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The ATP World Tour named MARC HARRIS Properties Dir. He will work across the tour’s global sponsorship portfolio. Harris most recently was Momentum Head of Sports Sponsorship/Europe. He has previously worked for SportsWorld Media Group, M&C Saatchi, IMG and Bell Pottinger (SPORTINGINDUSTRY.biz, 8/17)….USTA Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer KEVIN CLAYTON has decided to leave the organization due to personal reasons. Clayton will remain available to assist the organization through the U.S. Open (THE DAILY)....JIM DELORENZO, former VP of Octagon Digital and a key exec in the creation of Twackle.com, has moved to CBS Corp. to become VP/Local Media Strategic Initiatives. DeLorenzo has relocated from suburban DC to N.Y. Meanwhile, MATT WSZOLEK, former Cubs Director of Sales & Promotions, is now the Associate Dir of Development & Corporate Partnerships for the Univ. of Illinois. Wszolek will be based in Chicago (Eric Fisher, SportsBusiness Journal).

EXECS: AEG has hired DOUG HALL as GM for the new MLS Dynamo stadium set to open in ’12. Hall previously served as interim Exec Dir & VP for the ’11 Final Four local organizing committee in Houston and Toyota Center GM & VP (AEG)....The Univ. of Cincinnati named Deputy AD BOB ARKEILPANE interim AD (Cincinnati)….Temple Univ. has promoted the following: Senior Associate AD ERIC ROEDL to Deputy AD; Associate ADs KRISTEN FOLEY, LARRY DOUGHERTY and SHERRYTA FREEMAN to Senior Associate ADs; Assistant AD SCOTT WALCOFF to Associate AD/Marketing & Sales; and Athletic Business Manager HARRY METZINGER to Dir for Finance & Administration (Temple)….Illinois State Univ. named Univ. of Louisville Dir of Development for the Cardinal Athletic Fund JUSTIN RECKTENWALD Dir of Development & Sales (Illinois State)….Fort Lewis College named GARY HUNTER AD (Fort Lewis College)….Bloomsburg Univ. of Pennsylvania named MIKE MCFARLAND AD (Bloomsburg Univ.)….The U.S. Coast Guard Academy named TIMOTHY FITZPATRICK AD (U.S. Coast Guard Academy)....ESPN named MARK CASWELL JR. Statistics Analyst (THE DAILY).

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