Andretti Sports Marketing named Verizon IndyCar Series Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg President TIM RAMSBERGER to an unnamed position. Savoree Racing Promotions co-Owner KEVIN SAVOREE said that he and event co-Owner KIM GREEN "will remain in charge of its operations." Ramsberger, who will still be based in St. Pete, will be "analyzing and evaluating how the company can manage its rapid growth and how it should manage its current projects toward the future" (TAMPABAY.com, 8/5).
EXECS: MSG named Arbitron President & CEO SEAN CREAMER Exec VP & CFO, effective Sept. 1 (MSG)....Apple named former Nike Global Dir of Social Media Marketing MUSA TARIQ Digital Marketing Dir (Apple)....Under Armour named former ESPN Exec Chair GEORGE BODENHEIMER to its BOD (UA)....The Univ. of Iowa promoted men's golf coach MARK HANKINS to Assistant AD (UI)....Middle Tennessee State Univ. named KEITH MCCLUNEY Associate AD/Development, replacing ALAN FARLEY, who became Rutherford County (Tenn.) Election Commission Administrator (DNJ.com, 8/5)....The D-I FCS Athletic Directors Association named Southern Utah Univ. AD KEN BEAZER President (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 8/6).
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