Executive Transactions
MLB has promoted VP/Strategic Planning, Recruitment & Diversity WENDY LEWIS to Senior VP, where she will report to MLB Exec VP/Finance JONATHAN MARINER (THE DAILY).
MEDIA: ESPN named Reactrix East Coast VP LYNNE KRASELSKY Senior VP/Int’l Advertising & Sponsorship Sales, who will be based in N.Y., reporting to ESPN President of Customer Sales & Marketing ED ERHARDT and ESPN Int’l Exec VP & Managing Dir RUSSELL WOLFF. Kraselsky will oversee ESPN’s int’l multimedia platforms as well coordinate the oversight of the Int’l Research team with the Senior VP/Research (ESPN)....The Golf Channel named CSN Chicago News Dir JOE RILEY Senior Dir of News, NBA TV Coordinating Producer BILL HENTSCHEL Senior Dir of Studio Production and COURTNEY HOLT to the newly created position of Dir of Booking & Player Relations. Holt spent seven years at CSN Philadelphia, where she oversaw player relations and bookings (The Golf Channel).
EXECS: The Ducks promoted Assistant GM DAVID MCNAB to Senior VP/Hockey Operations. McNab also takes over management of the team’s primary minor league affiliate, the AHL Iowa Chops (GLOBE & MAIL, 11/18)....The WNBA Lynx have hired T'Wolves VP/New Business Development CONRAD SMITH as COO, where he will assume the responsibilities of former Lynx VP/Business Development ANGELA TAYLOR (Lynx)....Former WBBM-CBS President & GM JOE AHERN, who was "ousted" from the station last month, has joined the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid team as a Senior Advisor, acting in a volunteer capacity. Ahern will advise on marketing, int’l relations, communications, development and sponsorships (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/19)....PIPER GINSBURG has joined Chicago-based Relay Worldwide as Brand Planning Supervisor (Relay).
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