Facilities
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MORRIS
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Legends hired
Michael Morris as chief information officer. Morris was senior vice president and chief technology officer at MLB.
Populous hired Jeff Funovits to open a new Pittsburgh office focused on campus planning. Funovits was a principal at Stantec.
Marketing
The Aspire Group promoted Darren Arnold to senior director for the national sales center; Richard Floersch to senior service consultant for the University of Kansas; Solomon Randle to sales consultant for Louisiana Tech University; Gabriel Nunez to senior sales consultant for the University of North Texas; Alec Hamm to manager for Towson University; and Chris Simoneaux to premium sales consultant and Adam Begoun to service coordinator for Tulane University. The company also hired Eric Mahler, Alexis Jumper and Will Prystowsky as sales consultants and Mitch Atwell as a sales and marketing associate for the national sales center; Matthew Piske as manager for the National Rugby League; Troy VanBuren as a sales consultant for Army; Evan Peters as manager for University of California, Irvine; Joe LaVare as manager for Canisius College; Alyssa Finnin as a sales and service consultant for Colorado State University; Max Sanchez as a sales consultant for Florida International University; Sarah Eick as a service consultant and Jordan Lawson as a sales consultant for Georgia Tech; Dylan LaPlante as a sales consultant for Harvard University; Ian Lutz as a new business sales consultant and Brandon Smith and Ben Shapiro as service and retention representatives for the University of Maryland; Jesse Moreno as a sales and service consultant for Santa Clara University; Samuel Sackey as a sales associate and Eamon Murray as a sales consultant for Seton Hall University; Matt Smidebush as a new business consultant, Brian Garcia and as a service consultant and Emily Applegate as a sales consultant for the University of Texas; Myles O’Brien as a sales consultant for Tulane University; and Zander Atwood as a sales consultant for Western Michigan University.
Lagardère Sports named to its new global media division David White, president; Stefan Felsing, executive vice president of media for global sales and acquisitions; Nikolaus von Doetinchem, vice president of media for Europe; Marco Gonzalez, vice president of media for key accounts and partnerships; Braden Clarke, vice president of media for Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa; and Adam Holzer, vice president of media for Americas.
Media
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BARRY
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KEFFER
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BigTeams hired
Mark Keffer as chief technology officer.
Turner Sports promoted Craig Barry to executive vice president of production and chief content officer.
Turner Broadcasting System promoted Patrick Kelly to executive vice president of business affairs for TBS and TNT.
Olympics
The U.S. Olympic Committee’s chief financial officer, Walt Glover, will retire in the first quarter of 2016. Morane Kerek will be promoted to CFO and Bridget Toelle will be promoted to senior director of audit. Chief of security Larry Buendorf will retire at the end of 2016.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Academy Sports & Outdoors named J.K. Symancyk president and chief executive officer. Symancyk was president of Meijer.
Columbia Sportswear Co. promoted David Brulé to general manager of its Canadian subsidiary and named Richelle Luther to senior vice president and chief human resource officer.
Tennis
The U.S. Tennis Association hired Kent Schacht as senior membership director. Schacht was vice president of digital services for Mather Economics.
Other
FiveThirtyEight.com named Gus Wezerek design technologist. Wezerek was user interface developer for the Harvard University Center for International Development
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BELLAMY
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Kodak named
Steve Bellamy president of motion picture and entertainment. He was CEO of Action Sport Networks but will remain chairman of that business.
The New York Road Runners named Rachel Pratt senior vice president of youth and community services.
Awards and Boards
The North American Soccer League named Mark Frisch, Jacksonville Armada FC owner, chairman of its board of governors.
The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball named Patrick Day, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs president and general manager, its Executive of the Year.
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