The Warriors promoted the following: MATT ARTIN to Senior Dir of Partnership Insights; ZACH HILL to Dir of Community Relations; ANTHONY SILVA to Dir of Ticket Operations; KATIE STOCKBERGER to Dir of Partnership Development; HEIDI SILBER to Senior Manager of Partnership Development; JAKE MARKOWITZ to Senior Manager of Season Ticket Sales; MI JIN JUNG to Senior Manager of Facilities Operations; DOUG MACKLIN to Senior Engineer; JACKSON TADY to Manager of Arena Operations; KATIE CRACCHIOLO to Digital Project Manager; JOHN HILLS to Chase Center Experience Operations Supervisor; BOW KLEPPIN to Facilities Lead; ASHLEY PERALES to Manager of Group Sales; JASON MARK to Manager of Events; CHRIS WILLIAMS to Manager of Chase Center Productions; FRANK PARISH to Manager of Premium Ticket Operations; DANIELLE HALLAM to Manager of Ticket Services; DARREN LEE to Ticket Operations Coordinator; KARINA ANGLADA to Senior Video Editor; and KASSIDY IWASHITA to Coordinating Producer. Meanwhile, the Warriors' NBA G League affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors, promoted DEB GOZZO to Business Manager, ERIKA CRUZ to Manager of Partnership Development and JORDAN MASAYKO to Manager of Event Operations (THE DAILY).
HANGING A SHINGLE: Former SB Nation Dir of Development SARAH KOGOD launched her own consultancy this week focused on helping companies become more diverse. A former Vox Media executive, Kogod launched Kogod & Company this week and will offer corporate diversity audits and work with CEOs to help their staff become more diverse (John Ourand, Staff Writer).
EXECS: The Blue Jackets announced "multi-year contract extensions" for President of Hockey Operations JOHN DAVIDSON, GM JARMO KEKALAINEN and Assistant GM BILL ZITO (DISPATCH.com, 9/6)....The NBA named former WNBAer JAMILA WIDEMAN VP/Player Development. Wideman previously worked as an attorney at the Equal Justice Initiative and the Civil Division of The Legal Aid Society (NBA)....The Chiefs named former MSA Security Senior VP JEFFREY MILLER VP/Security. Miller also spent eight years at NFL HQ in N.Y., first serving as Dir of Strategic Security Programs from '08-11 and later as Senior VP & Chief Security Officer from '11-16 (Chiefs)....Tech outfit VenueNext named Experience Senior Dir of Sales & Retention CAILEN WACHOB VP/Sales for Sports & Entertainment (THE DAILY)....ISM Raceway promoted JONATHAN STONE to Senior Dir of Corporate Sales and MARK BAILEY to the newly created position of Senior Manager of Corporate Sales & Hospitality (ISM Raceway)....ANC named GINA SORCE Account Exec for Client Services and IB GILLETT Motion Graphics Designer (THE DAILY)....USF named former baseball coach LELO PRADO Deputy AD/Development and Oklahoma Assistant AD/Business Operations BRANDON HALL Senior Associate AD & CFO. Prado had a previous stint as USF Associate AD/Administration & External Services from '14-17 (USF)....New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist RON HIGGINS has accepted a job as sports editor/columnist at the Jackson Clarion-Ledger in Mississippi (TWITTER.com, 9/6).
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