Baseball
The Toronto Blue Jays hired Glenn Jackson as a consumer sales representative.
The Class AAA Pacific Coast League’s Nashville Sounds promoted Joe Hart to general manager, Jason Bennett assistant general manager for sponsorship and group sales, Doug Scopel to assistant general manager for media, public relations and team travel and Brandon Vonderharr to executive director of business operations.
Basketball
NBA Canada named Dan Mackenzie general manager, George Dudas manager of business development, Leah Brown manager of licensing and merchandising and Jonathan Chang manager of marketing partnerships.
The Memphis Grizzlies promoted Greg Campbell to president of business operations.
The New Jersey Nets promoted Kiki Vandeweghe to general manager.
The Seattle SuperSonics named Troy Weaver assistant general manager. Weaver was director of player personnel for the Utah Jazz.
Colleges
Iowa State University promoted Mary Pink to associate athletics director for marketing.
Louisiana Tech University named Bruce Van De Velde chief operating officer and deputy director of athletics.
Facilities
Sports Shares Atlanta named Tim Stolz vice president of sales. Stolz was senior director of premium seating for Philips Arena.
Football
The Arizona Cardinals promoted Steve Keim to director of player personnel.
The Detroit Lions and Ford Field named Dan Petry director of suite sales. Petry was an automotive specification sales representative for International Paper Co.
The Green Bay Packers promoted Sue Zernicke ticket office coordinator, and hired Philip Caldwell as box office manager and Tom Fanning as a staff writer in the public relations department.
The Charlotte Regional Sports Commission named Steve Swetoha executive director of the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship games in 2010 and 2011. Swetoha was senior vice president of ticket sales and service for the Charlotte Bobcats.
The Outback Bowl named Mike Sugar chairman, Gwen Mitchell vice chairman; Mitchell Shriber vice chair of Hillsborough County; Kevin Smith (director of St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission) vice chair of Pinellas County; Dale Dignum secretary, and Ken Hoverman treasurer.
Hockey
The American Hockey League’s Worcester (Mass.) Sharks hired Joseph Fellini as director of ticket sales. Fellini was regional group sales representative for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Horse Racing
Magna Entertainment Corp. named Tom Chuckas president of the Maryland Jockey Club.
Marketing
Buffalo Communications hired David Griffith as a public relations specialist.
Dreier LLP formed sports marketing and consulting firm Dreier Sports Opportunities Group and named Don Gibson chief operating officer.
Octagon named Martin Prew creative concept director. Prew was creative concept director for Colangelo.
PrimeSport hired Sasha Vece as director of sales. Vece was director of suite sales and service for Philips Arena.
Revolution named Kent Thomas vice president, strategy group. Thomas was chief marketing officer for Just Marketing.
Robert Seminara and Matthew Seminara formed athlete representation agency Seminara Sports.
Steiner Sports Marketing named Jason Teitler senior vice president of marketing and Kiva Iscol marketing account executive.
Media
MSG Media named Art Ventura senior vice president of advertising sales. Ventura was local sales manager for WNYW-TV and WWOR-TV.
ESPN named Brett Hurwitz vice president of ad sales operations. Hurwitz was vice president of commercial sales initiatives for NBC Universal.
Liberty Sports Group named Steve Schwartz vice president of affiliate relations. Schwartz was director of affiliate sales and marketing for FSN Northwest.
Turner Sports hired Matthew Hong as vice president and general manager, sports digital, for the company’s new media division. Hong was vice president and general manager of interactive media for Cengage Learning.
Motorsports
Hall of Fame Racing director of competition Philippe Lopez left the organization.
Soccer
Keith Edelman, director of Arsenal Holdings and Barclays Premier League’s Arsenal Football Club managing director, resigned.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Nike promoted Keith Houlemard to president of the Jordan Brand.
Salomon USA named Nora Stowell apparel manager. Stowell was division manager for Völkl Performance Wear.
Other
The National Alliance for Youth Sports named Ryan Swindlehurst special projects coordinator.
Stats LLC promoted Ryan Warkins to U.S. sports product manager.
Awards and Boards
Recipients of the National Lacrosse League team executive awards: Tom Garrity, Minnesota Swarm, Executive of the Year; Joel Jordan, Minnesota Swarm, Ticket Sales Executive of the Year; Brian Kitts, Colorado Mammoth, Marketing Executive of the Year; Jimmy Butler, New York Titans, Operations Executive of the Year; Dave Reeder, Colorado Mammoth, Sponsorships Executive of the Year; Terri Workman, Toronto Rock, Public Relations Executive of the Year; and Paul Tutka, NLLInsider.com, won the Tom Borrelli Award for NLL Writer of the Year.
The MLS Philadelphia expansion franchise hired Rob Smith as director of operations and Dave Debusschere as chief financial officer.
