The Hurricanes yesterday named RON FRANCIS Dir of Hockey Operations and added TOM ROWE to the team's pro scouting department (Hurricanes)....The Blue Jackets yesterday let go of Dir of Hockey Operations & Player Personnel DON BOYD and Pro Scouting Dir BOB STRUMM, "three weeks before the NHL draft and a month before the start of free agency." Blue Jackets Dir of Amateur Scouting PAUL CASTRON and Assistant Dir of Amateur Scouting JOHN WILLIAMS will lead the team at the draft (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 6/8).
EXECS: The USTA named TRINA SINGIAN Communications Coordinator and AYANA MILLER Publicity Associate (THE DAILY)....Oaklawn Park hired JAMIE RICHARDSON as Track Superintendent, replacing STEVE BRECKLING, who resigned from the horse track at the end of the '11 winter-spring meeting (THOROUGHBREDTIMES.com, 6/7)....The NBA D-League Ft. Wayne Mad Ants promoted GARRETT MARTZ to Dir of Corporate Sponsorships and KYLE THOMS to Dir of Ticket Sales. The Mad Ants also hired AUDREY SIEBRASE as an Account Exec (Mad Ants)....The Aspire Group promoted RYAN GOTTLIEB to Manager of Louisiana Tech Fan Relationship Management Center and PRESTON SHYTLE to Manager of the Univ. of Maryland Fan Relationship Center (THE DAILY).
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