Executive Transactions

Turner Broadcasting named Exec VP & COO STEVE KOONIN Turner Entertainment Networks President, where he will add oversight of Turner Classic Movies and Court TV. Koonin reports to Turner Entertainment Group President MARK LAZARUS (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 10/25).

EXECS: OnSport named STEVE FIRESTONE Senior VP/Corporate Marketing and HEATHER KASHNER has joined the firm’s corporate consulting team (OnSport)....TSE Sports & Entertainment promoted Dir of Marketing ADAM RAUCH to VP/Promotions (TSE)....Polaris Venture Partners named Marquis Jet Partners Chair & CEO WILLIAM ALLARD Exec in Residence. Allard is a former President & COO of SFX Sports Group (Polaris Venture Partners)....Global Spectrum named LEXIE BOONE Assistant GM of the Colonia Center in Columbia, South Carolina. Boone was most recently Event Manager at Global Spectrum’s Wachovia Complex and prior to that was Colonial Center Premium Services & Event Coordinator (Global Spectrum)....The National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) named KATE COWAN Dir of Int’l Development, DANA OWEN Dir of Fulfillment and BROCK LAMBERT Dir of Hook A Kid On Golf (NAYS).

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