Raiders Senior VP & CMO COURTNEE WESTENDORF is leaving the organization. Prior to joining the Raiders in '15, Westendorf was Disney Interactive Media Group VP/Marketing. She also has had stints with Intel and Yahoo (THE DAILY).
PRESSING PAUSE: ELeague GM and Turner Sports VP/Esports CHRISTINA ALEJANDRE has parted ways with the company. ELeague saw "massive success" under her leadership. Alejandre "didn't mention what will happen next in her career." Alejandre was honored as an SBJ Game Changer last year (DBLTAP.com, 4/2).
EXECS: Stats LLC named management consulting firm Tidewater Group founder MIKE PEREZ COO (Stats)....AEG Facilities named HUGH LOMBARDI GM of Target Center. Lombardi will also serve as AEG Regional VP. Lombardi was most recently Chesapeake Energy Arena GM for SMG. AEG also promoted Target Center Dir of Finance DAVID SCHMID to Assistant GM, while Target Center Senior Dir of Operations TOM RELLER was promoted to AEG Facilities Regional Dir of Operations (AEG)....Populous named DOUG BARRAZA and PARTHO DUTTA Senior Architects & Principals. The firm also named JULIE RINALDI Senior Architect & Senior Associate. She will be based in S.F. (THE DAILY)....The Aspire Group promoted CHAD HULSE to Senior Sales Service Consultant (Colorado State) and COLE LONG to Senior Sales Consultant (Army). The company also hired the following people for their Fan Relationship Management Centers: CHRIS CHENNAULT as Sales & Service Consultant (Colorado State); ERIK KERNS as Sales Consultant (Toledo); MEGHAN O'DONNELL as Sales Consultant (Delaware); HANNAH KEELING as Sales & Service Consultant for Women's Athletics (FAU); KYLE MURRIN and JACK WILLENBROCK as Sales & Service Consultants (FAU); ISAAC LUGINBILL as Development Consultant (Purdue); BRANDEN LUCAS as New Sales Consultant (Purdue); and COY DRAYTONA as Service & Retention Consultant (Maryland) (THE DAILY, 4/2).
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