Menu
People and Pop Culture

People: Executive transactions

Baseball
The Class AAA International League’s Indianapolis Indians promoted Randy Lewandowski to general manager.

Basketball

EKLUND
The Atlanta Dream hired Ryan Eklund as director of marketing, Blair Elrod as manager of corporate partnerships, Evan Atkinson as coordinator of digital marketing and research, and Shaun Knight as account executive.

The Memphis Grizzlies promoted Elliot Perry to director of player support.

The Philadelphia 76ers promoted James McAuliffe to account executive.

College
The Atlantic 10 Conference named Jackie Campbell senior associate commissioner. Campbell was Division I director for the NCAA.

Oregon State University promoted Jeff Macy to associate athletic director for sports performance.

Pennsylvania State University named Phil Esten deputy athletic director and chief operations officer.

Auburn University promoted Lori Arthurs to athletics chief financial officer.

Old Dominion University named Jena Virga assistant vice president of athletic development and senior associate athletic director for development. She was athletic fund director of major gifts.

Tony Corrente resigned as Pac-12 coordinator of football officiating.

Hans Mueh will step down as athletic director of the Air Force Academy in January.

Torre Chisholm resigned as athletic director at Portland State University.

Grand Canyon University named Mike Vaught vice president of athletics. Vaught was international director of corporate sponsorships for AdvoCare.

Hockey

FRAZIER
WHEATON
The Syracuse Crunch hired Hannah Wheaton as promotions manager.

Law
DLA Piper hired Kieron Frazier for its global media, sports and entertainment group. Frazier worked as associate counsel for the Minnesota Vikings.

Marketing

SABOL
GORDEN
Indiana Sports Corp. promoted Carrie Gorden to ticket and promotions coordinator.

Prodigy Sports named Melanie Sabol coordinator.

Catapult named Brian Kopp president of North American operations. Kopp was senior vice president of sports solutions for Stats LLC.

Freedom Sports & Entertainment/FSE College hired Andrew Heck and Kaylynne Goeglein as managers of ticket sales and fan development at Ball State, and Barry Kamen as manager of ticket sales and fan development at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.

WEED
Learfield Sports named Lori Weed senior director of business development. Weed was senior account executive at Texas Motor Speedway.

Adidas promoted Karen Parkin to chief human resources officer. Chief Information Officer Jan Brecht will take responsibility for the company’s IT and supply chain functions.

Omnigon promoted Bora Nikolic to chief creative officer.

Media

TERAN
Fox Networks Group named Claudia Teran general counsel for Fox Sports. She will continue as Fox Networks Group executive vice president and deputy general counsel.

Olympics
The Canadian Olympic Committee named Kristina Schaefer executive director. Schaefer was managing director of sports at Teneo.

USA Hockey promoted Cameron Eickmeyer to director of content and development.

Soccer
AMB Sports & Entertainment promoted Rob Geoffroy to MLS Atlanta chief financial officer.

Louisville City FC named Amanda Duffy vice president of operations.

People news
To have your personnel announcements included in the People section, please send information and photos to Brandon McClung at 120 W. Morehead St., Suite 310, Charlotte, NC 28202, or email them to careers@sportsbusinessjournal.com. Electronic photos must be a jpg or tiff file for Macintosh, 2.25 inches wide at 300 dpi. Color only, please. News items may also be sent via fax to (704) 973-1401. If you have questions, call (704) 973-1425.


SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 18, 2024

Sports Business Awards nominees unveiled; NWSL's historic opening weekend and takeaways from CFP deal

ESPN’s Jay Bilas, BTN’s Meghan McKeown, and a deep dive into AppleTV+’s The Dynasty

On this week’s Sports Media Podcast from the New York Post and Sports Business Journal, ESPN’s Jay Bilas talks all things NCAA. Big Ten Network’s Meghan McKeown shares her insight into the Caitlin Clark craze. The Boston Globe’s Chad Finn chats all things Bean Town. And SBJ’s Xavier Hunter drops in to share his findings on how the NWSL is making a social media push.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2014/10/27/People-and-Pop-Culture/Careers.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2014/10/27/People-and-Pop-Culture/Careers.aspx

CLOSE