Fox Sports Digital named USA Today Sports Media Group VP/Digital Strategy MARK PESAVENTO Senior VP/Content. Pesavento, who helped launch USA Today’s "For the Win" site, will oversee all editorial and video content development for the company, as well as manage Fox Sports’ social media relationships with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. He will report to Exec VP/Digital PETE VLASTELICA and relocate to L.A. Pesavento's career includes stints at Sporting News, LATimes.com and Yahoo Sports (John Ourand, Staff Writer). Pesavento today in a series of tweets wrote, "As I depart for @FOXSports, a big thank you to everyone at @USATODAYsports and @ForTheWin for making my time at USAT special. I couldn't be more proud of the team and what we accomplished. Thank you for always making me look good. cc: @themikefoss @JamieMottram. Also, I am damn proud of the @USATODAYsports mobile app. Props to @TimWGardner for his leadership of that killer team. You guys are great. And one last shoutout: Thanks to DAVE MORGAN, who has advanced the careers of so many at the LA Times, @YahooSports and now @USATODAYsports" (TWITTER.com, 7/7).
NAMES: Nike named Wal-Mart Stores VP/Global Controls & Governance CHRIS ABSTON VP, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer, effective Aug. 1. He replaces PAO BERNIE PLISKA, who "retires effective July 31" (OREGONLIVE.com, 7/6)....The Warriors named MSG Exec VP/Facilities STEPHEN COLLINS COO of GSW Arena LLC. He will oversee all operations for the team's new arena in S.F., set to open in '18. Collins will report to Warriors President & COO RICK WELTS....The Univ. of Wisconsin announced the following promotions: KATIE AHRENS SMITH and JEFF SCHMIDT to Associate ADs; Chief of Staff WALTER DICKEY to Deputy AD; Associate ADs MARIJA PIENTKA, JUSTIN DOHERTY, JASON KING and DOUG TIEDT to Senior Associate ADs. Additionally, Associate AD/Business Operations RANDY MARNOCHA began a new role with the UW-Madison Division of Business Services, and Dir of Financial Operations MARIO MORRIS "will assume day-to-day oversight of the athletic department's business operation" (MADISON.com, 7/7)....The Mountain West Conference promoted Dir of Special Projects GARY WALENGA to Assistant Commissioner/Business & CFO (MWC)....New Mexico State Univ. named Southern Illinois Univ. Deputy AD CHET SAVAGE to the same position (NMSU)....Premier Partnerships promoted ERIN PROBER to Senior Dir of Marketing Services and CARYN ROSOFF to Dir of Marketing Services at its L.A. office (Premier).
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