AMB Sports & Entertainment promoted Chief Administrative Officer GREG BEADLES to COO & Exec VP. Beadles has been with the Falcons and AMBSE for more than 23 years, beginning as a finance intern. The company also named Mercedes-Benz USA exec HARRY HYNEKAMP VP/Fan Experience, succeeding MIKE GOMES, who in February left to become Chief Experience Officer for Atlanta-based real estate firm Cortland Partners (Mike Sunnucks, Staff Writer).
DEAN OF STUDENTS: College Football Officiating LLC named former NFL Senior VP/Officiating DEAN BLANDINO Dir of Instant Replay. Blandino "oversaw officiating in the NFL" from '13-17, after which he left to join Fox Sports as an "on-air analyst." His new position will be "structured to focus on offseason development, allowing him to continue his broadcasting role" (ESPN.com, 5/14).
EXECS: The Professional Fighters League named MARK NOLAN Exec VP/Global Brand Partnership & Media Sales. Nolan has spent two decades in sports media, with stints at NBC, Golf Channel, ESPN and Endeavor. The PFL also named JASON BROWN VP/Digital (John Ourand, Staff Writer)....Society for American Baseball Research CEO MARC APPLEMAN is resigning, effective July 6, to pursue another opportunity that will soon be announced. A former journalist and digital media exec with WWE, ESPN and AOL, Appleman has spent eight years with SABR and was a key figure in the organization's creation of its annual Analytics Conference and a deal with Rawlings (Eric Fisher, Staff Writer)....Stats LLC named JAYME FULLER to the newly created position of Senior VP/Global Partner Development (Stats)....Mobile scheduling app TeamSnap named Maxar Technologies VP & Treasurer TODD STOCKARD CFO (TeamSnap)....The American Cancer Society named Media Link Senior VP/Mobile, Media & Advertising Strategy DARYL EVANS VP/Sports Alliances. ACS also elected MARGARET MCCAFFERY to its BOD. McCaffery's husband, FRAN, is Iowa men's basketball coach (ACS).
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