Executive Transactions

Mergers & acquisitions firm W.B. Grimes & Co. has launched a sports advisory group specializing in the sale and acquisition of professional sports franchises. The Sports Advisory Group will be under the direction of GEORGE MANIAS with offices in Cleveland and DC (W.B. Grimes & Co.)....Florida Int’l Univ. (FIU) named Univ. of Miami Senior Associate AD for External Relations PETE GARCIA AD, replacing RICHARD MELLO, who was appointed Associate VP & Exec Dir of the FIU Athletics Finance Corporation (FIU)....Active Marketing Group announced former Tic Toc Senior VP MARK TALKINGTON will lead business development in the Dallas region (Active Marketing Group)....Maryland-based SportsWorX named KATIE WILSON Client Services Manager (SportsWorX)....Latino Sports & Entertainment Marketing named ISELA AGUIRRE Account Supervisor (Latino Sports & Entertainment Marketing).

FLORIDA SPORTS FOUNDATION: Florida Gov. JEB BUSH appointed the following to three-year terms on the Florida Sports Foundation (FSF) BOD: The Advocacy Group Government Affairs Dir SLATER BAYLISS; Florida Chiropractic Association Sports Council President DR. JOANNE FAVA; Lowdnes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Partner LOU FREY; Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida VP/Governmental & Legislative Relations MIKE HIGHTOWER; and free agent NFL QB SHAUN KING. Attorney STEVE METZ was reappointed for another three-year term (FSF).

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