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The NHL has moved Group VP/Integrated Marketing BRIAN CULL over to the Group VP/Business Development role. The league also named Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment Dir of Global Sales for Media & Properties MAX PAULSEN and Padres Dir of Community Outreach ALLISON EDDY Dirs of Business Development, while Momentum Worldwide VP & Dir of Business Leadership EVIN DOBSON was named Group VP/Partnership Marketing and Boston Consulting Group Principal JAKA LEDNIK was named Group VP/Int'l Strategy (NHL).

JERSEY BOYS: The Devils named former Oak View Group Exec VP/Premium Services JASON GONELLA VP/Premium Partnerships and former FanDuel VP/Brand DAN SPIEGEL VP/Marketing. Gonella returns to Prudential Center 10 years after he sold premium seats at the Newark arena for Wasserman, the NHL team’s old sales agency. Gonella also had stints with AEG, Legends and Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment (Don Muret, Staff Writer).

EXECS: The Professional Fighters League hired former Fox Sports Exec VP/Content Integration & Presenation GEORGE GREENBERG to "oversee broadcast production." Greenberg, who spent 23 years with Fox, was most recently "overseeing content integration flow" within FS1 and FS2 programs.The PFL also named former WME-IMG Senior VP/Partnership Development WILL BLAIR Exec VP/Sponsorship & Revenue Partnerships (VARIETY.com, 7/12)....Esports team Echo Fox named Nuggets Dir of Player Personnel JARED JEFFRIES President, effective Aug. 1 (Echo Fox)....USL club Louisville City FC named Neace Ventures President BRAD ESTES Exec VP and former NASL club Jacksonville Armada President STEVE LIVINGSTONE COO (Louisville City).


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