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Executive Transactions

The 76ers, Devils and Prudential Center named InterMedia Outdoors Holdings Exec VP/CFO ANDY GOLDSTEIN CFO & Exec VP, Proskauer Rose attorney BRAD SHRON Exec VP & General Counsel and New Jersey Department of the Treasury Chief of Staff JIM LEONARD Senior VP/Community Investment. Shron in his previous position played a role in deals for MetLife Stadium, Amway Center and Prudential Center, while also providing representation for the NBA, NBA D-League, NHL, MLS, Devils, Magic, Vikings, NFL Jets and Nationals. All three new hires will be based in Newark, assuming duties primarily for the Devils and Prudential Center, and as necessary, the 76ers. The 76ers also named former Eagles Senior VP & CMO TIM MCDERMOTT Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer (Prudential Center).

EXECS: The Coyotes named BILL MAKRIS VP/Ticket Sales & Service (THE DAILY)....Conde Nast Entertainment appointed ESPN Senior VP/Multimedia Sales LISA VALENTINO Chief Revenue Officer (HOLLYWOODREPORTER.com, 1/6)....Auburn Univ. named Univ. of Minnesota Deputy AD DAVID BENEDICT COO (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 1/7)....The Univ. of Wyoming named Univ. of Colorado Associate AD/Compliance & Financial Aid JULIE MANNING Senior Associate AD/Sport Administration and Senior Woman Administrator (CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE, 1/4)....Gatorade promoted Global Senior Dir of Communications & Influencer Marketing MOLLY CARTER to Senior Dir of Consumer Engagement (THE DAILY)....NASCAR team Red Horse Racing named former Sharp-Gallaher Racing Dir of Communications JODY JENNINGS LETOURNEAU Dir of Marketing & Communications (THE DAILY)....Global Golf Post named Deputy Editor MIKE PURKEY to the newly created post of Exec Editor, reporting directly to Editor-In-Chief BRIAN HEWITT. The publication also hired MIKE CULLITY as a Senior Editor and journalist STEVE EUBANKS as a Special Contributor (GLOBAL GOLF POST, 1/7 issue).

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