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SBD/Issue 195/Sports Industrialists
Executive Transactions
Published July 7, 2006
NASCAR and the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority (CRVA) named Duke Energy
Carolinas VP/Economic & Business Development WINSTON KELLEY Exec Dir of
the NASCAR HOF. Kelley will continue to serve as a race reporter for MRN Radio,
as he has since the late ’80s (NASCAR). Kelley’s start date and salary
are still uncertain, and CRVA CEO TIM NEWMAN said Kelley’s contract is
still being negotiated. Newman said that Kelley was “one of a dozen finalists”
out of more than 100 applications for the position (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 7/7).
WHAT’S SHAKING? The A’s named VP/Sales & Marketing DAVID ALIOTO Exec VP of Earthquakes Soccer LLC, the first soccer personnel appointment since the May 24 announcement that MLS and A’s Owners LEW WOLFF and JOHN FISHER had formed a partnership seeking to bring an MLS team back to the Bay Area (A’s). In San Jose, Dylan Hernandez reports Alioto will vacate his A’s position on September 1. Alioto said that the A’s would open an office for their soccer operations in San Jose next month (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 7/7).
EXECS: Execute Sports named TODD HAHN CEO. Most recently, Hahn worked for the Familie, a sports agency owned by Wasserman Media Group, and prior to that, he co-founded Action Sports Management (Execute Sports)....Conover Tuttle Pace named MARK BAPPE Associate Creative Dir and RICH SHIDELER agency copy writer (Conover Tuttle Pace).
FRANCHISE: The Magic promoted Dir of Communications JOEL GLASS to VP/Communications, Dir of Sales Training MURRAY COHN to Senior Dir of Ticket Sales, Assistant Dir of Fan Relations PAUL MOLETTEIRE to Dir of Fan Relations, Fan Relations Manager BILL MAUGER to Assistant Dir of Fan Relations and Accounting Manager JANE MACKEY to Assistant Controller (Magic)....The WNBA Lynx named WNBA Senior Dir of Player Personnel ANGELA TAYLOR VP/Business Development. Also, the T’Wolves named WCCO-CBS Producer MATT CHAPMAN Dir of Broadcasting (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 7/7)....Sunrise Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) named Texans Dir of Corporate Development TED MAJOR Senior Dir of Corporate Sales (SS&E).
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WHAT’S SHAKING? The A’s named VP/Sales & Marketing DAVID ALIOTO Exec VP of Earthquakes Soccer LLC, the first soccer personnel appointment since the May 24 announcement that MLS and A’s Owners LEW WOLFF and JOHN FISHER had formed a partnership seeking to bring an MLS team back to the Bay Area (A’s). In San Jose, Dylan Hernandez reports Alioto will vacate his A’s position on September 1. Alioto said that the A’s would open an office for their soccer operations in San Jose next month (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 7/7).
EXECS: Execute Sports named TODD HAHN CEO. Most recently, Hahn worked for the Familie, a sports agency owned by Wasserman Media Group, and prior to that, he co-founded Action Sports Management (Execute Sports)....Conover Tuttle Pace named MARK BAPPE Associate Creative Dir and RICH SHIDELER agency copy writer (Conover Tuttle Pace).
FRANCHISE: The Magic promoted Dir of Communications JOEL GLASS to VP/Communications, Dir of Sales Training MURRAY COHN to Senior Dir of Ticket Sales, Assistant Dir of Fan Relations PAUL MOLETTEIRE to Dir of Fan Relations, Fan Relations Manager BILL MAUGER to Assistant Dir of Fan Relations and Accounting Manager JANE MACKEY to Assistant Controller (Magic)....The WNBA Lynx named WNBA Senior Dir of Player Personnel ANGELA TAYLOR VP/Business Development. Also, the T’Wolves named WCCO-CBS Producer MATT CHAPMAN Dir of Broadcasting (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 7/7)....Sunrise Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) named Texans Dir of Corporate Development TED MAJOR Senior Dir of Corporate Sales (SS&E).
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