Marketing veteran PETE THURESSON is going to work for Roush Fenway Racing as the team’s new Senior VP/Sales & Business Development. Thuresson will report to RFR President STEVE NEWMARK. He comes to the team from Fox Sports in Chicago, where he was chief of national partnerships. Prior to joining Fox, Thuresson founded the Professional Sports Network (PSN); an aggregator of leading Minor League Baseball properties, and established a national marketing platform for Triple-A and Double-A baseball (Michael Smith, SportsBusiness Journal).
EXECS: USC promoted Senior Associate AD STEVE LOPES to COO & CFO, TIM TESSALONE to Senior Associate AD/Media Relations, HATCHER PARNELL to Associate AD/Operations, MARILEE PISCHEL to Associate AD & Human Relations Dir, MONICA MORITA to Assistant AD/Student Services, JOHN MOSBACH to Assistant AD/Academic Advising and GREGORY MILLWARD to Development Dir (USC)….Columbia Univ. named Eastern Illinois Univ. associate professor BRENT WALKER Associate AD/Championship Performance (Columbia)….North Georgia College & State Univ. named MILLEDGE AUSTIN Assistant AD/Sports Communication (NGCSU)….The Univ. of Indianapolis promoted Assistant AD/Facilities & Operations SCOTT YOUNG to Associate AD/Compliance, BOB BRUBECK to Facilities & Operations Dir and Assistant Sports Information Dir JACKIE PAQUETTE to Senior Woman Administrator (UIndy)….Daily Racing Form named LOU MONACO Programming Manager (THE DAILY).
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