Visa named former United Entertainment Group Exec VP/Sports KATE GORDON Senior Dir of Olympic Sponsorship Marketing, replacing ZAILEEN JANMOHAMED, who left last year for a position at GMR Marketing. Gordon will report to Visa Head of Global Sponsorship Marketing KATE JOHNSON (Ben Fischer, Staff Writer).
EXECS: Cleveland State Univ. named former Univ. of Illinois AD MIKE THOMAS to the same position. Thomas will replace JOHN PARRY, who "retired last month." Thomas served as UI's AD from '11-15. Prior to UI, Thomas was AD at the Univ. of Cincinnati (CLEVELAND.com, 2/8)....YES Network named L.A.-based Z Living Network VP/Creative Services & Digital Media JOHN ZEIGLER Senior Dir of Creative Services (YES)....Pro Performance Sports named Nike VP/Emerging Markets TIM WISEMAN President & COO (Pro Performance Sports)....The Double-A Southern League Pensacola Blue Wahoos named DONNA KIRBY VP/Operations and MATT RISSE Dir of Food & Beverage (Blue Wahoos)....The Single-A South Atlantic League Delmarva Shorebirds named KATHY DAMATO Community Relations Manager and ANDREW JEWESAK Ticket Sales Account Exec (Shorebirds).
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