Executive Transactions
ESPN named ROBERT WALLACE VP of EOE, where he will be responsible for the
creative and strategic vision of EOE programming and production in the areas of
documentary and unscripted/reality while also collaborating on EOE’s scripted
projects. Wallace established his own media consulting company, Tumbling Dice
Media, in ’05. From ’93-97, Wallace was a Senior Producer & Senior Story Editor
for DIANE SAWYER at ABC’s “Prime Time Live” (ESPN)....GolTV named
HBO/Cinemax Latin America Dir of Marketing DIDI MONTIEL Dir of Marketing.
Montiel “steps in for” Exec VP/Sales & Marketing EILEEN MONTALVO, who left
in June (MULTICHANNEL NEWS, 1/8 issue)....Versus Dir of PR AMY PHILLIPS
is leaving the network to become ESPN Dir of Media Relations, where she will focus
on new media (SPORTSBUSINESS
JOURNAL, 1/8 issue).
EXECS: The National Basketball Retired Players Association promoted RENEE
TIRADO to COO and TALIA BARGIL to Dir of Communications (THE DAILY)....DeBartolo
Sports & Entertainment (DSE) named CHARLES SAULINO VP of the Hospitality
division. Most recently, Saulino was part of the sales and marketing team at Intersport,
and prior to that worked in marketing for AllSports Enterprises and the Browns
(DSE)....SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL’s Don Muret reports Aramark has hired CHARLIE
GILLESPIE and MICHAEL THOMPSON as Consultants. Gillespie spent 30 years
at Aramark before leaving the company in January ’04. Thompson, a former Delaware
North Sportservice President, worked four years at Aramark before leaving in May
’05 (SPORTSBUSINESS
JOURNAL, 1/8 issue).... Global Spectrum named JEFF SCHUMACHER GM
of the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey. Previously, Schumacher was
GM of the Global Spectrum-managed Colisee in Lewiston, Maine (Global Spectrum)....The
Marketing Arm named Millsport Account Coordinator STUART HILL Creative
Manager (The Marketing Arm)....GMR Marketing named Texas Motor Speedway
Media Relations Coordinator STEPHANIE LOCKE Account Manager-PR for Jim
Beam Racing (GMR Marketing).
NORTH OF THE BORDER: HELENA GUERGIS was named Secretary of State
for Sport by Canadian Prime Minister STEPHEN HARPER. Guergis replaces PETER
VAN LOAN, who had held the position since November. Guergis “may not be long
for the position either (as) a national election could be called in 2007 should
Harper’s government lose a confidence vote, perhaps resulting in a totally new
government.” DAVID EMERSON will remain the minister for the 2010 Games
and Int’l Trade (AROUND THE RINGS, 1/5 issue).
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