Richard Petty Motorsports promoted Exec VP/Sales & Marketing BRIAN MOFFITT to CEO and Competition Dir ROBBIE LOOMIS to COO. The company also named Bank of America Senior VP/Global Sponsorship Marketing MIKE HARGRAVE Exec VP/Sales & Marketing (RPM)....GroupM formally announced that it has promoted BRYCE TOWNSEND to CEO of GroupM Entertainment & Sport Partnerships, effective immediately. Townsend, who joined the company in '07 as a Senior VP, will replace GREG LUCKMAN, who is leaving to join CAA Sports (Mult., 7/28).
EXECS: The Coyotes named Predators scout RICK KNICLE Dir of Amateur Scouting (Coyotes)....Bakersfield College named RYAN BECKWITH AD, replacing JAN STUEBBE, who retired in June after 13 years with the school (BAKERSFIELDNOW.com, 7/27)....VMI named TOM SHUPE Associate AD for Marketing & Promotions (VMI)....James Madison Univ. named Western Carolina Univ. Associate AD for External Operations BRIAN FRERKING Associate AD for Development (JMU)....The Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh named Western New Mexico Univ. Assistant AD of Media Relations and Senior Woman Administrator VICTORIA STIMAC Assistant AD and Senior Woman Administrator (UW-Oshkosh).
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