Executive Transactions
Toyota’s F1 team Principal TSUTOMU TOMITA will return to other duties in
Japan at the end of June. Toyota said that his return to Japan “is part of the
company’s traditional rotation of jobs” (SPEEDTV.com, 4/26)....Sonics Vice
Chair LENNY WILKENS next week will add the title of President of Basketball
Operations (SEATTLE TIMES, 4/27)....Germany-based pay TV network Arena
signed a two-year contract with JURGEN KLINSMANN to serve as a commentator
for its Bundesliga coverage. He will host his own program and provide analysis
for other top leagues (DAILY VARIETY, 4/27)....Haas Motorsports named former
Nextel Cup Series team Owner TRAVIS CARTER GM (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 4/26)....The
Boston Herald hired ROB BRADFORD from the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune to cover
the Red Sox and contribute to the paper’s Web site with his new “Bradford Files”
blog (BOSTON HERALD, 4/26)....Denver-based Factory Design Labs promoted
VP/Interactive Services JAXON REPP to VP/Client Strategy, Senior Interactive
Producer DAVID STEWART to Senior Dir of Interactive Services, Senior Account
Manager MIETRA GHAFFARI to Business Development Manager and HALEY
NEMANN to Interactive Project Manager (Factory Design Labs).
COLLEGE: North Carolina State Univ. has signed AD LEE FOWLER to
a three-year extension through 2013. Fowler’s salary was $245,000 a year as of
July 1, 2006, the start of the last fiscal year (WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 4/26)....
Rutgers Univ. women’s basketball coach C. VIVIAN STRINGER has agreed to
a seven-year contract extension through the 2013-14 season. Stringer’s base salary
is $450,000, the same amount as Rutgers football coach GREG SCHIANO.
The contract also includes additional compensations and incentives that could
push the total value to $950,000 per year. This past year, Stringer earned $605,800,
with a base salary of $212,400. Despite DON IMUS’ statements about the
team delaying contract talks, “Stringer believes that it had no bearing on her
new deal” (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 4/26).
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