The Players' Tribune named MATT CAMPBELL to the newly created position of Senior VP/Product & Technology. Campbell will start Monday and work out of N.Y., reporting to TPT President JAYMEE MESSLER. TPT hired Campbell away from mobile video content creator NowThis, where he was Senior VP/Product (Liz Mullen, Staff Writer).
SPIRIT OF RADIO: ESPN named MARCIA KEEGAN VP/National Radio Programming & Production, where she will report to Senior VP/Business Divisions TRAUG KELLER. In her new role, Keegan will oversee all of ESPN Radio’s talk shows. Keegan had been VP/Production, overseeing ESPN's daytime studio schedule (John Ourand, Staff Writer).
LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE: The Lightning promoted the following: BRITTANY AUSTIN to Dir of Marketing; SUSAN DANIELIK to Dir of Premium & Guest Services; STEVE BUTLER to Dir of Facilities; MATT HILL to VP/Premium Seating & Group Sales; CHRIS KAMKE to VP/Strategy & Analytics; TRAVIS PELLEYMOUNTER to VP/Ticket Sales & Service; MIKE HARRISON to VP/Partnership Development & Activation; MARY MILNE to Senior VP/Guest Experience & Blue-Ribbon Service; ELIZABETH FRAZIER to Senior VP/Philanthropy & Community Initiatives; and JARROD DILLON to Chief Revenue Officer. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay Entertainment Properties (TBEP) promoted the following: KELLI YELOUSHAN to Dir of Event Management; TRIPP TURBIVILLE to Dir of Service & Operations; RHETT BLEWITT to Assistant GM of Event Operations at USF's Sun Dome; and BILL ABERCROMBIE to Exec VP/Business Development, Corporate Partnership & Activation. The company also named RANDY YOUNKER Dir of USF Athletics Partnership (TBEP).
EXECS: Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment promoted Senior VP/Programming KEITH SHELDON to Exec VP/Programming, VP & Associate General Counsel KARI COHEN to VP/Deputy General Counsel and Senior Dir of Communications MANDY GUTMANN to VP/Communications (BS&E)....A source said that the Nuggets named T'Wolves Dir of Pro Personnel CALVIN BOOTH Assistant GM (AP, 8/1)....Northwestern Univ. named SMU Senior Associate AD & COO KEVIN WHITE Deputy AD & CFO. White replaces STEVE GREEN, who will retire in September after 22 years at the university (Northwestern)....Michigan State Univ. promoted the following: ALAN HALLER to Senior Associate AD, Chief of Staff & Varsity S Club Exec Dir; AMY MOEDER to Senior Associate AD/Business & Finance & CFO; ELLIOTT DANIELS to Associate AD/Student-Athlete Engagement; and MATT LARSON to Associate AD/Communications (MSU)....The Univ. of Arizona named Univ. of Kansas Assistant AD/Compliance BRENT BLAYLOCK Associate AD/Compliance (UA)....Drake Univ. AD SANDY HATFIELD CLUBB is leaving the school after 11 years. Clubb "accepted a senior partner postion with the Pictor Group, an intercollegiate athletics consulting firm, and will begin on Aug. 7." Drake Associate AD/Senior Woman Administrator MEGAN FRANKLIN will serve as interim AD until a "national search commences this fall" (DESMOINESREGISTER.com, 8/1).
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