Baseball
The Class AAA International League’s Indianapolis Indians promoted Randy Lewandowski to general manager.
Basketball
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EKLUND
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The
Atlanta Dream hired
Ryan Eklund as director of marketing,
Blair Elrod as manager of corporate partnerships,
Evan Atkinson as coordinator of digital marketing and research, and
Shaun Knight as account executive.
The Memphis Grizzlies promoted Elliot Perry to director of player support.
The Philadelphia 76ers promoted James McAuliffe to account executive.
College
The Atlantic 10 Conference named Jackie Campbell senior associate commissioner. Campbell was Division I director for the NCAA.
Oregon State University promoted Jeff Macy to associate athletic director for sports performance.
Pennsylvania State University named Phil Esten deputy athletic director and chief operations officer.
Auburn University promoted Lori Arthurs to athletics chief financial officer.
Old Dominion University named Jena Virga assistant vice president of athletic development and senior associate athletic director for development. She was athletic fund director of major gifts.
Tony Corrente resigned as Pac-12 coordinator of football officiating.
Hans Mueh will step down as athletic director of the Air Force Academy in January.
Torre Chisholm resigned as athletic director at Portland State University.
Grand Canyon University named Mike Vaught vice president of athletics. Vaught was international director of corporate sponsorships for AdvoCare.
Hockey
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FRAZIER
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WHEATON
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The
Syracuse Crunch hired
Hannah Wheaton as promotions manager.
Law
DLA Piper hired Kieron Frazier for its global media, sports and entertainment group. Frazier worked as associate counsel for the Minnesota Vikings.
Marketing
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SABOL
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GORDEN
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Indiana Sports Corp. promoted
Carrie Gorden to ticket and promotions coordinator.
Prodigy Sports named Melanie Sabol coordinator.
Catapult named Brian Kopp president of North American operations. Kopp was senior vice president of sports solutions for Stats LLC.
Freedom Sports & Entertainment/FSE College hired Andrew Heck and Kaylynne Goeglein as managers of ticket sales and fan development at Ball State, and Barry Kamen as manager of ticket sales and fan development at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.
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WEED
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Learfield Sports named
Lori Weed senior director of business development. Weed was senior account executive at Texas Motor Speedway.
Adidas promoted Karen Parkin to chief human resources officer. Chief Information Officer Jan Brecht will take responsibility for the company’s IT and supply chain functions.
Omnigon promoted Bora Nikolic to chief creative officer.
Media
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TERAN
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Fox Networks Group named
Claudia Teran general counsel for Fox Sports. She will continue as Fox Networks Group executive vice president and deputy general counsel.
Olympics
The Canadian Olympic Committee named Kristina Schaefer executive director. Schaefer was managing director of sports at Teneo.
USA Hockey promoted Cameron Eickmeyer to director of content and development.
Soccer
AMB Sports & Entertainment promoted Rob Geoffroy to MLS Atlanta chief financial officer.
Louisville City FC named Amanda Duffy vice president of operations.
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