Sprint named Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority Marketing Dir KIMBERLY MEESTERS to the company's sports marketing team as Manager of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series sponsorship. She spent the previous three years with the CRVA working on the NASCAR HOF, Time Warner Cable Arena and other regional facilities. Meesters will report to Sprint Sports Marketing Dir TIM CONSIDINE (Tripp Mickle, SportsBusiness Journal).
EXECS: The Nets and Barclays Center promoted Senior VP/Communications BARRY BAUM to Senior VP & Chief Communications Officer (Nets)....The Red Sox named JASON VARITEK Special Assistant to the GM (ESPNBOSTON.com, 9/27)....G4S CEO NICK BUCKLES "will remain at the security firm after an internal review of the London 2012 Olympics." G4S COO DAVID TAYLOR-SMITH and Managing Dir IAN HORSEMAN SEWELL "have resigned" (London TELEGRAPH, 9/28)....KV Racing Technology released more than two dozen employees, including GM MARK JOHNSON and Team Manager TOM WURTZ. Johnson is "said to be heading to Dragon Racing (INDYSTAR.com, 9/27)....Fordham Univ. named Colgate Univ. AD DAVID ROACH to the same position (Fordham)....Le Moyne College named Syracuse Univ. Dir of Regional Programs & Alumni Relations KASHA GODLESKI Associate AD/Advancement (Le Moyne)....SUNY-Oswego promoted Assistant AD CORA BRUMLEY to interim AD (SUNY-Oswego).
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