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Foot Locker today announced that KEN HICKS will retire as President & CEO of the company on Dec. 1, though he will continue as Exec Chair of the BOD through May. DICK JOHNSON will succeed Hicks as President & CEO and has been appointed to the BOD, also effective Dec. 1 (Foot Locker).

EXECS: The PGA of America named Senior PGA Championship Tournament Dir JEFFREY HINTZ to the same position for the '16 Ryder Cup (PGA of America)....MSG Co. named Nielsen Audio Exec VP & Chief Information Officer SCOTT HENRY Exec VP & Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately (MSG)....The Big East Conference named Catholic Charities of Brooklyn & Queens Associate Dir of Communications KRISTIN QUINN Assistant Commissioner for Olympic Sports & Marketing Communications. She previously worked as St. John's Univ. Assistant Dir of Athletic Communications (Big East)....The Tigers named former MLBer and manager ALAN TRAMMEL Special Assistant to President, CEO & GM DAVE DOMBROWSKI (Tigers)....The Fire named former MLSer LOGAN PAUSE VP, effective Dec. 1 (Fire).

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