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Executive Transactions - December 23, 2022

WME Sports promoted agents JOEL SEGAL, BEN RENZIN, BRIAN AYRAULT, BRET JUST, MARK ERVIN and OLIVIER VAN LINDONK to partner (WME).

The NBA promoted SVP and Head of Global Strategy & Innovation MATT WOLF to EVP and Head of Global Strategy & Innovation. The league also promoted Ticketing Lead for Team Marketing & Business Operations KALYN HUTCHINSON to Senior Dir of TMBO (SBJ).

Horizon Sports & Entertainment promoted Analytics & Partnership Impact Measurement Dir and Scout 360 Department Head SCOTT SAVRAN to VP (SBJ).

Eastern College Athletic Conference Commissioner STEVE HAGWELL is retiring, effective June, after over 18 years at the helm. Hagwell also has been Hockey Commissioners Association President for the last decade (COLLEGEHOCKEYNEWS.com, 12/22).

The Mets named Arup Associate LJ NASSIVERA VP/Transportation Services (SBJ).

Brown Univ. promoted MARVIN LEWIS to Assistant VP/Athletics & Recreation and COO and SHOSHANNA ENGEL LEWIS to Assistant VP/Athletics, Recreation, Governance & Performance (SBJ).

Charlotte athletics named Davidson College Assistant AD and Dir of Athletic Development BRANDON MCCLADDIE Exec Dir and Senior Associate AD/Development. McCladdie will oversee the 49ers' Athletic Foundation while working closely with the Division of University Advancement (Charlotte).

The Univ. of West Georgia named Winthrop Univ. Assistant AD/Internal Operations and Senior Woman Administrator KAREN ALLEN Deputy AD & COO (UWG).

These career changes are recorded every day in the SBJ Atlas Executive Directory. With more than 64,000 contacts curated over 15 years and boosted by the power of DemandBase, the SBJ Atlas Executive Directory provides clients with a searchable database of the most relevant executives.

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