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The PGA Tour named Atlanta Motor Speedway VP/Sales ALLISON FILLMORE Senior Dir of Sales. She had been with the SMI-owned track since '09 (Adam Stern, Staff Writer).

AGENCIES OF CHANGE: Marketing agency MKTG named Ascendant Sports Group Senior VP DOUG HALL Senior VP/Sports & Entertainment. Hall also will serve as SRi Senior VP, which is MKTG's research practice. Hall had been at Ascendant since '15, when President & CEO Bob Brennfleck hired him away from Team Epic, now part of MKTG, to lead its consulting group (Ben Fischer, Staff Writer)....MWWPR named Taylor Exec VP MARK RIGGS Senior VP. Riggs will oversee the agency's internal and external brand marketing initiatives (MWWPR)....GMR Marketing named OgilvyOne Group Creative Dir JESSE PEARSON to the same position. Pearson also had a stint with Nike Canada (THE DAILY).

CAMPUS CONNECTIONS: The Atlantic 10 named Univ. of Richmond AD KEITH GILL Exec Associate Commissioner (A-10)....FAU named NHL Panthers Dir of Analytics BRIAN MACDONALD Adjunct Professor for Sport Analytics. MacDonald will be assisted by Panthers Manager of Business Strategy JAMES CIFU, Dolphins Dir of Football Analytics DENNIS LOCK and Dolphins Coordinator of Football Administration TOM PASQUALI (THE DAILY).

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: The Magic named Bucks GM JOHN HAMMOND to the same position (Magic)....F1 named NIGEL KERR Finance Dir of Motorsports. He will report directly to Managing Dir ROSS BRAWN. F1 also named JASON SOMERVILLE Head of Aerodynamics and CRAIG WILSON Head of Vehicle Performance (F1)....Veteran TV exec VINCENT CORDERO and DAVID TORRES have launched Invivo Media Group, which will "specialize in live music promotion, talent commercial partnerships and strategic media consulting focusing on the U.S. Latino and Latin American markets." Cordero, a former exec for Fox Sports, will be CEO, while Torres will be President (BROADCASTINGCABLE.com, 5/22)....The Champions Basketball League Gotham Ballers named former NBA D-League VP/Basketball Operations & Player Personnel CHRIS ALPERT Exec VP (THE DAILY)....The Executive Women's Golf Association named Int'l Association of Golf Administrators Exec Dir JANE GEDDES CEO. She succeeds PAM SWENSEN, who recently resigned from the organization after 15 years (EWGA).

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