Executive Transactions

Fox Int'l Channels has named LIZ DOLAN to the newly created position of CMO. Most recently, Dolan served as CMO for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. She previously served as Corporate VP & Dir of Global Marketing for Nike (Fox)....Sportsman Channel has hired ESPN Senior Dir of Programming & Acquisitions GREG TRAGER as VP/Programming & Production, effective Feb. 1 (Sportsman Channel)....Homestead-Miami Speedway has hired WPS Atlanta Beat GM & COO SHAWN MCGEE as VP/Sales & Marketing (Homestead-Miami)....Blood-Horse Publications has appointed ERIC MITCHELL Exec VP. He will retain his primary role of Editorial Dir & Editor-in-Chief of The Blood-Horse (BLOODHORSE.com, 1/17)....Competitor Group has promoted Inside Triathlon Senior Editor COURTNEY BAIRD to Editor-in-Chief of the publication (Competitor Group)....ANC Sports Enterprises has promoted MARK STROSS to Chief Technology Officer (ANC Sports)....Hendrick Motorsports has promoted SHANNON HOOPER to Manager of Partnership Development and BETH JONES to Manager of Hospitality & Events. Hendrick also has hired JAKE BACKER and BRIAN JOHNSON as Account Execs and SEAN PRAGANO as Video Production Coordinator (Hendrick)....The Padres have hired RAY CHAN as Network Administrator, YI ZHUANG as Business Analyst, MATT WEBB as Manager of Partnership Services and KATHLENE GUSEL as Help Desk Administrator (Padres)....Indianapolis-based motorsports marketing agency Avocado, LLC has hired MONICA HILTON as Dir of PR (Avocado).

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