Learfield named N.Y.-based advertising company GroupM Global Head of Corporate Development ROB SCHNEIDER Chief Strategy & Development Officer. Schneider will work out of the company's HQ in Plano, Texas, and will report to Learfield President & CEO GREG BROWN (THE DAILY)....The Bulls promoted the following: BRIAN HAGEN to Associate GM; STEVE WEINMAN to Assistant GM; JIM PAXSON to Dir of Pro Personnel; and MILES ABBETT to Manager of Minor League Scouting & Analytics Manager (Bulls)....Richmond Raceway promoted BRENT GAMBILL to Senior Dir of Communications & Digital and JAMES HALL to Senior Dir of Ticket Sales & Consumer Marketing. The racetrack also named MICHAEL STORTI Dir of Accounting (Richmond Raceway)....ISM Raceway named Suns Manager of Community Relations RODNEY SCEARCE Dir of Communications (ISM Raceway)....The WNBA Chicago Sky dismissed GM and coach AMBER STOCKS after a "two-year tenure that included an overall record of 25-43 and zero playoff appearances" (AP, 8/31)....Georgia Tech named Univ. of Georgia Associate Dir of Promotions GINA GONZALES Assistant AD/Marketing & Fan Experience (Georgia Tech)....Stats LLC named MicroStrategy Exec VP/Int'l Sales STEVE XELLER Chief Revenue Officer (Stats).
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