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The Orange Bowl committee named Miami-based Baker & McKenzie Partner LEE STAPLETON President & Chair for ’15. She has been a member of the committee since ’02. Stapleton succeeds LUIS BOUE. MICHAEL CHAVIES will become President-elect & Chair-elect, assuming the top spot in ’16. DONALD SLESNICK will serve as First Vice-Chair (Orange Bowl)....Root Sports Rocky Mountain named Fox Cable Networks and Home Team Sports VP/Advertising for the Midwest DAVE BELMONTE General Sales Manager (Root Sports)....The Orioles named Braves Media Relations Coordinator JIM MISUDEK Manager of Media Relations (Orioles)....AEG Live named The Artists Organization CEO GARY GERSH to the newly created position of President of Global Talent (AEG)....IPC Beverage Group appointed former MSG Sports and Mets exec DAVE HOWARD to its BOD, where he will helping the company develop partnerships for its EnergIce isotonic ice bar (IPC Beverage).

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