Orlando City SC named Octagon Brazil President ALEX LEITAO CEO (BIZJOURNALS.com, 1/21)....Wichita State named former Big 12 Commissioner KEVIN WEIBERG Sports Management Department Exec in Residence (BIZJOURNALS.com, 1/20)....The Orioles named Learfield Sports Account Exec for Clemson Tiger Sports Properties NICK KISTLER Corporate Partnership Sales Account Exec (Orioles)....Kansas State Univ. President KIRK SCHULZ will "take on a larger leadership role" as the new NCAA BOG Chair. He will serve in the role until January '17 (KANSAS.com, 1/21)....Daytona Int'l Speedway named Stanford Univ. Hoover Institution Media Relations Coordinator JACLYN MIKLOS Manager of Strategic Communications (NEWS-JOURNALONLINE.com, 1/21)....The T'Wolves named HANNAH HORNER and JENNICA ASTLEFORD Inside Sales Associates (T'Wolves)....N.Y.-based marketing firm The Strategic Agency named MKTG INC. Account Dir JASON CALABRESE to the same position and named Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment Coordinator EMILY LEWICKI Under Armour Account Exec. The agency also promoted TIM ARCHIBALD, BRENNA DYTKA, and DARBY NELSON to Account Supervisors (The Strategic Agency)....Miami (OH) Univ. promoted Dir of Compliance LISA MILLER to Assistant AD/Compliance (MU)....The independent American Association St. Paul Saints named MARK JEFFREY, CASEY ODELL and ALLISON WENKER Account Execs and JILLIAN BEARD Events Manager (Saints)....Illinois Wesleyan Univ. AD DENNIE BRIDGES will retire on July 31 (IWU)....Youth golf development organization The First Tee of Greater Chicago promoted Development Dir LISA QUINN to Exec Dir (The First Tee)....The CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers named City of Winnipeg Manager of Film & Special Events KENNY BOYCE to the club's BOD. New BOD members BILL BAINES, CHRIS LORENC, DAYNA SPRING and JAMIE WILSON also began their roles yesterday (WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.com, 1/21).
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