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Amazon named former Seahawks & Sounders Chief Commercial Officer ERIC MASTALIR Principal for Business Development. He is focusing on sports, media and social verticals (THE DAILY)....Charlotte Motor Speedway promoted Dir of Guest Services & Logistics LINDSAY METCALFE to Senior Dir of Ticket Services & Operations. The track also named TicketMaster Senior Client Support Specialist JASON CHRISTOFFERSON Dir of Ticketing Operations & Services (CMS)....The Univ. of Maryland promoted Associate AD/Major Gifts TROY WAINWRIGHT to Senior Associate AD/Stewardship & Alumni Relations (UM)....Oregon State Univ. named BYU Assistant AD & Dir of Football Operations ZACH NYBORG Associate AD & Chief of Staff (OREGONLIVE.com, 12/22)....Texas-based home furnishings chain At Home named RadioShack CMO JENNIFER WARREN to the same position. Warren was "responsible for last year’s Super Bowl ad that used 1980s celebrities to poke fun" at RadioShack's "outdated image" (STAR-TELEGRAM.com, 12/22)....Jacksonville State Univ. named Senior Associate AD GREG SEITZ interim AD (JSU)....California State Univ.-East Bay named Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver AD JOAN MCDERMOTT to the same position (CSUEB)....Northwest Nazarene Univ. AD BILL RAPP announced that he is stepping down. The school named Associate AD KELLI LINDLEY Acting AD (NNU).

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