AMB Group named Mercedes-Benz USA President & CEO STEPHEN CANNON CEO. Cannon will lead all business operations for the Falcons, MLS expansion club Atlanta United FC, developer Atlanta Falcons Stadium Co., PGA Tour Superstore and Mountain Sky Guest Ranch. AMB Sports & Entertainment President RICH MCKAY, Atlanta United FC President DARREN EALES, PGA Tour Superstore President & CEO DICK SULLIVAN and Mountain Sky Guest Ranch GM YANCEY ARTERBURN will “all report directly to Cannon upon his arrival” on Feb. 1. Falcons coach DAN QUINN and GM THOMAS DIMITROFF will continue to report directly to team Owner ARTHUR BLANK (BIZJOURNALS.com, 12/21). The move comes after Blank's "stated desire to step back from day-to-day operations of his businesses" (AJC.com, 12/21).
EXECS: Univ. of Delaware AD ERIC ZIADY is "stepping down" Dec. 31 to "seek other opportunities" after taking the job in '12. UD Sport Management Program Dir MATT ROBINSON is taking over "on an interim basis." A new AD "will be Delaware's third" since '09 after the school had just two from '51-'09 (Wilmington NEWS JOURNAL, 12/22)....Daytona Int'l Speedway named RICHIE WILSON Creative Content Producer and BILL ENGLISH Manager of Credentials. DIS also promoted GINO GIOVANELLI to Assistant Building Manager; STEVE BERES to Dir of Security; MATT VINSON to Senior Manager of Digital Marketing; CHARLIE TEMPLETON to Senior Manager of Sales; LISA PINTO to Manager of Special Events; JENNIFER YOUNG to Senior Manager of Event Operations; and ROBBY TEDROW to Event Operations Manager (NEWS-JOURNALONLINE.com, 12/20)....The NHRA named former Palace Sports & Entertainment Exec VP/Broadcasting & Multimedia PETE SKORICH Lead Producer & Dir of TV Production. Skorich spent 30 years with PS&E overseeing broadcast, multimedia, gameday entertainment and creative services before leaving in ’11 (NHRA).
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