Ticketmaster Chief Commercial Officer & Head of Sports GREG ECONOMOU is leaving the company after two and a half years. Economou plans to announce the launch of a new venture in the coming weeks (THE DAILY)....The Univ. of Portland named Trail Blazers VP/Corporate Communications MICHAEL LEWELLEN VP/Marketing & Communications (THE DAILY)....The UFC promoted VP/Athlete Health & Performance JEFF NOVITZKY to Senior VP/Athlete Health & Performance. Novitzky joined the promotion in '15 (UFC)....The Western Athletic Conference promoted the following: RON LOGHRY to Deputy Commissioner & COO; DAVID CHAFFIN to Senior Associate Commissioner; KRISTIN PREBLE to Associate Commissioner & Senior Woman Administrator; MARLON EDGE to Associate Commissioner/Compliance & Governance; HOPE SHULER to Associate Commissioner/Media Services; and CHRIS THOMPSON to Assistant Commissioner/Media Relations (WAC)....International law firm Withers promoted MICHAEL RUEDA, who is head of its U.S. sports & entertainment team, to Partner. Also promoted to Partner were JENNIFER CANAVAN, ALISTAIR CHRISTOPHER and JOSEFINA COLOMAR (THE DAILY).
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