Tennis Canada named British Lawn Tennis Association CEO MICHAEL DOWNEY to the same position. Downey held the Tennis Canada CEO role for close to a decade before leaving for the BLTA in '13 and will take office in July. Downey replaces KELLY MURUMETS (Tennis Canada).
EXECS: The Coyotes named Dodgers Senior Dir of Corporate Partnerships JOHN KNEBEL Exec VP/Corporate Partnerships & Premium Seating (Coyotes)....Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment promoted TOM BOWDEN to Nets VP/Ticket Sales & Service, KIRK KING to VP/Group Sales and MANDY GUTMANN to Senior Dir of Communications. BS&E also named UFC Senior VP/Global Agency Partnerships PETER VESEY VP/Global Partnerships and MSG Marketing & Community Relations Manager ANTHONY ZUCCONI Dir of Team Marketing (THE DAILY)....Daytona Int'l Speedway named Talladega Superspeedway Dir of Ticketing JOSH HARRIS Senior Dir of Ticketing & Guest Services and STEPHEN SWEENEY Senior Dir of Marketing & Communications (DIS)....Golf equipment manufacturer Zero Friction named Wilson Sporting Goods Dir of Corporate Sales CHRIS CAVALLARI Global Business Dir (THE DAILY)....Wagner College promoted Assistant AD/Student Services TATUM COLITZ to Associate AD and Senior Woman Administrator (Wagner).
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