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Executive Transactions

Turner/SI Digital has restructured its exec team for digital ad sales under Exec VP WALKER JACOBS. KEN SHAPIRO is now Senior VP/National Sales Manager, leading efforts for SI, Golf.com, PGA.com, PGATour.com, and NBA Digital, among other areas. SETH LADETSKY has been promoted Senior VP/N.Y. Sales Manager, leading efforts for the NCAA Digital and NASCAR partnerships and maintaining a more Northeast regional focus. ANDREA CHING will remain Senior VP/Promotions Marketing. LARRY GELFAND, who joined Turner/SI Digital late last year from the NHL as Senior VP/Digital Ad Sales, is no longer with the company (Eric Fisher, SportsBusiness Journal).

EXECS: Quiksilver promoted Americas Region President CRAIG STEVENSON to Global Brand President & COO. Quiksilver Americas Region COO ROB COLBY will succeed Stevenson as President (Quiksilver)....The MLS Crew promoted ANDREW ARTHURS to Senior VP/Soccer Business Development (THE DAILY)....The Padres named Mets Amateur Scouting Dir CHAD MACDONALD VP & Assistant GM of Player Personnel (Padres)....N.Y.-based technology firm IOMEDIA named MLS Red Bulls VP/Marketing & Sales ANDREW LAFIOSCA Dir of Sales & Marketing for Sports & Entertainment (Fisher)....The National Basketball Retired Players Association named former Phoenix Int'l Raceway Dir of Communications PAUL CORLISS Senior Dir of Communications & Special Projects (THE DAILY)....The America East Conference named MARY MULVENNA Assistant Commissioner for Compliance (THE DAILY)....New York-based marketing firm Cenergy named COLLEEN SPERRY AUNGST Account Dir, LAUREN BRAUNSCHWEIGER Account Manager and MATTHEW GRECO Account Coordinator (Cenergy).

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