The '17 Phoenix Final Four Local Organizing Committee named Arizona Office of Tourism Exec Dir DEBBIE JOHNSON and Native Insight President & CEO DAN LEWIS "co-chairs of the group’s board" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 3/29)....CAA named Infront Sports & Media Dir of Strategic Development MATTEO PERALE Head of Strategy & Corporate Development (CAA). Perale will be based in L.A. CAA said that his appointment was "meant to bolster its corporate management ranks as the agency continues to acquire disparate businesses around the world, many of them tied to sports and digital ventures" (VARIETY.com, 3/29)....WTA Louisville Int'l Open Tournament Dir WHITNEY COLLINS-THOMPSON resigned on Monday. She said that her resignation was spurred by "personal considerations rather than professional issues" (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 3/30)....IRG Sports + Entertainment named AARON WEISS Palm Beach Int'l Raceway President and DARREN THOMPSON IHRA VP/Administration & Logistics (IRG)....Bowling equipment manufacturer QubicaAMF Worldwide named ROGER CREAMER Dir of Int'l Relations & Sport Development (QubicaAMF).
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