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The AFL New Orleans VooDoo named Univ. of New Orleans Assistant AD BRANDON RIZZUTO GM (UNO)....The USL Pro Charlotte Independence named MICHAEL BEHRMAN COO (Independence)....Washington Univ. in St. Louis named Univ. of Illinois Assistant AD/Development CHRIS PEACOCK Deputy AD. He replaces Associate AD JOE WORLUND, who was named Graceland Univ. AD (WUSTL)....The 76ers promoted JAMES MCAULIFFE to Account Exec (THE DAILY)....The Aspire Group promoted MATT ZYGMUND to Senior Service & Retention Consultant, DOUG BEAN to Senior Group Sales Consultant and JOHN RIVERS to Team Leader & New Business Consultant, all within the Fan Relationship Management Center for Rutgers Athletics. Aspire also promoted JAY ANDERSON to Senior Sales Consultant within the Fan Relationship Management Center for UAB Athletics and STEVE MARINO to Senior Group Sales Consultant of the Fan Relationship Management Center for Western Michigan Athletics (Aspire)....Miami Univ. (Ohio) promoted Assistant Dir of Promotions ELLIE WITTER to Dir of Promotions & Fan Engagement (MU)....Buccaneers Dir of Player Development ISAIAH HARRIS "was fired Thursday, hours after he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge" of DUI (TAMPA BAY TIMES, 10/17)....Simon Fraser Univ. named McDonald's Canada Internal Communications Consultant STEVE FROST the athletic department communications head (SFU)....Under Armour appointed Neiman Marcus Group President & CEO KAREN KATZ to its BOD (UA).

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