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The Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee named Northeastern Univ. Executive Senior Associate AD AMANDA BRAUN AD, succeeding ANDY GEIGER. Braun will begin on May 1 (JSONLINE.com, 3/4)….RSE Ventures named former WPS CEO JENNIFER O’SULLIVAN General Counsel (THE DAILY)….Staples Center promoted TIM MCNEFF to Senior Event Manager and HARRISON SEELER to Assistant Event Manager. The venue also named ASHLEY SINCLAIR Special Events Programmer (Staples Center)….ESPN formally promoted Senior Dir of Corporate Outreach KEVIN MARTINEZ to VP/Corporate Outreach (ESPN)….Own the Podium Dir of Winter Sport KEN READ has “stepped down,” with his formal resignation effective March 28. OTP CEO ANNE MERKLINGER “plans to fill in for Read until his replacement is hired in May” (CALGARY HERALD, 3/4)....Experiential marketing firm Engine Shop named JENNIFER CARPER Partner & Chief Client Officer (THE DAILY).

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