Phillies Exec VP & COO MICHAEL STILES is "stepping down," effective June 30. He joined the organization in '01. Meanwhile, the club promoted the following: Senior VP/Marketing & Ad Sales DAVID BUCK to Exec VP; VP & CFO JOHN NICKOLAS to Senior VP & CFO; and VP & General Counsel RICK STROUSE to Senior VP & General Counsel (BIZJOURNALS.com, 4/11).
WING COMMANDER: WNBA Dallas Wings President of Business Operations & CEO MARY O'CONNOR has "resigned" for undisclosed reasons. GM GREG BIBB, who joined the team in that role in November '15, will "take over O'Connor's duties along with managing basketball operations." O'Connor was appointed to her role in July of last year, and since departing she has "launched her own firm called O’Connor & Advisors LLC this month" (DMAGAZINE.com, 4/11).
EXECS: Alabama-based hospitality company Tailgate Guys named Univ. of Florida Exec Associate AD/Internal Affairs CHIP HOWARD COO. He will start in August (Tailgate Guys)....Learfield named IMG Account Exec JOHN FINCH GM of Maverick Sports Properties for Univ. of Texas-Arlington athletics. Finch's predecessor, JOSH WHITE, will transition to Senior Manager of Business Development with Learfield's team at SMU (Learfield)....K.C.-based ad agency Barkley Exec VP/Account Leadership MIKE GOFF announced the formation of Goff + Marketing, a brand consulting firm. Goff had previous stints at Premier Sports Management and Sprint (Goff + Marketing)....Academy Sports + Outdoors named HHGregg CRO SAM JOHNSON Exec VP/Retail Operations, effective April 24 (Academy Sports + Outdoors)....Boston-based sports analytics firm Fan Manager Senior VP/Sales BILL NIELSEN has left the company to pursue other opportunities (THE DAILY)....St. Mary's College Senior Associate AD/Finance & Internal Operations KAMI GRAY has been selected to serve as the school's interim AD (St. Mary's)....Exec search firm Nolan Partners promoted Market Intelligence Manager ED MARSDEN to Performance Consultant and named DOMINIC CRAVEN Researcher (THE DAILY).
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