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Baseball
The Los Angeles Dodgersnamed Peter Wilhelm chief financial officer. Wilhelm was a vicepresident for MZ Sports.

The Cincinnati Redsnamed Rick Walls executive director of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.Walls was executive director of the College Football Hall of Fame.

Basketball
The Phoenix Sunspromoted Brett Wojtulewicz to vice president of ticket operations, StevenKoek to Web and multimedia manager, Josh Greene to Web andpublishing manager, Shaun Stanhibel to game entertainment manager and AndreaSchrager, Devney Preuss and Matt Grable to senior partnershipactivation specialists. The team named Megan Montgomery promotionsmanager for marketing partnerships and Amy Martin new mediaspecialist.

The Premier BasketballLeague named Charlie Neal supervisor of officials.

Colleges
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne named James“Tommy” Bell director of athletics. Bell was director of athleticdevelopment for Southern Illinois University.

The University of Victoria hired Mike Tucker ascommunications officer. Tucker was acting athletic director at the UniversityCollege of the Fraser Valley.

Facilities
California Speedway promoted Josh Avila toHispanic marketing and communications manager and hired Mike Uhlenkampas director of communications and Matt Paye as director of consumermarketing and promotions.

Dover Motorsports hired Jessie Crawford as acorporate account executive at Dover International Speedway.

Phoenix International Raceway promoted Caren Murphyto director of consumer marketing and partner activation and hired PaulCorliss as director of communications. Corliss was director of communityaffairs and business public relations for the New Orleans Saints.

Global Spectrum promoted Sheri Alderman todirector of marketing for the Rose Quarter in Portland.

Todd Hunt was named director of the BancorpSouthArena in Tupelo, Miss. Hunt was director of Humphrey Coliseum at MississippiState University.

US Airways Center promoted Ralph Marchetta togeneral manager of sports and entertainment services, replacing PaigePeterson, who will step down as president and general manager of sports andentertainment services to pursue a career in teaching.

International Speedway Corp. promoted RogerVanDerSnick to senior vice president of marketing and business operations, GrantLynch Jr. to senior vice president of business operations, and DarylWolfe to vice president and chief marketing officer. Rick Humphreywas promoted to president of Talladega Superspeedway.

San Jose State University named Robert LeBarronassociate director of the San Jose State Event Center. LeBarron was generalmanager of the Mullins Center Arena and Ice Rink at the University ofMassachusetts Amherst.

Football
The Baltimore Ravens named Gabrielle Dow seniordirector of marketing and Michelle Andres director of new media.

The Arena Football League’s Grand Rapids (Mich.) Rampagepromoted Alison Albro to ticket sales account executive and gameoperations manager, Alex Clark to director of media and communityrelations and Ruth Lobbestael to corporate sales account executive.

The American Indoor Football Association’s Lakeland (Fla.)Thunderbolts promoted Bennie King to general manager.

Golf
The PGA Tour named RonCross executive director of The Players Championship. Cross was vicepresident of corporate affairs and special assistant to the commissioner.

The United States GolfAssociation named Peter Bevacqua chief business officer.

Hockey
The Central Hockey League’s New Mexico Scorpions hired ScottBushnell and Amy DeGroot as sales executives.

The ECHL promoted Lisa Hollenbeck to manager ofhockey administration.

Marketing
Octagon Marketing NorthAmerica hired Ryan McMullenas an account director. McMullen was marketing manager for Miller Brewing forthe Dallas-Fort Worth market.

Strategic hired Kendall Reyes as an accountcoordinator.

Synergy Events promoted Melissa Lee to accountsupervisor and Megan Murray to account executive.

TSMGI hired Lynn Purdom as an account executive.Purdom was with Valvoline’s sports marketing division.

Amplify Sports and Entertainment hired Brian Cuppsas vice president and group account director, Allyn Michalek as vicepresident of sales, Jessica Rotoli as an account supervisor and RachelProwler as an account executive. Cupps was general manager and globaldirector for Reebok Basketball, Michalek was vice president of sales forMillsport/Partnership Marketing Connection, Rotoli was an account manager forthe WNBA’s marketing partnerships group and Prowler worked for IMG Worldwide.

Leader Enterprises named Nick Ammazzalorsoaccount manager of marketing communications for its Los Angeles office.Ammazzalorso was an account supervisor for The Rogers Group.

Richards Sports &Entertainment named Sarah Hansombrand manager.

Lou Mengsol launched Innovations Consulting,focused on assisting municipalities, sports commissions, athletic venues and other groups. Mengsolwas director of sports marketing for the Greater Woodfield Convention andVisitors Bureau.

ANC Sports Enterprises promoted Garett Hickman to Northeastregion supervisor, Chris Fish to Central region supervisor and DavidSullivan to lead technician in the New York metro area, and hired JoshKeeler as motion graphics designer. Keeler worked for Comcast-Spectacorcreating animations for the Philadelphia Flyers, Sixers, Phantoms, Soul andWings.

Media
Altitude Sports and Entertainment named Steve Thomassenior vice president of production. Thomas is president of Remote BroadcastsInc.

Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic named Mark Lapidusdirector of marketing. Lapidus was marketing director and director of Internetoperations for Clear Channel Worldwide’s Washington/Baltimore trading area.

Golf For Women hired Ali Salama as an accountmanager.

Learfield Sports named Andy McDowell general managerand Tiffany McKimmy and Morgan Montemayor account executives for Wolf Pack SportsProperties at the University of Nevada.

Olympic Sports
The International Olympic Committee named ChristopheDubi sports director.

USA Swimming hired Karen Linhart as a mediaspecialist. Linhart was an account executive for Brener, Zwikel and Associates.

Soccer
Major Indoor Soccer League’sexpansion New Jersey Ironmen named Tony Novo general manager andvice president of business operations and Omid Namazi head coach andvice president of soccer operations.

The New York Red Bulls promoted James Cawley toaccount executive.

The U.S. Indoor Soccer Association named KarenPhillips communications manager. Phillips was with the U.S. Pro Golf Tour.

Sporting Goods and Apparel
Graphite Design named Tim Gillis vice presidentof sales and marketing. Gillis was vice president of Western sales for TrueTemper.

SportsCommissions and Tourism Bureaus
The D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission named GregO’Dell chief executive officer. O’Dell serves as a DCSEC board member andDistrict of Columbia chief development officer.

Other
Sunrise Sports and Entertainment and the FloridaPanthers created the Brand Activation Group, headed by senior director ofbrand activation Steve Ziff. It includes brand activation managers LindsayHarris, Chimere Henfield, Jill Schirmer and Lindsi Pryor.

Comcast-Spectacor named Lane Miller vicepresident of human resources. Miller was director of human resources for GlobalSpectrum.

The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center named ArtBerke chief operating officer.

The Comcast-SpectacorFoundation named Donna Katzman development manager. Katzman workedin the Philadelphia Flyers’ community relations department.

Hicks Sports Group named Casey Shilts chiefoperating officer. Shilts will remain executive vice president of HicksHoldings and join the Center Operating Co. board of directors.

Arturo Cevallos was named Latin American representativefor the International Alliance for Youth Sports.

Three Sixty Inc. named Todd Weller president.Weller was the former vice president of business development for Sprint Nextel.