Paysor will continue to serve as VP & CEO for Rusty Wallace Inc. (RWI Racing)....After six years at RC2, South, MANDY KIRKLAND is leaving to join the Licensing & Marketing department at Bill Davis Racing (THE DAILY).

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