True North Sports & Entertainment yesterday formally introduced Blackhawks Assistant GM & Senior Dir of Hockey Operations KEVIN CHEVELDAYOFF as Exec VP & GM of Winnipeg's new NHL franchise. True North also named CRAIG HEISINGER Assistant GM & Dir of Hockey Operations (WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, 6/9)....Learfield Sports hired STEVE TUCKER as Manager of Business Development for its Penn State Sports Properties group. Tucker previously worked for Plum TV and Fox Cable Sports (Learfield)....The Volvo Ocean Race has hired JON BRAMLEY as Communications Dir and OLIVIER BREMONT as Commercial Dir (Volvo Ocean Race)....The 49ers have hired Caesars Interactive Entertainment Events & Partnership Marketing Manager ANGELE MARSHALL as Event Marketing Manager....The Suns and WNBA Mercury have hired Hawks and Thrashers Ticket Sales Rep IAN SOLOMON as Account Experience Specialist....The World TeamTennis Sacramento Capitals have hired JENNIFER YURKO as Dir of Operations (THE DAILY)....The 4A's, the national trade association of advertising agencies, has announced its BOD for '11-12. Crispin Porter + Bogusky Chair CHUCK PORTER will continue as Chair of the 4A's, while Momentum Worldwide Chair & CEO CHRIS WEIL will serve as Vice Chair and Partners + Napier CEO SHARON NAPIER will serve as Secretary-Treasurer (4A's).
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