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The Cavaliers named KEVIN CLAYTON to the newly created position of VP/Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement for all properties including the Cavaliers, AHL Cleveland Monsters, G League Canton Charge, AFL Cleveland Gladiators, NBA 2K League Cavs Legion and Quicken Loans Arena. Clayton previously served as Bon Secours Mercy Health Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer and USTA Chief Diversity Officer. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers also promoted Senior Manager of Partnership Marketing COREY JAMES to Senior Manager of Community Engagement & Foundation Development (Cavaliers).

EXECS: StubHub named ARNIE KATZ VP and Chief Product & Technology Officer; MIGUEL GIRIBET GIRAL VP/Global Ecommerce; and STEPHANIE BURNS VP and General Counsel (Eric Fisher, THE DAILY)....The Warriors named Heat Exec VP/Sales & Business Development KIM STONE GM of Chase Center. She will oversee all operations as it relates to the venue and report directly to Warriors President & COO RICK WELTS (Warriors)....OVG Global named AEG Senior Dir of Global Partnerships JEFF WEBSTER VP/Corporate Partnerships and MSG VP/Marketing Partnerships TOM CERASOLI VP/Corporate Partnerships (OVG)....Major League Fishing named former NBC Sports Senior VP/Sales & Marketing JEFF CLACHKO Senior VP/Sponsorship & Media Sales (MLF)....Dallas-based nonprofit Fair Park First and Spectra named the following: SCOTT NORTON Assistant GM; JULIAN BOWMAN Senior Dir of Marketing; and JOE SKENDERIAN Dir of Partnerships (Fair Park First)....Spectra promoted PPL Center GM GUNNAR FOX to VP & GM (Spectra)....The USA Boxing BOD named the following: TYSON LEE President; JOSH BROWN VP; and PATRICK BUTLER Treasurer (USA Boxing).

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