Executive Transactions
Melissa Rosato, the Dir of Business Development for Sprint's NASCAR sponsorship, has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Rosato's last day will be July 25. She's led a business development team that's been responsible for driving sales on the business-to-business front, especially among other NASCAR sponsors, the company said. Rosato's departure comes at a time when Sprint is re-organizing its marketing overall, including the Charlotte team that works on NASCAR business (Michael Smith, SportsBusiness Journal).
MSGE: MSG Entertainment (MSGE) promoted Exec VP/Bookings MELISSA MILLER ORMOND to COO. MSGE also named Rainbow Media Ventures President ANDREA GREENBERG as Exec VP, House of Blues Concerts Canada President DON SIMPSON as Senior VP/Business Development, Live Nation Senior VP/Booking BOB SHEA as Senior VP/Regional Bookings & Special Projects and Wall Street Journal VP/Strategy & Operations for advertising sales LEE WEINBERG as Senior VP/Business & Strategic Planning (MSGE).
FRANCHISES: The Heat promoted JIM SPENCER to VP/Operations and Assistant GM, DOUG CHISHOLM to Dir of Premium & Corporate Services, JOANNA CLUTTER to Senior Account Manager of Corporate Partnerships and MICHAEL HURT to Senior Event Manager. The team also named DANIEL MONAHAN Manager of Corporate Partnerships Administration (Heat)....The Lightning named former NHLer MIKE VERNON as Special Assistant to VP/Hockey Operations BRIAN LAWTON (CP, 7/17)....The Nuggets hired JESSE MERMUYS as Video Coordinator. Since October ’06, Mermuys has served as Dir of Basketball Operations for the Univ. of Arizona (TUCSON CITIZEN, 7/16)....Capital District Sports named MARGARET CAIROL Dir of Community Relations for the AHL Albany River Rats and the af2 Albany Conquest and STEPHANIE BELLIZZI Ticket Account Exec for both teams (Capital District Sports).
EXECS: ESPN The Magazine Exec Editor STEVE WULF has assumed responsibility for the editorial oversight of ESPN Books, an ESPN business line dedicated to publishing sports titles (ESPN)....The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced the following to their BOD: JENNIFER RIZZOTI, CAROL OWENS and COQUESE WASHINGTON (WBCA)....Pro golfer and course designer DAN POHL was named VP/VIP Golf Operations for Verona Golf Company, a new resort style country club and int’l membership program launched earlier this month (Verona Golf)….Maroon PR promoted Senior Account Exec TIM RICHARDSON to VP (Maroon).
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