Baseball
The Houston Astros promoted Mike Elias to assistant general manager for scouting and player development, Pete Putila to director of player development and Armando Velasco to assistant director of player development.
Basketball
The WNBA’s Dallas Wings named Eric Williamson vice president of corporate partnerships. Williamson was sales and marketing manager for Pinnacle Entertainment Sales & Marketing.
Colleges
The Ohio Valley Conference named Travis Tellitocci assistant commissioner for football, basketball and officiating. Tellitocci was deputy athletic director for Marist College.
The University of Minnesota hired Julie Manning as executive associate athletic director and senior woman administrator. Manning was senior associate athletic director of sports administration and senior woman administrator at the University of Wyoming.
The Colonial Athletic Association promoted Samantha Barany to associate commissioner for women’s basketball and championships.
Facilities
Watkins Glen International promoted Chris Cornett to vice president of facilities and operations.
Football
The San Francisco 49ers hired Lindsey Arnold as a partnership services manager.
Golf
The Tiger Woods Foundation and the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open named James Cefaly senior sales manager. Cefaly was vice president of hockey development and community relations for the Los Angeles Kings.
Hockey
The Arizona Coyotes named Brad Rossen director of statistical science and Al Ambrosia hockey operations coordinator.
The Los Angeles Kings hired John D’Onofrio as coordinator for analytics.
The Dallas Stars promoted Les Jackson to senior adviser to the general manager and Scott White and Mark Janko to assistant general manager.
Marketing
PrimeSport hired Andrew Zinberg as chief commercial officer, Jon Lavallee as chief operating officer and Zack Long as chief marketing officer. Zinberg was senior vice president of athlete marketing and sales and Long a vice president in the consulting division for Wasserman, and Lavallee was worldwide general manager and chief financial officer for Blyth Inc.
Team One named Elpi Paradiso management supervisor, Kate Bartow account supervisor and Katie Costopoulos and Magan Felitto account executives.
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The Aspire Group promoted
Zoe Cohen to team leader of women’s sports specialist at Army,
Solomon Randle to senior sales consultant at Louisiana Tech and
Bryan Six to senior new business consultant at Maryland. The company hired
Christopher Owens and
Aubrey Brooks as sales consultants at Florida Atlantic;
Jarred Latta and
Drew Whitaker as new business consultants at Kansas;
Krockett
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GERBER
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Reyes as sales and service consultant at Long Beach;
Meredith Pipkin,
Melanie Baker and
Greg Wright as new business consultants at Maryland;
Brandon Bills and
Caitlin Little as sales consultants at the national sales center;
Keitra Bruner and
Amanda Nishikubo as sales consultants at North Texas; and
Michel Gerber,
Tara Ricci, and
Matthew Schumacher as sales consultants and
Kristin Tedford as service consultant at Connecticut.
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VP Racing Fuels hired
Gary Jaiman as regional manager for branded wholesale business development. Jaiman was a key account manager for Red Bull.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Callaway Golf named Sean Toulon senior vice president and general manager for Odyssey Golf. Toulon was chief executive officer and founder of Toulon Design and formerly executive vice president of product design and creation for TaylorMade-Adidas Golf.
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Other
The
National Center for Drug Free Sport hired
Morgan Henderson as a professional sports program manager.
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