Florida State Univ. promoted the following: JASON PAPPAS to Associate AD for Student-Athlete Academic Services, BRANDI STUART to Associate AD for Student Services, JOHN LATA to Assistant AD for Student Services, and RYAN PENSY to Assistant AD for Digital Media (FSU)....The Univ. of Arkansas promoted Assistant AD ERIC WOOD to Associate AD for Student-Athlete Development (Arkansas)....The Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham named Fresno State Univ. Associate AD and Exec Dir of The Bulldog Foundation COLEMAN BARNES Associate AD for Development, and Texas A&M Dir of Marketing BRAD SMITH Assistant AD for Marketing. The school also promoted Accountant TIMOTHY GARNER to Associate AD for Financial Affairs (UAB)....Pepperdine Univ. named America East Conference Associate Commissioner for Compliance/Administration and Chief of Staff BRIAN BARRIO Associate AD for Compliance (Pepperdine)....Western Carolina Univ. named TODD LAWING Associate AD for Internal Operations (WCU)....IUPUI named GAIL BARKSDALE Associate AD for Internal Operations and Senior Woman Administrator. She previously served in a similar role at Georgia State Univ. (IUPUI).
EXECS: GRAF Canada named DAVE SMALLWOOD VP/U.S. Sales & Marketing (Graf)....The Home Depot Center named ADAM DUVENDECK Manager of the facility's Velodrome and Event Center (AEG)....Tulsa World named MICHAEL PETERS Sports Editor, replacing MIKE STRAIN, who was promoted to News Editor earlier this year (TULSA WORLD, 7/17)....Synergy Events promoted the following: MIKE BOYCE to Production Manager, MEGAN KUHMANN to Account Supervisor, MELISSA LEE to Account Dir and LEANN WILBUR to Account Exec. The company also named KELLY GAYARA Graphic Designer and GRETCHEN VIOLA Account Coordinator, and hired EVAN BALTER (Synergy Events).
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