Baseball
The Baltimore Orioles promoted Chris Martrich to coordinator of public relations.
The Colorado Rockies promoted Jill Campbell to vice president of communications and marketing, and hired Warren Miller as director of communications for the team’s newly reorganized communications department.
The Washington Nationals hired Joe Dellwo as director of ticket sales and Mike Carney as senior director of strategy.
Basketball
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LOCHMANN
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The
Phoenix Suns hired
Hunter Lochmann as senior vice president of marketing and brand strategy. Lochmann was chief marketing officer for the University of Michigan athletic department.
Colleges
Central Michigan University promoted Krystal Swindlehurst to assistant athletic director for business operations and Robert Wyman to assistant athletic director for communications.
Kent State University promoted Greg Glaus to associate athletic director for academic and compliance services.
The University of Maryland named Don Miller senior associate athletic director of development. Miller was Maryland’s director of recruiting for university relations.
The University of South Florida hired former college football coach Dick Tomey as associate athletic director for sports administration.
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PIERCE
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Lagardère Unlimited Consulting hired
Keegan Pierce as a senior consultant. Pierce was associate director of global admissions at ESADE Business School in Barcelona.
The Aspire Group hired Alex Dawson as an apprentice in the strategic consulting and research department; Jack Marston and Tim Trochanowski as new business sales consultants for Army Athletics; Matt Lawler, Mercedes Alexander, Colton Turner, Emily Irwin, Whitney Gaines, Will King and Nicole Hunt as ticket sales associates at Arizona State University; Jordon Boe as new ticket sales and development consultant and Kiara Slabach as sales consultant at the University of Kansas; Jeremy Macke as sales consultant at the University of Miami; Donald Burnham and Drew Davenport as sales consultants at Tulane University; Caleb Smith, Conor Noone, Luke Boncompagni, Kira Duroux, Adam Rosenberg, Rhys Redfearn, Mark Muirhead, Andrea Roditis, Connor O’Neill and Toby Bonning as sales consultants for the National Rugby League; and Lauren Flanigan as sales consultant for the USA National Sales Center.
Freedom Sports & Entertainment hired Dan Ferguson as ticket sales manager and Stacey Shippey as a ticket sales executive for the Richmond Kickers USL Pro Team.
Media
Around the Rings named Ed Hula III director of business development.
CBSSports.com hired Anthony Mormile as vice president of programming. Mormile was vice president of video strategy for ESPN.
Motorsports
DMi hired Matt Dusenberry as director of NASCAR industry relations. Dusenberry was director of client services for Sports Management Network.
The International Hot Rod Association and IRG Sports + Entertainment hired John Bisci as public and media relations director. Bisci was director of communications for Maple Grove Raceway.
NASCAR named Chad Little managing director of technical inspection/officiating and Elton Sawyer managing director for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
WC Vision named Brian Till race director and chief driver steward for the Pirelli World Challenge.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Dick’s Sporting Goods named Andre Hawaux executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer.
Other
Advocates for Athletic Equity named Tyler Lockhart chief executive officer.
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MOSS
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Panasonic Corp. of North America hired
Douglas Moss as vice president of sales and marketing, for the AV solutions group of Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Co.
Factory Athletics hired Marty Conway as chief revenue officer. Volleyball Factory, a subdivision, hired Cheryl Weaver as director of player development.
Awards and Boards
Performance Sports Group named Joan Dea to its board of directors.
The U.S. Tennis Association named former tennis pro James Blake chairman of the USTA Foundation board of directors.
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