ESPN shifted MARIE DONOGHUE to a new role as Exec VP/Global Business & Content Strategy. She will continue to report to ESPN President JOHN SKIPPER, but will work more closely with Disney's corporate strategy team. Donoghue will continue to oversee FiveThirtyEight and The Undefeated, in addition to ESPN’s business affairs, business development and strategy group (John Ourand, Staff Writer).
LINE SHIFTS: The NHL Kings named DEREK ARMSTRONG Dir of Hockey Programming & Curriculum, SCOTT EMERY Manager of Corporate Partnership Sales and TRICIALEE FRIEDMAN Digital Media Producer. The team also promoted the following: MICHAEL BRADY to Account Exec; LISA DOLAN, TJ CORMIER and STEPHANIE NIENHUIS to Senior Account Execs; CHEYENNE CANTOR to Coordinator of Sales & Service; CHRIS WOHLERS to Producer; CHRIS CROTTY to Senior Dir of Hockey Development; PAT DONAHUE to Senior Dir of Digital & Production; ANNMARIE FRANCIS to Coordinator of HR; PETE LISOWSKI to Manager of Business Analytics & Project Management; ROB MCPHERSON to Dir of Production; THERESE NGUYEN to Dir of Partnerships Activation; and JENNIFER POPE to VP/Community Relations. Kings Senior VP/Marketing JONATHAN LOWE also has taken on the new title of Senior VP/Business Development & Brand Strategy (THE DAILY).
EXECS: The Islanders promoted VP/Ticket Sales & Service JOHN BAIER to Senior VP/Ticket Sales & Service. Meanwhile, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment promoted the following: CHRIS LOMBARDO to VP/Global Partnerships; PAUL KAMRAS to VP/Game Presentation; TIM KEMP to VP/Programming; ASHLEY KAHLER and HOWARD SEIF to Senior Dirs of Partnership Marketing; JASON ODDO to Senior Dir of Financial Analysis & Budgeting; CHRISTINE BOWNS to Senior Dir of VIP Services; NICK HAMILTON to Dir of Partnership Marketing; ROSS GRILL to Dir of Suite Sales; and PETER KIRSCHENBAUM to Dir of Event Finance (THE DAILY)....Richmond Int'l Raceway named Univ. of Illinois Senior Associate AD/External Operations & Strategic Communications MICHAEL WADDELL VP/Marketing & Communications. The track also promoted Dir of Accounting SHAWN STACK to Senior Dir of Accounting (RIR)....The Spurs named Pistons Assistant GM BRIAN WRIGHT to the same position (DETROITNEWS.com, 7/20)....Georgia Tech named Agnes Scott College AD JOELEEN AKIN Associate AD/Student-Athlete Development and Senior Woman Administrator (SBNATION.com, 7/20).
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