Longtime Wincraft COO JOHN KILLEN is being elevated to CEO, effective with the new year. Wincraft Founder DICK POPE is Exec Chair of the Minnesota-bsaed licensed products company. Killen has worked at Wincraft for more than 30 years, helping it grow into one of the largest hard-goods products licensees. "I hired John out of colllege and he's been a steady hand and provided great leadership as we've grown," said Pope, who still owns most of Wincraft (Terry Lefton, Editor-at-Large).
EXECS: The Japanese Pacific League Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters named former Padres Senior Adviser for Baseball Operations RANDY SMITH Senior Adviser to the GM & MLB Scouting Dir. Smith served as Padres GM from '93-95 and Tigers GM from '96-'02. He rejoined the Padres in '03, before being fired from his position on Oct. 10 (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 12/23)....United Women's Lacrosse League Commissioner MICHELE DEJULIIS is resigning after "serving in that role over the past year" (Baltimore SUN, 12/23)....The Detroit Sports Commission named South Bend-based Century Center Convention Center Dir of Sales & Marketing CRISTA TOMPSON Sports Sales Manager (DSC).
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