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Baseball
The San Diego Padres named Acey Kohrogi an adviser for Pacific Rim operations. Kohrogi was a consultant for MVP Sports Group.

The independent Atlantic League’s Southern Maryland Blue Crabs promoted Patrick Day to president and general manager

Colleges
Boston University named Dan Satter deputy director of athletics and Scott Graham director of athletic development and promoted Bethany Ellis to senior associate athletic director. Satter was senior associate athletic director for external relations at the University of Akron, and Graham was BU’s senior leadership gifts officer for the Metro New York region.

The American Athletic Conference hired Hali Oughton as multimedia coordinator.

The Big 12 Conference named Lance Gottardy and Melissa Katz Will Hancock communications assistants, Mitch Gerber digital assistant and Bridget O’Connell championships assistant.

The Patriot League named Jennifer Heppel executive director. Heppel was an associate commissioner with the Big Ten Conference.

Salem State University hired Peggy Carl as director of athletics and recreation. Carl was athletic director at Beloit College.

Cal State Dominguez Hills hired Jeff Falkner as athletic director. Falkner was athletic director at New Mexico Highlands University.

Quinnipiac University hired Greg Amodio as director of athletics and recreation. Amodio was athletic director at Duquesne University.

REIDER
SLOUGH
The College of the Holy Cross named Ken Slough head equipment manager and Carson Reider director of social and digital marketing. Slough was athletic services manager at La Salle University.

The Heartland Conference hired Leslie Schuemann as associate commissioner. Schuemann was Fresno Pacific University athletic director.

Football
The San Francisco 49ers promoted Dan Cory to vice president of security, Hannah Gordon to vice president of legal and government affairs, Bob Lange to vice president of communications, Maggie Cuneo to community relations senior coordinator and Brad Dugan to senior manager of ticket operations. The 49ers named Demar Amacker CRM analyst, Stephanie Gabriel human resources assistant and Ryan Scarlett ticket operations specialist.

The Seattle Seahawks promoted Maurice Kelly to vice president of player engagement.

SMITH
Hockey
The Columbus Blue Jackets hired Jessica Smith as director of corporate development.

USA Hockey named Jim Smith president.

Marketing
Finsbury named Peter Land partner. Land was senior vice president of corporate communications at AOL.

WISTRCILL
PAPPAS
Lammi Sports Management hired Laura Pappas as controller. Pappas was controller at Mahler Enterprises.

Learfield Sports hired Tom Wistrcill as senior vice president for its University Partnership Group. Wistrcill was the athletic director at the University of Akron.

Scout Sports and Entertainment hired Matt Virtue as account executive for new ventures and Josh Posner, Zach Deckler and

FITZMAURICE
DECKLER
Greg FitzMaurice as account coordinators. Virtue was director of marketing and business development for ANC Sports, and Posner was a production assistant at 120 Sports.

Event marketing company Be The Machine named Lindsey Synalovski and Maggie Goldstein partners and Jackie Kalb senior national account executive. Synalovski and Goldstein were senior project managers at Zoom Media & Marketing, and Kalb was a client strategy manager PwC.

KALB
GOLDSTEIN
SYNALOVSKI

Media
ESPN hired Brian Burke as a senior analytics specialist. Burke is founder of AdvancedFootballAnalytics.com.

Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports promoted Shannon Hooper to director of partnership development and Amy Walsh to communication manager, and named Caitlin Barry social media coordinator.

Multisport Organizations
The Toledo Mud Hens named Joseph Napoli president and chief executive officer for the Class AAA International League’s Toledo Mud Hens and the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye, Erik Ibsen executive vice president and general manager for the Mud Hens and Neil Neukam executive vice president and general manager for the Walleye.

MEYER
Soccer
The New York Red Bulls named Darren Meyer director of marketing partnerships and premium services. Meyer was IMG College Sport Marketing’s general manager of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Other
Mike Hopper launched strategic consulting company Advance Brand Consulting. Hopper was vice president of sports marketing for New York City.

RAMACCIOTTI
BERKOWITZ
KISSINGER
LAYCOCK
Ticketmaster hired Rob Laycock as senior director of client development for the NBA and NHL arenas segment. Laycock was vice president of marketing with Pacers Sports & Entertainment.

Turnkey Sports & Entertainment named Eric Kissinger IT specialist, and Turnkey Intelligence hired Ezekiel Berkowitz as manager of research and Mark Ramacciotti as manager of the Surveyor Network.

Dick’s Sporting Goods announced the hiring of Teri List-Stoll as executive vice president. List-Stoll held the same position with Kraft Foods Group.

Awards and Boards
The Big South Conference elected Presbyterian College President Claude Lilly vice president.

People news
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