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Under Armour named Red Bull VP & Head of Sports Marketing SEAN EGGERT Senior VP/Global Sports Marketing. Eggert will report to UA CMO ALESSANDRO DE PESTEL and will be "responsible for building Under Armour's long-term sports marketing strategy and putting together a roadmap for how the brand can utilize its roster of sponsorship athletes in various categories and regions to grow sales" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 6/18). Eggert was an SBJ "Forty Under 40" honoree in '18.

EXECS: MLS expansion club Austin FC named former ESPN Marketing Dir of Consumer & Digital Marketing POLO ARISTOY Senior VP/Marketing (STATESMAN.com, 6/18)....Sources said that Colts VP/Player Personnel REX HOGAN is joining the Jets as Assistant GM (TWITTER.com, 6/18)....The Houston XFL team named RMH Marketing & Media COO JENNIFER GERMER Marketing Dir. Germer previously worked for the Astros as VP/Marketing from '08-11 (XFL)....The Blue Jackets promoted Dir of Player Personnel CHRIS CLARK to GM of the AHL Cleveland Monsters (CLEVELAND.com, 6/18)....Foley & Lardner appointed Partner JONATHAN ISRAEL to co-Chair of the firm's Sports & Entertainment Group. Israel previously worked for the NBA as Assistant General Counsel (Foley & Lardner).

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