Baseball
The Lakewood BlueClaws of the Class A South Atlantic League named Bernadette Miller chief financial officer and Chris Tafrow senior vice president of business operations and promoted Zack Rosenberg, Jim McNamara and Steve Farago to vice president.
Basketball
The San Antonio Spurs promoted Brandon James to director of basketball administration and legal affairs and named Sean Marks assistant general manager, Phil Coles director of medical services and Marilyn Adams director of rehabilitation.
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The
Atlanta Hawks named
Todd Bynum coordinator of corporate partner activation.
Colleges
Frank Crumley resigned as University of Georgia executive associate athletic director.
Carroll College named Jerek Wolcott sports information director. Wolcott was Idaho State University assistant director of sports media relations.
The University of Alaska-Fairbanks named Jaime Schwartzwald assistant athletic director for operations and media relations.
Vanderbilt University promoted Candice Lee to senior associate athletic director for internal affairs and Steve Walsh to senior associate athletic director for external affairs, and named Allison Frazee assistant athletic director for marketing, Tom Bossung assistant athletic director for sports medicine, Gina Owens assistant athletic director for business services, Steven Parks assistant athletic director for video services and Anchor Down Productions, Ryan Schulz assistant athletic director for communications and Elizabeth Wright assistant athletic director of student services.
Jim Miller will retire Oct. 21 as University of Richmond athletic director.
Manhattan College named Kevin Ross associate athletic director for athletic communications. Ross was Wagner College assistant director of media relations.
The University of Nebraska hired Boyd Epley as assistant athletic director for strength and conditioning. Epley was National Strength and Conditioning Association director of coaching performance.
Middle Tennessee State University named Justin Morrison assistant athletic director for development. Morrison was development coordinator at Arkansas State University and assistant director of the Red Wolves Foundation.
North Dakota State University named Matt Larsen athletic director. Larsen was senior associate athletic director at Stony Brook University.
Boise State University promoted John Cunningham to senior associate athletic director for external affairs and Natalie Keffer to assistant athletic director for administration. David Kinard stepped down from his position as associate athletic director of development.
The University of Miami hired Tom Symonds as assistant athletic director for communications. Symonds was assistant athletic director for media relations at Ohio University.
The College of New Jersey named Wayne Burrow senior associate athletic director for external affairs. Burrow was associate commissioner of championships and scheduling for the Horizon League.
Mary Bowden will retire in December from the University of Utah, where she is senior associate athletic director for student athlete support services and senior woman administrator.
Facilities
Powder Mountain named Tim Hall director of sports marketing. Hall was Red Bull athlete marketing manager.
Hockey
The NHL named Stephane Quintal senior vice president of player safety.
Marketing
The Aspire Group hired Nicole Fierro as a ticket sales consultant at Georgia Tech; Brittany Mack as group events consultant and Cory Doucette, Becca Haberl and Nick Hodges as ticket sales consultants at Arizona State University; Deanna Terelle, Matt Anderson, Joe Ciancaglini and Ryan Oliphant as sales consultants at the University of Maryland; Trevor Selby and Scott Baker as sales consultants at Middle Tennessee State University; Carly Reger as manager of service and retention at the University of Texas; and Robert Shires as sales consultant at Towson University.
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Bespoke Sports and Entertainment hired
Jonathan Norman as vice president of strategic planning and
Brooke Faw as manager. Norman was marketing manager of sponsorships for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., and Faw was sports partnerships coordinator for Novant Health.
Dynasty Sports and Entertainment named Stuart Halberg vice president of business strategy and analytics. Halberg was a CRM/business analyst for the Florida Panthers.
Idegy hired David Brown as executive vice president. Brown was chief executive officer for DB Sports Marketing.
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WME-IMG promoted
Ishwara Glassman Chrein to senior vice president and head of sales operations and strategic planning.
KCB Sports Marketing, the marketing division of Rosenhaus Sports, hired Brad Cutler as vice president of athlete marketing. Cutler was a senior specialist for programming with the NBA.
AMB Sports & Entertainment Group named Mike Gomes Atlanta Falcons senior vice president of fan experience. Gomes was vice president of experience development and media strategy for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts.
Billy Casper Golf promoted Marnie Boyer to vice president of marketing.
Madison Square Garden named David Goodman president of productions and live entertainment. Goodman was president of live experiences for CBS.
Bob Hamer launched executive placement firm Sports Business Solutions.
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The Sports Facilities Advisory and
The Sports Facilities Management named
Steve Goris planning and management adviser and
Clara Jones director of human resources and risk management.
Omnigon promoted David Nugent to chief commercial officer.
MKTG Inc. named Kevin Collins general manager, Jessa Brinkmeyer account director and Cody Hawkins account executive.
Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment named Peter Aiello a director in the corporate consulting division. Aiello was a business development specialist at MLB.
Media
ESPN promoted Mike Andrews to vice president of consumer software engineering.
Discovery Networks International named Omar Garcia director of Eurosport U.S. advertising sales. Garcia will retain his role as the network’s director of international ad sales.
USA Today Sports Media Group named Josh Barnett director of content for USA Today High School Sports. Barnett will continue as managing director for USA Today Sports Weekly.
Back9Network hired Taylor Massey as director of golf creative. Massey was managing editor and U.S. licensor for Golf Punk magazine.
T3Media named Harris Morris chief executive officer. Morris was chief executive officer for the Harris Corp.’s broadcast communications division.
The Whistle Sports Network named Deirdre Lester executive vice president of advertising and sponsorship. Lester was vice president of sponsorships at MLB Advanced Media.
Motorsports
The International Motor Sports Associations’s Tudor United SportsCar Championship named Simon Hodgson managing director of racing operations, Beaux Barfield race director, Scot Elkins managing director of technical regulations, Paul Walter director of racing operations and Mark Raffauf director of series platforms.
The International Hot Rod Association named Steven Cole vice president of corporate partnerships. Cole was director of strategic partnerships and licensing for John Force Racing.
Hulman Motorsports named Allison Melangton senior vice president of events. She was president of the Indiana Sports Corp.
Soccer
The expansion MLS Atlanta franchise hired Darren Eales as president. Eales was executive director for the English Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur.
The Montreal Impact hired Marc Bourassa as chief revenue officer, Hugues Léger as chief marketing officer and André Côté as chief strategic officer.
USL Pro’s Charlotte Independence named Tom Engstrom general manager. Engstrom was general manager of the Charlotte Eagles.
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The
Columbus Crew hired
Steve Tashjian as high performance director. He was head of sports science and conditioning and director of end stage rehabilitation for Everton FC.
Sports Commissions and Tourism Boards
Indiana Sports Corp. elected Ryan Vaughn president. Vaughn is chief of staff to Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard.
Other
Bellator MMA named Jason Jordan chief operating officer. Jordan is senior vice president of digital operations, strategy and finance for Viacom Entertainment Group.
USA Swimming named Maggie Vail safe sport education specialist.
Nonprofit Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA named U.S. Olympic snowboarding and freeskiing teams, halfpipe and slopestyle head coach Mike Jankowski an ambassador for the organization.
USA Table Tennis named Gordon Kaye chief executive officer. Kaye was executive director and general manager of Rockford (Ill.) Area Venues & Entertainment.
Zebra Technologies named Eric Petrosinelli general manager for sports. Petrosinelli was executive vice president of GroupM ESP.
Awards and Boards
Pop Warner Little Scholars named researchers Stefan Duma and Michael Bergeron to the Pop Warner Medical Advisory Committee.
The Taylor Hooton Foundation named to its advisory board Jay Bruce of the Cincinnati Reds; Matt Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals; John Danks, Chicago White Sox; David DeJesus, Tampa Bay Rays; Brian Dozier, Minnesota Twins; Brett Gardner, New York Yankees; Dillon Gee, New York Mets; Alex Gordon, Kansas City Royals; Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers; Jason Kipnis, Cleveland Indians; Mark Melancon, Pittsburgh Pirates; Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox; Josh Reddick, Oakland Athletics; Anthony Rendon, Washington Nationals; Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers; C.J. Wilson, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; and Brad Ziegler, Arizona Diamondbacks.
Ed Randall’s Fan for a Cure appointed 10-time All-Star Steve Garvey as chairman of its board of directors.
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The
International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum named
Mark Stenning and
Ed Woolard life trustees. The organization also named
Todd Martin chief executive officer, tournament director for the ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships and a member of the Hall of Fame board of directors. Also named to the board:
Chris Combe, Combe Inc. chairman;
Phil de Picciotto, Octagon founder and president;
Russ Fradin, Sungard president and chief executive officer;
Anthony Godsick, Team8 founder and president;
Anne Hamilton, Newport Antiques Show founder; hall of famers
Peachy Kellmeyer and
Monica Seles;
Lee Styslinger III, Altec chairman and chief executive officer; and
Kristian Tear, Note AB chairman.
The National Athletic Trainers’ Association named Tory Lindley, Chris Mathewson, Carolyn Peters, and Timothy Weston to its board.
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