Columbia Sportswear promoted Exec VP & COO BRYAN TIMM to President & COO, while President & CEO TIM BOYLE will remain CEO. Columbia also promoted Senior VP/Legal & Corporate Affairs, General Counsel & Secretary PETER BRAGDON to Exec VP, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel, Senior VP/Finance & CFO TOM CUSICK to Exec VP/Finance & CFO, VP/Apparel Merchandising JOE BOYLE to the newly created position of VP/Columbia Brand Merchandising & Design, and VP/Global Footwear Merchandising & Design MARK NENOW to President of the Sorel Brand, which is also a newly formed position (Columbia).
CALL OF DUTY: The NBA yesterday formally named CHRISTINE PANTOYA Senior VP/Mobile Strategy, a new position responsible for expanding the NBA's mobile strategy in the U.S. and abroad, including development of the league's over-the-top offerings. She will report to NBA Chief Strategic & Financial Officer JASON CAHILLY. She most recently worked for Verizon and also has held positions with Cox, Sprint, Nextel and others (NBA).
EXECS: CBS Sports has promoted Communications Dir DAN SABREEN to VP/Communications (CBS Sports)....Home Team Sports promoted Account Exec CHAD COPHER to VP/Ad Sales, overseeing the Midwest region. Copher will be based in Chicago and report to Senior VP CRAIG SLOAN (Home Team Sports)....Double-A Eastern League Richmond Flying Squirrels GM BILL PAPIERNIAK resigned yesterday after five seasons -- 17 total in MiLB -- to “run his own business” (TWITTER.com, 3/2)....Atlanta’s MLS expansion club “has hired” former U.S. men’s national team D CARLOS BOCANEGRA as Technical Dir. Bocanegra “will start in April and will help MLS Atlanta President DARREN EALES with the non-coaching sports side of the organization” (AJC.com, 3/2)....USA Volleyball named former USOC Athlete Ombudsman JOHN RUGER Senior Dir of Beach Operations (USA Volleyball)....Rutgers promoted Dir of Athletic Communications KEVIN LORINCZ to Senior Associate AD/Communications and named MSG Co. Communications Manager HASIM PHILLIPS Associate AD/Media Relations & Football (RU)....Turnkey Sports & Entertainment named CHRISTINA LATYN Senior Dir of Research and DAINA LECUONA and STANLEY WILLIARD Recruiting Associates (Turnkey)....The NHL Kings named APRIL ALBA Games Presentation & Events Assistant (THE DAILY)....Miami-based SportsManias named CBS Sports Senior UX Designer ERIC JOHNSTON to the same position (THE DAILY).
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