The Predators have hired Lightning Exec VP/Communications BILL WICKETT to the newly created position of Exec VP & CMO. Wickett will begin with the Predators on March 8 (Mark J. Burns, THE DAILY).
EXECS: Elevate Sports Ventures named Warriors Senior Dir of Partnerships DAVE PITT VP/Partnerships (LINKEDIN.com, 1/19)....Law firm Arent Fox has added former MLS Exec VP & General Counsel BILL ORDOWER to its practice. Ordower joins the firm’s N.Y. office as a Partner and will advise sports industry clients (Arent Fox)....Concessionaire Sodexo named Delaware North Senior VP/Business Development MATTHEW WAGNER Senior VP/Business Development of its Sports & Leisure North America division. Wagner at Delaware North led various teams, including the business builders group, business development and corporate development (Bret McCormick, THE DAILY)....USA Gymnastics Legal Counsel MARK BUSBY has "left the sport's national governing body." Busby, who "came under heavy criticism for his and the organization’s handling of a series of high profile abuse cases," was hired by USA Gymnastics in August '17 as the organization "scrambled to do damage control in the wake of the LARRY NASSAR scandal." Busby has rejoined the Marion County, Ind., prosecutor’s office, according to his LinkedIn page (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 1/21).
