NFL VP/Business Development DOUG SMOYER is "leaving the league" HQ in N.Y. to join Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment as Chief Sales Officer. Smoyer said that he was "looking forward to selling a more varied inventory including naming rights, suites, PSLs, property sales and the Dorna in-stadium ad business." Meanwhile, Van Wagner Sports Group Senior VP KIP KOSLOW "has departed" after 13 years to "join Lagardere's consulting division" (Terry Lefton, Staff Writer).
EXECS: The World Surf League named former PGA Tour Senior Dir of Business Development MAX NOVENA VP/Global Partnerships and GoPro Dir of Brand Partnerships MELISSA COLGATE Senior Dir of Partnerships (Lefton)....Arizona State Univ. named Octagon Dir of Football Operations KEN LANDPHERE Senior Associate AD. He "first served as an agent" while at Octagon, and "helped to manage the football division at the agency, advising NFL draftees as well as NCAA and NFL coaches" and execs. In addition to his duties, Landphere will "work with the ASU Sports Law & Business program." ASU VP/Athletics RAY ANDERSON and Landphere were partners from '87-01 at Atlanta-based AR Sports (AZCENTRAL.com, 9/8)....WME-IMG promoted TYLER REICHWEIN to Midwest Regional Manager for Learfield Ticketing Solutions and AMANDA SHUGARTS to GM for its Univ. of Tennessee property (WME-IMG)....Learfield named CultureMap Dir of Social Media KIRSTEN CONRAD Dir of Integrated Media Sales for its digital team (Learfield)....Baltimore-based ad/marketing firm IMRE named MEGAN FOX Associate Account Exec (THE DAILY)....AEG Live named Apple Music Head of Digital Marketing BROOKE KAIN to the newly created position of Chief Digital Officer (AEG).
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