NYC FC named former Tribeca Enterprises President & COO JON PATRICOF President, effective in March. Current NYC FC President TOM GLICK will continue in his role until March and will remain with the club through the spring. Later in '16, Glick will assume a role overseeing commercial activities across the whole City Football Group, which includes EPL club Manchester City. Patricof will report to NYC FC Managing Dir and City Football Group CEO FERRAN SORIANO (NYC FC).
EXECS: UFC promoted Exec VP/Strategy & Business Ventures NAKISA BIDARIAN to CFO, replacing JOHN MULKEY, who left the company in December after 10 years in that role. Bidarian joined UFC four years ago from Mubadala Development Company in the UAE (Bill King, Staff Writer)....Motorsport Network named AOL Auto VP & GM CHRIS ESCHENBURG President of Global Operations, where he will oversee both Motorsport.com and Motor1.com (Motorsport Net)....One World Sports named ESPN Dir of Programming & Acquisitions TODD MYERS VP/Programming, Acquisitions & Development (One World Sports)....Sporting KC named Fire Technical Dir BRIAN BLISS Dir of Player Personnel (KANSASCITY.com, 1/5)....UFC Gym named bodybuilder TAMER EL-GUINDY Senior VP/Int'l Franchising and Head of UFC Gym Univ. (UFC)....WWE named Viacom Media Networks Senior Counsel MICHEL WERTHENSCHLAG VP/Int'l Business & Legal Affairs (THE DAILY)....Pivot Marketing Agency named Warriors Group Sales Manager DANA KNOPS Senior Dir of Travel (Pivot)....Carroll College named Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Associate AD CHARLIE GROSS AD. Carroll "has been without a permanent AD since late June after CURT APSEY accepted the same job at Boise State" (BILLINGSGAZETTE.com, 1/5)....East Carolina named UAB Associate Dir of Marketing KATIE WHITLEY Assistant Dir of Marketing (ECU)....KT Health, parent company to KT Tape, named Talking Rain/Sparkling Ice VP/Marketing RUSSELL SCHLEIDEN CMO (KT Health)....Red Bull Global Rallycross named Red Bull North America Senior Motorsports Marketing Manager COLBY RODRIGUEZ to its Exec Management Team, where he will work conjointly with CEO COLIN DYNE on day-to-day management of the series (Red Bull Global Rallycross).
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