Chrysler Group Dir of Marketing Communications JULIE ROEHM is leaving the company to join Wal-Mart as Senior VP/Global Marketing Communications. Roehm was with the Chrysler Group since ’01 (AD AGE, 1/18)....WPT Enterprises (WPTE) named PETER HUGHES COO, where he will oversee the production, marketing, licensing, sponsorship, business development and website for WPTE properties domestically and internationally. Most recently, Hughes was SFX Sports Group Exec VP. He has also served as Financial Manager for the NFL’s publishing division (WPTE)....Six Flags Inc. named Euro Disney CFO JEFFREY SPEED CFO (L.A. TIMES, 1/19).
MEDIA: Disney and ESPN Networks Affiliate Sales & Marketing promoted VP/National Accounts DAVID PRESCHLACK to Senior VP/Affiliate Sales & Marketing; VP/Affiliate Ad Sales GARY PERRELLI to Senior VP/Affiliate Ad Sales; and Senior Dir of ESPN Broadband & Interactive Sales WARREN GARNER to VP/Affiliate Marketing (ESPN)....TWI is moving Senior VP FELIX ALVAREZ-GARMON to Miami to “strengthen its presence” in U.S. Hispanic markets, Latin America and the Caribbean. Alvarez-Garmon will continue to be responsible for sales and for developing production opportunities in the region (DAILY VARIETY, 1/18).
EXECS: USM&P, the event management and retail activation agency of The Marketing Arm, named Waste Management VP/Marketing CURT KNAPP Senior VP & Managing Dir of its Dallas office (USM&P)....MLS and Soccer United Marketing named WILL KUHNS Dir of Communications. Kuhns, who is bilingual, has covered the league for various media outlets since its inception (MLS)....Dover Int’l Speedway promoted MICHELLE MELVIN to Advertising Manager and LINDSAY MCNAMARA to Special Events Coordinator (Dover)....Raleigh-based Insider Sports Marketing named former Triple-A Int’l League Durham Bulls Dir of Corporate Sales CHIP HUTCHINSON President (Bulls)....InfinityProSports.com named ANDY SHARER to its customer service department and LISA BISHOP to its sales team (Infinity Pro Sports).
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