EPL club Chelsea appointed former Liverpool Managing Dir CHRISTIAN PURSLOW as its head of global commercial activities. Purslow will "lead Chelsea’s attempt to expand their brand as they seek to become a growing force on and off the field." He joined Liverpool in June ‘09 (GUARDIAN, 10/27)....Back9Network named Wasserman Media Group Managing Dir of Action Sports & Olympics STEVE ASTEPHEN, Fenway Sports Group partner TOM DIBENEDETTO, Phoenicia Sports & Entertainment Chair, Founder & CEO CHRIS LENCHESKI and Grayhawk Development President & Owner GREGG TRYHUS to its recently formed advisory board (Back9Network)....The Padres named Dodgers VP/Amateur Scouting LOGAN WHITE Senior Advisor to the GM & Pro Scouting Dir. White spent 13 seasons with the Dodgers (Padres)....The NHL Panthers named Assistant to the GM ERIC JOYCE GM of the AHL San Antonio Rampage (Panthers)....The MLL Ohio Machine promoted Dir of Corporate Sponsorship GREGG KLEIN to VP/Business Operations (Machine)....Ohio State Univ. promoted DRAKE BOLON to Assistant AD/Marketing & Sales (OSU)....The Univ. of Illinois named Univ. of Cincinnati Associate AD/Marketing & Strategic Communications BRAD WURTHMAN Associate AD/Marketing & Fan Development (UI)....Auburn Univ.-Montgomery named Texas Tech Univ. Tutorial Coordinator ANDREE' HOUSTON Assistant AD/Compliance (AUM).
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