George Mason Univ. has extended the contract of AD TOM O'CONNOR through '14. He is in his 17th year at the school (GMU)....Southeast Missouri State Univ. AD JOHN SHAFER announced his retirement, effective June 30. Shafer joined the school in '08 (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 6/17)....Willamette Univ. promoted Associate Dean of Campus Life DAVID RIGSBY to AD (Willamette).....Southern Illinois Univ. named Bradley Univ. Assistant Dir of Ticket Operations TEMEKA SAMUELS Dir of Athletic Ticketing & Donor Management (SIU).
NAMES: Nike announced that JILL CONWAY and RALPH DENUNZIO are retiring from the company's BOD (Nike)....Gulfstream Park President & GM STEVE CALABRO has resigned (MIAMIHERALD.com, 6/16)....U.S. Figure Skating named Booth Michigan newspapers Regional Content Editor BARBARA REICHERT Dir of Communications (U.S. Figure Skating)....The 49ers named DAN BECKLER PR Coordinator (SACBEE.com, 6/16)....Triple-A PCL Sacramento River Cats President, COO & GM ALAN LEDFORD announced his resignation, effective June 24. He intends to pursue other business interests in the sports and entertainment industry (River Cats)....FutureTix named Learfield Sports Dir of Sales Analytics & Services SHANE COGHLAN Dir of Consulting (FutureTix).
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