BASEBALL
Tim Wood was hired as director of media relations for the new Class AA minor league franchise in Manchester, N.H.
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| Capella |
BASKETBALLJack Capella was named executive vice president/ chief operating officer for the New Orleans Hornets.
COLLEGES
The Orange Bowl Committee hired Brian Park as chief financial officer and Duffy House as corporate partnerships executive, and David Murphey was promoted to director of corporate partnerships.
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| Park (left), House (center) and Murphey |
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| Caren (left) and Cann |
FACILITIESSMG promoted Gregg Caren to vice president, convention center operations and business development and Harry Cann to vice president of operations.
FOOTBALL
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| van Meek |
Sandra van Meek was hired as communications manager for the
Atlanta Falcons.
Kimberly Williams was named senior vice president of finance for the NFL's media division and will be based in New York.
HOCKEY
Josh Fisher was named director of broadcasting and media relations for the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL.
The ECHL's Louisiana IceGators of Lafayette, La.,
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| Stanzel |
named
April Catarella sales/administrative assistant;
Jill LeBlanc community relations coordinator; and
Kelvey Gainey,
Jessica McGettigan and
Tiffany Wing sales associates.
Ryan Stanzel's title was changed to media relations and multimedia manager.
Global Entertainment, in conjunction with the Central Hockey League, hired Paul Mirshak as sales and marketing manager of Global's marketing systems division.
MARKETING
Andrew Blake was named vice president
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| Harris |
and opened the New York City office at
i.m.p.a.c.t.365.
Millsport hired project coordinators Sunny Harris in the Dallas office, TJ Lynch on the AT&T Wireless account in the Stamford, Conn.,
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| Lynch |
office and
Vandi Ball at Millsport Charlotte.
Jim Van Stone was named vice president of ticket sales for both of  |
| Van Stone |
Comcast-Spectacor's Philadelphia sports teams, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Philadelphia 76ers.
Thomas Williams was named national publicity coordinator for Buffalo Communications, a division of Billy Casper Golf.
MEDIA
Chris Stone was named editor of Sports Illustrated On Campus, a weekly stand-alone magazine scheduled to launch in September.
Luke Andros was hired as regional vice president/West Coast Group sales director for the Golf Digest Cos.
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