Palace Sports & Entertainment named Browns Senior VP/Business Development JIM ROSS Exec VP/Business Operations & Strategy. He will report to PS&E President & CEO DENNIS MANNION (PS&E)....NBCU named Turner Broadcasting Senior VP & National Sales Manager MARK MARSHALL Senior VP/Portfolio Sales (NBCU)....Competitor Group named PAUL WALSH interim CEO and GEORGE GRESHAM interim CFO until a replacement is found for SCOTT DICKEY and STEVE GINTOWT, respectively (CGI)....The L.A. Marathon named Freemark Entertainment Partner CARSTEN PREISZ VP/Brand Strategy & Marketing (L.A. Marathon)....The College of Holy Cross named Univ. of Maryland Deputy AD NATHAN PINE AD, effective February 1. Pine will replace RICHARD REGAN, who announced in July that he was stepping down (Holy Cross). Holy Cross "retained the DHR International search firm to conduct the nationwide hiring process" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 12/17)....GMR Marketing Account Exec WARD GIBSON is leaving his position to join an IT recruiting firm in Charlotte (THE DAILY).
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