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Nike has appointed GE Senior VP & CMO ELIZABETH COMSTOCK to its BOD (Portland OREGONIAN, 4/22)....The National Association of Sports Commission has appointed the following to its BOD for '11-12: North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee VP & COO TARA GREEN as Chair; Nashville Sports Council Senior VP & COO GARY ALEXANDER as Vice Chair/Chair Elect; Maryland Office of Sports Marketing Dir TERRY HASSELTINE as Treasurer; St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission Dir KEVIN SMITH as Secretary; and Phoenix Regional Sports Commission President JON SCHMIEDER as Immediate Past Chair (NASC)....The Dolphins have promoted Assistant Dir of Player Personnel BRIAN GAINE to Dir of Player Personnel (SUN-SENTINEL.com, 4/21)....Wembley Stadium Non-Exec Dir MELVIN BENN has been appointed Chair, effective May 1. Benn replaces DAVID BERNSTEIN, who was appointed Chair of England's Football Association in January (FA)....The Indiana Univ. Sports Journalism Center has hired Big Ten Network reporter LARRA OVERTON as Web Editor (SPORTSJOURNALISM.org, 4/20)....Baltimore-based marketing and PR agency Warschawski has promoted THOMAS NEUBERGER to Creative Dir (Warschawski)....Delaware North Companies -- Boston, which operates TD Garden, has promoted Bruins Fan Relations Manager TAMALA SWEESY to Client Service Manager for The Premium Club, and Premium Service Coordinator JACQUELINE DEROSA to Client Service Account Representative for The Premium Club. Delaware North also has promoted Premium Account Execs MICHELE KING and AJAY SISODIA to Client Development Execs within The Premium Club (Delaware North).

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