Monumental Sports & Entertainment named NBA Kings Senior VP/Corporate Partnerships TOM HUNT to the same position(MSE)....Wasserman Media Group named Brandthink Exec VP THAYER LAVIELLE VP/Consulting. Lavielle, who previously worked as JR Motorsports VP/Brand Marketing, will be based in WMG's Raleigh office (THE DAILY)....ESPN promoted two executives in its PR department. AMY PHILLIPS now is Senior Dir of Communications, overseeing ad sales, affiliate sales, marketing/research, consumer marketing and digital media. NATE SMELTZ now is Dir of Communications, leading ESPN's NBA and MLB communications efforts (John Ourand, THE DAILY).
EXECS: Global Entertainment Corp. promoted Exec VP & Chief Administrative Officer STEVEN LEE to COO. Also, CFO CHARLES MATHEWS resigned from the company (Global Entertainment)....Sports Investment Partners named JOHN CONNOLLY Partner. He will complete his term as Deloitte Senior Partner & CEO and Global Board Chair on May 31....Atlanta-based CSE named MATT CLEMENT Media Services Senior Producer, BOBBY HEIGHT Client Representation Marketing Dir and STEFAN MANFORD Experiential Marketing Senior Manager....Strategic promoted Account Dir CHAD MANCINI to Group Account Dir....Premier Partnerships promoted Valuation Practice Senior Consultant & Dir STEPHANIE CHENG to Marketing Services Senior Dir....The Texans named Ernst & Young Assurance Services Senior Accountant ZACH SCHULTE Senior Accountant....GroupM ESP named STEPHANIE CASPER Account Exec and ERICA DIESEL, STACY GROBE and MELINDA MICHAUD Account Managers. The company also promoted the following: LINDSEY O'NEIL to Account Manager, MARISSA WESELOH to Account Dir and AUTUMN NAZARIAN to VP (THE DAILY).
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