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Venue manager Spectra named WWE Senior Dir of Global Live Event Booking ANDREW FORSTADT VP/Entertainment & Events (Spectra)....SMI VP/Special Projects JESSICA FICKENSCHER was promoted to Senior VP/Special Projects, while Performance Racing Network Senior VP/Sales GERRY HORN was promoted to PRN Senior VP & GM (SMI)....The Women's Sports Foundation elected U.S. bobsledder ELANA MEYERS TAYLOR President. She will serve a one-year term beginning in January '19 (WSF)....NYRA named MIKE LAKOW Racing Secretary for Aqueduct Racetrack and the '18 summer meet at Saratoga Race Course. He previously served as NYRA Racing Secretary from '93-'05 (NYRA)....Tandem Sports & Entertainment named museum-based education program Smithsonian Associates Digital Marketing Intern ALEXANDRA BOVINO Marketing & Brand Developing Coordinator (Tandem)....Monmouth Univ. named JOSH JAMES Dir of Basketball Operations (AP, 7/12)....The A's named ALLIE RUMPANOS, ARIANNA CRUZ, LAURA KOERBER and RICHARD KAYE Account Execs for Business Development (THE DAILY).

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