Executive Transactions

The Cubs confirmed that the “interim” tag has been removed and JOHN MCDONOUGH’s title is President. The team never made a formal announcement about the move (DAILY SOUTHTOWN, 2/27)....American Skiing Co. Founder & former CEO LESLIE OTTEN has resigned from the company’s BOD amid speculation that the Utah-based company “may be looking to sell its Sunday River and Sugarloaf USA ski resorts in Maine.” The company recently announced it was selling its resorts in Vermont and New Hampshire, leaving it with only the two resorts in Maine and The Canyons in Utah (AP, 2/26)....Career Sports & Entertainment named WILLIAM PATE President. Pate, who was CMO for Retail Markets at BellSouth, “is among many executives who decided to leave the company” after it was bought by AT&T in December (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 2/27).

MOVING FORE-WARD: SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL’s Liz Mullen reports Wasserman Media Group (WMG) “has launched a golf player representation division,” naming IMG Head of Recruiting JAY DANZI Dir of Golf. WMG Management President ARN TELLEM: “We hired him with a long-term perspective to build a golf division.” Danzi’s clients, including BEN CURTIS and HUNTER MAHAN, will remain with IMG as he “was not able to take clients with him” (SBJ, 2/26 issue).

EXECS: Learfield Sports named three-time Olympian SUZY FAVOR HAMILTON Account Exec for Badger Sports Properties at the Univ. of Wisconsin, her alma mater (Learfield Sports)....Just Marketing Int’l (JMI) has added new offices in N.Y., Charlotte and Toronto, and named the following: NASCAR Dir of Business Solutions EVAN FRANKEL Senior Dir of Strategic Marketing, heading the N.Y. office; Sprint Manager of Business Development CHRISTIAN CINGOLANI Dir of Business-to-Business Partnerships, working out of the Charlotte office; Bentley Motors Manager of PR for North America PAIGE JOHNSON Dir of Communications; former Aston Martin Racing exec NEAL GARRARD Sales & Marketing Dir; and Player’s Racing Marketing Manager JOSH SURMANSKI Group Account Supervisor for Canada (JMI)....VPC Inc., an event and multimedia firm, named Orioles In-Game Entertainment Manager JASON SIEMER Producer (VPC)....Coors Field PA Announcer ALAN ROACH is stepping down after 14 years. Roach, who has also been the announcer for the last two Super Bowls, said that he was leaving the Rockies “because of family responsibilities and other professional opportunities” (AP, 2/26).

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