Executive Transactions

Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, parent company of the Las Vegas NHL team, named Hockey Canada men's national team assistant coach MISHA DONSKOV Dir of Hockey Operations (BKS&E). The team also named former Capitals Amateur Scout WIL NICHOL Dir of Player Development (REVIEWJOURNAL.com, 8/8)....Auburn Univ. named Texas A&M Deputy AD MARCY GIRTON Athletics COO, "filling the position left open" when DAVID BENEDICT left to become UConn AD earlier this year (AL.com, 8/8)....Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment promoted Exec VP and Chief Administrative & Relationship Officer LEO EHRLINE to Exec VP & Chief Experience Officer, while also promoting VP/Global Marketing RANDY LEWIS to VP/Business Strategy & Analytics. BS&E also named ALEXA ATRIA Dir of Partnership Marketing for Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (THE DAILY)....The NHL Kings and AEG Global Partnerships named PGA Tour Senior Manager of Business Development RACHEL KRASNOW Dir of Partnership Sales. Meanwhile, sponsorship, ticketing and fan engagement firm Sportsdigita named DAN GALE Exec VP/Sales (THE DAILY)....Gerard Fox Law has added Kauffman Sports Management Group General Counsel AARON SWERDLOW as an attorney in its L.A. office (THE DAILY)....Hofstra Univ. named KEVIN BARRY Senior Dir of Athletic Development, ANDREA MURPHY Dir of Athletic Development and SHAUN RUTHERFORD Assistant Dir of Athletic Development & Special Events (Hofstra)....Mobile gaming firm Zynga named Electronic Arts Senior VP/Strategy & Operations MATT BROMBERG COO. Bromberg becomes the "third former employee of Electronics Arts to be recruited by Zynga this year, following FRANK GIBEAU's appointment as CEO in March" (GAMINGINTELLIGENCE.com, 8/8).

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