The Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee (AZSBHC) named OMD Senior Int’l & Domestic Meeting Planner CAROLYN SEXSON-PATTISON VP/Hospitality Services (AZSBHC)....The Dew Action Sports Tour promoted Senior Dir of Events CHRIS PRYBYLO to VP/Events, Senior Dir of Partner Relations CASEY MORTON to VP/Partnerships and Manager of Partner Relations CHARLIE SEVERN to Senior Manager of Marketing & Partnerships (Dew Action Sports Tour)....In this week’s SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, Terry Lefton reports Lead-Dog Marketing, N.Y., named BILL SCHOONMAKER VP/Client Partnerships, heading the sports sponsorship marketing practice. Most recently, Schoonmaker headed the N.Y. office of 361 Sports & Event Marketing (SBJ, 1/8 issue)....Univ. of Minnesota Associate AD MIKE HALLORAN has resigned to become VP/Sales for Dallas-based fundraising consulting firm Viscern (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 1/10)....Brine Corp. named STX Exec VP & GM DALE KOHLER GM (Brine)....General Sports Alliances (GSA) named Adrenalin Dir of Corporate Marketing CHRIS DAVIS Dir of Sales. GSA also named MIKE SOLUM, who was previously Exec Dir of the John R. Wooden Award and Sports Marketing at The L.A. Athletic Club, Dir of Sales for the Western Region (GSA)....Virginia Sports Properties named Palace Sports & Entertainment Marketing Manager MIKE ENSTROM Dir of Client Services & Event Marketing (THE DAILY).
MEDIA: Tennis Magazine promoted Dir of Marketing HAYES CLEMENT to Associate Publisher of Marketing and named Sports Illustrated Midwest Client Marketing Manager MATT SHEEHAN Marketing Dir (Miller Publishing)....HBO named MLB Senior Marketing Manager GREG CESA Series Manager (THE DAILY).
FRANCHISE: CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats Senior Dir of Football Operations RON LANCASTER will not return to the football front office next season. The team “offered ... Lancaster a role within the organization but he is away on vacation and has not decided if he will accept it” (TORONTO STAR, 1/10)....The Rockets named Coyotes Senior Account Exec ROB ZUER Premium Sales Exec (Game Face).
FAMILY BUSINESS: ESPN.com’s David Newton reported KERRY EARNHARDT will join Dale Earnhardt Inc. “as a full-time employee next week, serving as a liaison between the Nextel Cup and Busch programs and driving in a handful of races.” Earnhardt “has asked to drive in at least five Busch races and a couple of Cup races for DEI, but said his future with the company doesn’t hinge on that” (ESPN.com, 1/10).
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