NASCAR Corporate Marketing Senior Account Manager TED VAN ZELST has been promoted to Corporate Marketing Dir, where he will be responsible for new business development and drawing new partners to the organization. Van Zelst joined NASCAR in August '04 after serving as Islanders Dir of Corporate Sales (Michael Smith, SportsBusiness Journal).
EXECS: JAVIER LEON was named Managing Dir of Andell Sports Group, which oversees the sports-related assets for MLS Fire Owner ANDREW HAUPTMAN’s Andell Holdings (Andell Holdings)....Disney’s Wide World of Sports named JOE MARTENS Account Development Manager, STACY MARTIN-TENNY Associate Marketing Manager, and ANDY VERLENGIA and MATTHEW HANSON Associate Sports Managers. DUSTIN EMBRY was promoted to Sports Manager (Disney)....The MLS Crew named BRIAN BLISS its first-ever Technical Dir (Crew)....Athletic Republic named KEVIN BARKER VP/Business Development, TRICIA KOBOS VP/Operations and TRAJAN KING VP/Finance (Athletic Republic)....The Dodgers named former MLBer JOSE VIZCAINO Special Assistant for the ’08 season (Dodgers)....Golf World named Fast Company Advertising Account Dir KEVIN FLANAGAN Account Manager (Conde Nast).
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