The Packers named ED POLICY VP & General Counsel. Policy served as AFL Commissioner, President & CEO from '08-09, and served as an NFL Exec Consultant from '09-10. Since September '10, Policy has served as President of a fully-funded startup that is developing sports media and entertainment property. The Packers also announced VP/Finance PAUL BANIEL is taking on additional duties as VP/Administration (Packers).
READ ALL ABOUT IT: USA Today Sports Media Group named Yahoo Media Dir of Strategy & Development for Blogs, Social & SEO JAMIE MOTTRAM Dir of Content Development. Mottram reunites with USA Today Sports Media Group Senior VP/Content & Editor-in-Chief DAVE MORGAN, who brought Mottram over from AOL Fanhouse in '07. Mottram will focus initially on the Gannett Co. unit's blogging efforts, and also help develop new content vehicles. Mottram said, "Being back with Dave certainly didn't hurt, but there are a bunch of things I wanted to do, and USA Today allows me to do all of them." Mottram will continue to work primarily from his home in N.C. (Eric Fisher, SportsBusiness Journal).
EXECS: The Lions named Michigan Economic Development Corp. Senior VP/Marketing & Communications ELIZABETH PARKINSON Senior VP/Marketing & Partnerships (Lions)....MSG named Islanders Senior VP/Corporate Sponsorships, Exec Suites & Marketing JUSTIN JOHNSON Senior VP/Partnership Strategy (MSG)....VCU named Niagara Univ. AD ED MCLAUGHLIN to the same position (NIAGARA GAZETTE, 7/24)....Troy Univ. AD STEVE DENNIS "has announced his resignation," effective September 30. Dennis said, "There are other opportunities that I'm pursuing." Dennis "has been with the university" since '05 (TROY MESSENGER, 7/25)....Outside Television named former NBC Olympic Sports Producer CHRISTOPHER CROWLEY Exec Producer (Outside Television)....The LPGA Symetra Tour Symetra Classic named MIKE FRESINA Tournament Dir. Fresina "most recently" worked with Street & Smith Sports Group (CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.com, 7/24)....Williams Grand Prix Holdings named TOTO WOLFF Exec Dir (Williams Grand Prix Holdings)....Daktronics has appointed VP SETH HANSEN to lead the company's project management operations (Daktronics).
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