The NWSL officially promoted Managing Dir AMANDA DUFFY to President. Duffy, who joined the NWSL in '17 as Managing Dir of Operations, will continue to oversee all aspects of the league's day-to-day operations and work closely with the league's owners on the strategic direction and objective for NWSL (NWSL).
BIG LEAGUE MOVES: The Sabres promoted BRENT ROSSI to Chief Administrative Officer. Rossi will continue in his role as Exec VP/Marketing & Brand Strategy for Pegula Sports & Entertainment (Sabres). The move by the Sabres comes in the wake of Senior VP MIKE GILBERT's "departure last week." Rossi was an SBJ/SBD "Forty Under 40" honoree in '18 (BUFFALONEWS.com, 1/15)....The NFL Panthers promoted Dir of Finance/Controller KRISTI COLEMAN to CFO (BIZJOURNALS.com, 1/15)....The MLB Giants named Driveline Baseball's MATT DANIELS Coordinator of Pitching Analysis. Daniels was Driveline's "first full-time employee." He helped "grow the data-driven player development lab into the surging force it is today." His hire shows the "growing need for middlemen, translators that can stand between the analysts and the players on the field" (THEATHLETIC.com, 1/15).
EXECS: Chicago-based brand strategy and design company Soulsight named STEPHEN KEREPESI Exec VP. Kerepesi, who was formerly CRO for marketing and signage company ANC, will lead the development and growth strategy for Soulsight in tandem with Account Growth Dir JESSICA FELD (Soulsight)....La Salle Univ. AD BILL BRADSHAW "will retire" at the end of the academic year. Bradshaw was "originally brought in to be interim AD" in '16 (PHILLY.com, 1/16)....Sponsorship firm IEG named Nielsen Sports Exec VP PETER LAATZ Global Managing Dir (IEG)....Stats LLC named Lexmark VP/Sales for the U.S. ARJAN PAULUSSEN VP/Global Accounts (THE DAILY)....N.Y.'s NLL expansion team named REGY THORPE GM (NLL)....The Revolution named GABRIEL MARTINEZ POCH Head of Fitness and SERGIO NEVELEFF Int'l Scout (PROSOCCERUSA.com, 1/15).
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