Baseball
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RICKER-GILBERT
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LIGHT
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The Class AAA Pacific Coast League’s
New Orleans Zephyrs promoted
Donna Light to assistant general manager.
Colleges
Jacksonville University promoted Alex Ricker-Gilbert to athletic director.
Combat Sports
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HODKIEWICZ
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SHARMA
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UFC hired
Kamini Sharma as vice president of marketing. Sharma was ESPN director of marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Football
The Green Bay Packers named Wes Hodkiewicz staff writer for Packers.com. Hodkiewicz was a Packers beat writer and multimedia specialist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Golf
Billy Casper Golf promoted Emily Clark to vice president of marketing.
Hockey
The New Jersey Devils and Prudential Center named Donna Daniels senior vice president of business services, Adam Cross vice president of corporate partnerships, Fatima Saliu vice president of marketing partnerships, Joyce Jelks vice president of human resources and Leonard Edwards senior director of corporate partnerships.
Labor and Agents
The NFL Players Association hired Kelly Mehrtens as managing director for The Trust. Mehrtens was University of Maryland deputy athletic director and chief operating officer.
Marketing
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FISCHER
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GHIORZI
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OLECKI
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Brad Olecki founded Atlanta-based
Trenches Sports and Entertainment. Olecki was chief revenue officer for the College Football Hall of Fame.
U/S Sports Advisors promoted Jesse Ghiorzi to director of brand strategy.
GMR Marketing promoted Todd Fischer to senior vice president of global sports and entertainment consulting.
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HONIG
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KNOX
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Just Marketing International hired
Tom Knox as senior vice president of partnership development for the Americas. Knox was vice president of global partnerships strategy and activation for WME-IMG.
Ascendent Sports Group hired Peter Honig as vice president of corporate and property consulting. Honig was vice president of corporate consulting for Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment.
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SCHAUDER
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PLATO
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Repucom hired
Renee Plato as senior vice president of media and entertainment for North America.
Steiner Sports Marketing named Ed Schauder executive vice president of licensing and general counsel.
Media
The Olympic Channel named Catherine Philbin communications manager. Philbin was Universal Sports public relations director.
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FUNK
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BRODERICK
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Vice Media hired
Sarah Broderick as chief financial officer. Broderick was chief accounting officer and global controller for WME-IMG.
Turner Sports promoted Will Funk to executive vice president of sales and property partnerships.
Soccer
The Portland Timbers hired Jhamie Chin as media relations manager. Chin was communications manager for Orlando City SC.
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KLEIN
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Other
WWE hired
Brad Klein as senior communications manager. Klein was senior account director for Group SJR and, before that, manager of business communications for NASCAR.
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