The WTA has named Octagon Managing Dir of Tennis & Global Initiatives MICKY LAWLER President, effective Jan. 1. She will report to WTA Chair & CEO STACEY ALLASTER and be responsible for driving the organization's int'l growth strategy, business development, marketing and fan-engagement programs, plus member and industry relations. She will be based out of the WTA's global HQs in St. Petersburg, Fla. (WTA).
EXECS: The Baseball Writers Association of America on Saturday elected Houston Chronicle writer JOSE DE JESUS ORTIZ President (THE DAILY)....The Univ. of Nebraska named Husker IMG Sports Marketing VP & GM DAVID WITTY Senior Associate AD/Marketing & Communications (Nebraska)....RSE Ventures' Ascendant Sports Group named FanVision Senior VP & Chief Revenue Officer TED VAN ZELST VP/Business Development, ESPN Associate Manager of Ad Sales Marketing STEPHANIE MARCIANO Manager of Sales Communications & Account Management and IMG Sales & Marketing Assistant CHARLES DE CABROL Senior Coordinator of Business Development & Partnership Marketing. The firm also hired NIHA REDDY and MICHAEL SCHENKER as Coordinators for Business Development & Partnership Marketing (THE DAILY)....The Univ. of Arkansas-Monticello promoted MATT WHITING to Associate AD/External Operations (UAM)....Detroit Free Press baseball writer JOHN LOWE "has decided to retire." He "will work with journalism majors in Austin, Texas, where he will reside" (BOSTON GLOBE, 10/26).
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