NBA India VP & Managing Dir YANNICK COLACO will step down by the end of the month. Since arriving in '13, Colaco has "helped spearhead the growth for the NBA in India." He was "instrumental in planning to bring two pre-season NBA Games in the country." Colaco "oversaw the launch of The NBA Academy India." NBA VP/Global Business Operations DIANE GOTUA will relocate from N.Y. to Mumbai to "lead the business in India on an interim basis and oversee the search for a new managing director" (INDIATIMES.com, 3/5).
EXECS: Rogers Media named BART YABSLEY Sportsnet President. Yabsley joined Rogers in '14 and most recently was Senior VP/Sports, Entertainment Partnerships & Content Distribution. He will continue to serve on the Rogers Media senior leadership team (Rogers)....Canada Basketball promoted Exec VP & Assistant GM ROWAN BARRETT to Senior Men's National Team GM. Barrett replaces STEVE NASH, who is moving into a senior advisor role, effective immediately. Both had been in their previous roles since '15 (CP, 3/5)....The Greenbrier named ROBERT HARRIS Exec Dir of its annual PGA Tour event. Harris, most recently the Greenbrier's VP/Golf, replaces HABIBI MAMONE (WVGAZETTEMAIL.COM, 3/5)....Competitor Running magazine named former Running Times Editor-In-Chief JONATHAN BEVERLY to the same position (Competitor Running)....The Orange Bowl Committee elected FRANK GONZALEZ Second Vice Chair. Gonzalez has served as treasurer on the BOD's exec committee for the last four years (Orange Bowl)....NTT Data named former Learfield L365 Dir KARA BROWN Project Program Management Specialist Advisor of Growth & Operations. Brown, who also used to work at MVPindex, will manage a global sports marketing program and cross-selling efforts, which includes its longtime IndyCar team deal with Chip Ganassi Racing and parent company NTT’s new IndyCar Series entitlement (Adam Stern, THE DAILY).
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