Executive Transactions
The Univ. of Houston named Univ. of Akron AD MACK RHOADES to the same position (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 6/12)....ISC has named Watkins Glen Int'l (WGI) President CRAIG RUST Chicagoland Speedway President, effective June 15, replacing MATT ALEXANDER, who will leave ISC to pursue other opportunities. Michigan Int'l Speedway Senior Dir for Facility Development MICHAEL PRINTUP will replace Rust as WGI President (ISC)....The NTRA re-elected Turfway Park President ROBERT ELLISTON to a two-year term as Chair (DRF.com, 6/10)....The USOC named STEVE RAYMOND Chef de Mission for the U.S. team at the '10 Vancouver Paralympic Games (AROUNDTHERINGS.com, 6/11)....VANOC named MARY MCNEIL Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNow BC (VANOC)....Yardbarker.com VP/Advertising Sales TIM WARE is leaving the site to join the WWE, effective Monday. Prior to joining Yardbarker.com, Ware was ESPN Digital Senior Dir of Sales & Marketing (THE DAILY)....The Chiefs have hired JEFF SNYDER as a Sponsorship Sales Exec (THE DAILY)....Senior Producer TRAVIS RODGERS has left "The Jim Rome Show" syndicated radio show, as well as ESPN's "Jim Rome Is Burning." Rodgers worked with the radio show for 14 years (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 6/12).
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