SMI promoted the following: Senior VP/Special Projects JESSICA FICKENSCHER to Chief Experience Officer; Las Vegas Motor Speedway Senior VP/Sales & Marketing KEVIN CAMPER to Chief Sales Officer for all eight SMI facilities; and VP/Operations & Development STEVE SWIFT to Senior VP/Operations & Development (SMI).
EXECS: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics extended President & CEO JIM CARR's contract through '25. Carr took over as CEO in '06 and has since "increased total revenue" by 160% (K.C. STAR, 12/5)....AEG promoted the following at the Staples Center: JONATHAN SANDOVAL to Dir of Box Office; BRITTANY SMYTH to Dir of Premium Services; AUSTIN CALDWELL to Dir of Business Intelligence; ASHLEY GREEN to Senior Premium Service Manager; ANDRES CEJA to Senior Operations Manager; JON COWEN to Senior Events Manager; GREGORY GLASER to Broadcast Services Manager; EMILY VERNIERE to Premium Ticket Operations Manager; MICHELLE NEZART to Guest Services Assistant Manager; TREVOR SMYTH to Senior Account Exec; KENDRA DELGADO, MICHELLE GARCIA and CARTER JONES to Account Execs; and VICTOR TRUJILLO to Administrative Service Manager. Meanwhile, Senior Service Manager DAVID SCHALL is moving to Premium Sales Manager (AEG)....Triple-A PCL Omaha Storm Chasers Dir of Broadcasting MARK NASSER will transition to a new role with the club as a Senior Corporate Sales Exec (Storm Chasers)....The '21 World Games, to be held in Birmingham in July '21, named Alabama Power Co. VP/Mobile Division NICK SELLERS CEO of the Games' organizing committee (BIZJOURNALS.com, 12/4).
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