Executive Transactions

Churchill Downs Inc. Wednesday laid off VP/Programming & Product Development TOM ARONSON, who has been with the company since '07. Aronson plans to resume his role as President of consulting company Racing Resource Group, which he founded in '89 (DRF.com, 7/15)....Ski apparel manufacturer Spyder Active Sports hired former Burton President THOMAS MCGANN as CEO, as well as DOUG HOOD as CFO (Spyder)....Centerplate hired former Balmoral Race Track GM DOUG CLEMENTS as GM/Operations (Centerplate)....The ECHL promoted Dir of Marketing & Licensing TARA CRANE to VP/Marketing & Licensing (ECHL).

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