Baseball
The Class AA Eastern League’s Trenton (N.J.) Thunder promoted Jeff Hurley to general manager and chief operating officer.
Jay Miller resigned from his position as president of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League’s Round Rock (Texas) Express.
Basketball
The Sacramento Kings named Vlade Divac vice president of basketball operations and general manager, Mike Bratz assistant general manager, Roland Beech vice president of basketball strategy and data science and Peja Stojakovic director of player personnel and development.
Colleges
The Big Ten Conference promoted Eddie Thiebe to associate director for football and basketball operations and Satvik Patel to assistant director for accounting, and hired Bryson Jones as assistant director for communications, Matt Braunscheidel as assistant director for video services, Gil Grimes as assistant commissioner for compliance and Ella Forrest and Natalie Lutz as assistant directors for championships.
The Pac-12 Conference hired Carter Westfall as vice president of international. Westfall was vice president of business development for the Sacramento Kings.
Belmont Abbey College named Pat Wood executive director of its Motorsport Program. Wood was general manager of Virginia Sports Properties at the University of Virginia and formerly chief marketing officer of Driving 101.
Central Michigan University promoted Mike Dabbs to associate athletic director for marketing and ticketing.
Duquesne University named David Harper athletic director. Harper was vice president for advancement at the University of Dayton.
Georgia Tech named Derek Grice associate athletic director for facilities, operations and events. Grice was senior associate athletic director for facilities and event management at the University of North Texas.
Northeastern University hired Pamela Wetherbee-Metcalf as senior associate athletic director for campus recreation and club sports. Wetherbee-Metcalf was director of recreational sports at Loyola University Maryland.
Saint Peter’s University named Belinda “Boe” Pearman athletic director. Pearman was senior associate athletic director and senior woman administrator at Manhattan College.
The University of Louisiana at Monroe promoted Richard Duran to assistant athletic director for external relations.
Temple University promoted Sean Padden to associate athletic director and chief of staff; Lee Roberts to associate athletic director for facilities and event management; Denise Fitzpatrick to assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions; Bryan Kulp to assistant athletic director for facilities and event management; Quinton Smith to assistant athletic director for compliance and student-athlete affairs; Morgyn Seigfried to digital media manager; and Scott Wallace to director of football operations.
The University of Hartford hired Matt Brady as assistant athletic director for communications, Kay Lennon as associate athletic director for compliance and Jack Hubert as athletic ticket manager.
The University of Memphis promoted Kristan Kelly to assistant athletic director for compliance.
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Facilities
VenuWorks hired
Tricia Gonyo as vice president of sales and marketing. Gonyo was a senior client development director for Ticketmaster.
Hockey
Oilers Entertainment Group hired Kevin Galvin as senior vice president for enterprise security and risk management, and Darcy Strang as vice president for security operations.
The Los Angeles Kings promoted Mike Altieri to senior vice president of broadcasting and communications; Jonathan Anderson to community relations and Kings Care Foundation coordinator; Jeff Barash to account executive for corporate partnerships; Joe Carlucci to ticket operations supervisor; James Cefaly to vice president of hockey development and community relations; Pat Donahue to director of digital media and production; Mason Donley to vice president of ticket sales and service; Dominique Didia to manager of marketing and promotions; Amanda Ellis to community relations and Kings Care Foundation manager; Jonathan Lowe to senior vice president of marketing; Nam McGrail to vice president of partnership activation; Therese Nguyen to senior manager of partnership activation; Lisa Rollins to director of CRM and analytics; and Edward Valencia to digital media manager.
Soccer
Real Salt Lake promoted Craig Waibel to general manager and expanded the duties of Rob Zarkos to include vice president of soccer administration.
Other
World Series of Fighting hired Barry Pincus as chief financial officer.
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