F1 named Virgin Media Head of Advertising & Media ELLIE NORMAN Head of Marketing. She will join F1 on Aug. 14 and report to F1 Managing Dir of Commercial Operations SEAN BRATCHES. Norman "has been at Virgin Media for five years," and before Virgin, she "spent seven years in marketing and communications roles at Honda" (CAMPAIGNLIVE.com, 6/30).
CAMPUS CONNECTIONS: The ACC named Univ. of North Carolina Assistant AD/Communications KEVIN BEST Senior Associate Commissioner/Communications. ACC Associate Commissioner/Communications MIKE FINN announced he will retire at the conclusion of the '17-18 academic year (ACC)....Indiana Univ. named STEPHEN HARPER Senior Associate AD/Administration & External Alliances. The school also promoted KRISTIN BORRELLI to Senior Associate AD/Compliance Services and KRIS FOWLER to Senior Associate AD/Sports Administration. IU Senior Associate AD/Academic Services and Dir of Excellence Academy/SWA MATTIE WHITE will now also oversee sports medicine and nutrition in addition to her existing responsibilities (IU)....The Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment Collegiate Services Division named CHRIS MURRAY GM for its Stony Brook Univ. property and DUVAL POWELL GM for its Liberty Univ. property (VWSE)....The Univ. of Oregon named Tennessee-based LKP Strategies Principal JIMMY STANTON Senior Associate AD/Communications (Oregon)....The Univ. of Texas promoted Title IX Coordinator LATOYA SMITH to Senior Associate AD/Student Services (HOOKEM.com, 6/29)....Learfield shifted GM of its Univ. of Toledo property LUKE REIFF to GM of its Univ. of Illinois property (Learfield).
EXECS: Sources said that the Pacers named Hornets Assistant GM CHAD BUCHANAN GM. He will "work under" President of Basketball Operations KEVIN PRITCHARD (TWITTER.com, 6/29)....The NFL promoted TERRI VALENTI to the league's "first female instant replay official in the booth." Valenti has "worked on instant replay for the NFL for the past five years" (AP, 6/29)....The San Jose Sports Authority named San Jose State Univ. Deputy AD/External Operations JOHN POCH Exec Dir (SJS).
Do you have an executive announcement? If so, please send to editorial@sportsbusinessdaily.com.
Create your own Executive Transaction
Ready to make your next great hire? Or take the next step in your career? Connect with the industry’s top employers and job seekers on the Sports Business Career Link. For more information, contact Megi Beqiraj at 212-500-0705, or
mbeqiraj@sportsbusinessjournal.com.
