Golf Channel named Comcast Cable VP/Business Intelligence JAY MADARA CFO, reporting to President MIKE MCCARLEY (Golf Channel)....Easton Bell Sports named Kimberly-Clark VP/Global Communications LAURA MOORE Senior VP/Corporate Communications (Easton Bell Sports)....Arbitron promoted U.S. Media Services Senior VP SEAN CREAMER to the newly created position of Exec VP & COO (Arbitron)....Westwood One promoted MICHAEL SCHRECK to VP/Sports Sales (Westwood One)....Univision Deportes named ESPN Star Sports Senior Exec Producer of News SHARON VAN ZWIETEN to the same position and NFL Jets Senior Dir of Marketing VICTORIA VITARELLI VP/Marketing. Both will report to Univision President of Sports ALEXANDER BROWN (Univision).
COLLEGES: The West Coast Conference promoted SCOTT LEYKAM to Senior Associate Commissioner for External Relations and COLLEEN LIM to Senior Associate Commissioner for Governance & Administration. The WCC also named FORREST EBER Dir of Business & Operations (WCC)....The SEC named Rice Univ. Senior Associate AD and Senior Woman Administrator LESLIE CLAYBROOK Assistant Commissioner (WTVA.com, 8/11)....Clark College named California State Univ.-L.A. Deputy AD CHARLES GUTHRIE AD (OREGONLIVE.com, 8/11)....Georgia Southern Univ. promoted JEFF BLYTHE to Associate AD for Business Operations and MATT TAYLOR to Dir of Athletic Marketing (GSU)....The Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater promoted LEAH THYNE to Assistant AD for Marketing & External Relations (UWW)....UCLA named Olympic Gold Medalist RAFER JOHNSON Special Assistant to AD DAN GUERRERO (UCLA).
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