Executive Transactions
Hat World Inc. CEO BOB DENNIS has left to work for the company’s parent,
Genesco. Hat World VP/Finance & Administration KEN KOCHER was named President
and co-Founder GLENN CAMPBELL was named COO (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 11/14).
MEDIA: NESN named CSTV Exec VP & Exec Producer JOEL FELD VP/Programming
& Production & Exec Producer (NESN)....OLN named MARTY EHRLICH VP/Production
& Exec Producer. Most recently, Ehrlich headed North American Television for Octagon.
Ehrlich began his career in ’80 at ESPN as one of the founding individuals in
the creation of the network’s production operation, spending ten years there (OLN)....LiveTV
promoted VP/Operations & Corporate Development GLENN LATTA to President
and appointed Pilson Communications President NEAL PILSON to its Advisory Board
as an Independent Outside Rep (JetBlue).
EXECS: Prince promoted CHARLES OSBORN to VP & USA National Sales
Manager. Osborn joined Prince in May as Regional VP/North Central Region after
nearly 20 years at Wilson Sporting Goods (TENNIS WEEK, 11/12)....Celtics
assistant coach KEVIN EASTMAN is leaving the team to become Nike’s “No.
2 basketball executive behind GEORGE RAVELING” (BOSTON HERALD, 11/15)....MLSE
appointed TD Bank Financial Group Exec VP & CIO, TD Asset Management Chair and
TD Capital President ROBERT MACLELLAN to its BOD, replacing JOHN MACINTYRE
who stepped down after eight years. MacIntyre will continue to be involved with
MLSE as an Advisor to the BOD (MLSE).... ALISON GROENDAL has returned
to AEG’s Home Depot Center as Dir of PR. This is the first time the venue has
had its own PR department. Groendal left AEG in ‘04 to earn her master’s degree
and work for the business school at the Univ. of Southern California (THE DAILY)....The
National Soccer League (NSL) named BRAD MORGAN Dir of Expansion. Morgan
has previously worked for the NPSL Edmonton Drillers and CHL Amarillo Rattlers
(NSL)....NFL Giants PA Announcer BOB SHEPPARD will retire at the
end of the season after 50 years. Sheppard will continue to call Yankees games,
which he has done for 55 years (N.Y. TIMES, 11/15).
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