ESPN named Walmart VP/Media & Digital Marketing WANDA YOUNG Senior VP/Marketing & Consumer Engagement. In the newly created role, Young will be responsible for overseeing ESPN's marketing, media, research, analytics and marketing solutions efforts. She will report to ESPN President of Global Sales & Marketing ED ERHARDT (ESPN).
EXECS: MLB named attorney JORGE PEREZ-DIAZ Senior VP and Special Counsel/Litigation & Int'l Affairs. Pérez-Diaz will be liaison to the legal counsel of all 30 MLB clubs and will manage various legal issues in the Domincan Republic, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti and throughout Latin America. He has consulted with MLB on Latin American issues since January '10. Pérez-Diaz was a partner in the Puerto Rican law firm Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez (MLB)....Miami Beach Bowl Exec Dir CARLOS PADILLA is leaving the organization to pursue other opportunities (THE DAILY)....The Packers promoted Dir of Player Personnel ELIOT WOLF to Dir of Football Operations and Dir of College Scouting BRIAN GUTEKUNST to Dir of Player Personnel (Packers)....Pocono Raceway promoted Coordinator for Digital Media & Souvenirs ERIC FLOOD to Dir of Business Development and hired CHRISTINA RODIS-DURST as Community Partnerships Specialist (THE DAILY)....The Blue Jackets hired JUSTIN BALDINGER and SAM MORGAN as Corporate Development Account Execs (THE DAILY)....USA Swimming named Fuse Media President TRICIA VANDERSLICE Dir of Content Programming (THE DAILY).
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