Executive Transactions
NBA: The Hawks promoted GM BILLY KNIGHT to Exec
VP & GM, and signed him to a multi-year contract extension. Terms of the contract
were not disclosed (Hawks)....The T’Wolves and Lynx promoted Dir of Communications
TED JOHNSON to VP/Communications, Dir of Marketing JASON LAFRENZ
to VP/Marketing & CMO, and Dir of Fan Relations JEFF MUNNEKE to VP/Fan
Relations. Also, Target Center Dir of Finance PETER STENE has been named
Dir of Finance (T’Wolves)....The Trail Blazers named TODD TAYLOR
VP/Ticket Sales & Customer Service. For the past six years, Taylor was with
the Blue Jackets and AFL Destroyers, most recently as VP/Ticket Sales & Service.
The team also named Fisher Communications Brand Manager CRAIG MILLER
Dir of Event Presentation, Nike Contract Manager AMBER FOWLER Corporate
Communications Manager, Infinity Broadcasting National Sales Manager JOE
DIBELLO National Sales Division Manager, and promoted TODD BOSMA
to Event Presentation Manager (Trail Blazers)....The Nuggets named NBA
Senior Dir of Communications TERI WASHINGTON Senior Dir of Communications
(Nuggets)....The Knicks named DR. LISA CALLAHAN Dir of Player
Care where she will be responsible for all aspects of the players’ health. No
other NBA team has created “such a high-ranking medical position” (N.Y. POST,
10/6).
EXECS: The Triple-A PCL Nashville Sounds promoted BRENT
HIGH to VP/Sales. High joined the team in December ’02 as Church & Youth
Programs Manager (Sounds)....The NLL Toronto Rock named head coach &
GM LES BARTLEY VP (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 10/6)....In DC, Debbi
Wilgoren reports DC Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Eric Price, “who led
[DC’s] successful quest for” an MLB team, has been named N.Y.-based Local Initiatives
Support Corp. Senior VP/Neighborhood Markets. The nonprofit “helps launch community
development in poor urban and rural areas” (WASHINGTON POST, 10/7)....
Watkins Glen Int’l named PAUL HEMINGWAY Senior Dir of Sales & Marketing.
For the past three years, Hemingway was Dir of Marketing for Keuka College in
New York (Watkins Glen).
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