Executive Transactions
Topps CFO, VP & Treasurer CATHERINE JESSUP has resigned to take a position as North American CFO at a "multinational beverage company" (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 7/17)....MLB named Senior Counsel ROBERT MCGLARRY VP/Broadcasting Business Affairs (THE DAILY)….Turner Broadcasting named former Reuters Americas Media Group Senior VP WALKER JACOBS head of digital sales, reporting to Turner Sports President DAVID LEVY (MEDIAPOST.com, 7/17)….Honda Racing F1 team Sporting Dir GIL DE FERRAN has left the team (SPEEDTV.com, 7/16)....The CFLPA named former CFLer MIKE MORREALE VP/Marketing & Business Development of its Pro Players marketing division (CFLPA).
FACILITIES: US Airways Center promoted VP/Entertainment RALPH MARCHETTA to Sports & Entertainment Services GM, replacing President & GM PAIGE PETERSON, who left his position to become a high school teacher (US Airways Center)….Dolphin Stadium named REGINALD SPERLING Dir of Guest Services (Dolphin Stadium).
FRANCHISE: The Suns promoted Senior Dir of Ticket Operations BRETT WOJTULEWICZ to VP/Ticket Operations; MEGAN MONTGOMERY to Promotions Manager, Marketing Partnerships; ANDREA SCHRAGER, DEVNEY PREUSS and MATT GRABLE to Senior Partnership Activation Specialists; STEVEN KOEK to Web & Multimedia Manager; and JOSH GREENE to Web & Publishing Manager. The Suns also named AMY MARTIN to the newly created position of New Media Specialist (Suns)….The Blackhawks realigned their PR department, naming JIM BLANEY Dir of PR & Community Outreach and TONY OMMEN Dir of Team Services & Publications. Exec Dir of Communications, Broadcasting & Community Outreach JIM DE MARIA and Manager of Community Outreach & PR Assistant ANGELA ARMBRUSTER will retain their respective positions (Blackhawks).
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