The L.A. Stadium & Entertainment District, where the new Inglewood NFL stadium is being built, has hired the following: Rams CTO SKARPI HEDINSSON for the same position; Staples Center & Microsoft Theater Senior VP/Booking & Events CHRISTY CASTILLO BUTCHER as Senior VP/Programming; JPMorgan VP JOE SESIN as VP/Finance & Accounting; and Padres Dir of Guest Services KAMERON DURHAM as VP/Guest Experience (LASED).
DIAMOND DEVELOPMENTS: The Phillies named Astros Minor League Field Coordinator JOSH BONIFAY Farm Dir. Bonifay "spent seven of the last eight seasons as a coach and instructor" in the Astros' minor-league system (PHILLY.com, 10/24)....Single-A New York-Penn League State College Spikes President JASON DAMBACH has left the organization to pursue opportunities outside of MiLB (Spikes).
EXECS: The USL named KAREN GITTENS CFO. Gittens, who previously held CFO positions at several Florida-based companies, will be responsible for the development, oversight and strategic direction of the league's overall financial policies (Ian Thomas, THE DAILY)....Esports organization Immortals named Mindshare Spotlight Account Dir BRIAN MILLMAN VP/Corporate Partnerships, overseeing sales for its Immortals, MIBR and OWL team LA Valiant brands (Immortals)....Schmidt Peterson Motorsports GM PIERS PHILLIPS has stepped down from his position. Team Manager TAYLOR KIEL will replace Phillips as GM (SPM)....Snodgrass Partners named former St. Mary's AD ELIZABETH DALTON VP/Collegiate Sports and CHRIS CLOUSER and MIKE GOSS as key advisors (Snodgrass Partners)....SMU named Temple Associate AD/Major Gifts LAUREN ADEE Senior Associate AD/Executive Affairs (SMU)....Whistle Sports named Fox Sports rules analyst DEAN BLANDINO to its BOD as a Non-Exec Dir (Whistle).
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