Baseball
The Boston Red Sox named David Beeston senior vice president of strategic planning and senior counsel, Adam Grossman to senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Tim Zue to senior vice president of finance, strategy and analytics, Naomi Calder to vice president of ticket services and operations, Katie Haas to vice president of Florida business operations, Pam Kenn to vice president of community, alumni and player relations, and Marcita Thompson to vice president of Fenway Park tours.
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The Class AAA International League’s
Pawtucket (R.I.) Red Sox named Boston Red Sox executives
Charles Steinberg president,
Dan Rea senior vice president and general manager and
Jeff White treasurer.
The Class AAA International League’s Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) RailRiders promoted Jeremy Ruby to general manager and Josh Olerud to chief operating officer. Olerud was executive vice president and general manager of the Class A Carolina League’s Potomac Nationals.
The independent Pacific Association’s San Rafael (Calif.) Pacifics promoted Kim McGinnis to vice president of sales and marketing and Bill Spiller to vice president of operations and community fund chair.
The Pittsburgh Pirates promoted Ron Hopkins and Matt Ruebel to special assistants to the general manager.
The Class AAA Pacific Coast League’s Nashville Sounds promoted Amy Schoch to vice president of human resources, Chris Sprunger to vice president of ticket operations, Brandon Yerger to assistant general manager and Doug Scopel to vice president of operations and hired Paul Hemingway as vice president of corporate sales and marketing. Hemingway was senior manager of corporate partnership for the Buffalo Bills.
The Detroit Tigers hired Jay Sartori as senior director of baseball operations. Sartori was assistant general manager for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Basketball
Jim Weyermann resigned from his position as Golden State Warriors vice president of new franchise development and president of the NBA D-League Santa Cruz Warriors.
Colleges
University of Minnesota associate athletic director Mike Ellis resigned from his position.
Wentworth Institute of Technology hired Cheryl Aaron as athletic director. Aaron was associate athletic director at University of Massachusetts Boston.
Fresno State University hired Carrie Coll as senior associate athletic director for sport services. Coll was Mountain West Conference associate commissioner of championships.
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Spectra by Comcast Spectacor promoted
Kim Damron to chief operating officer of ticketing and fan engagement.
The Atlanta Braves hired Jeremy Strife as general manager of The Battery Atlanta and as Braves vice president of development. Strife was general manager for Simon Property Group.
Football
Foster Farms Bowl Executive Director Gary Cavalli will step down after this year’s game.
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The
San Francisco 49ers promoted
Joanne Pasternack to vice president and executive director of community relations and the 49ers Foundation and
Brent Schoeb to vice president of corporate partnerships.
Hockey
The Columbus Blue Jackets promoted Keeley O’Brien to premium seating specialist and hired Tanner Smith as producer and videographer and Kayla Constantino as ticket sales coordinator.
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Marketing
Mediarex Sports & Entertainment, the company behind the planned Global Poker League, hired
Jarrod Howell as head of sponsorship and brand partnerships.
Home Team Sports named Jillian Lloyd and Mike Storelli account executives for the HTS Interactive Initiative.
Media
Mark Wright stepped down as ESPN director of digital content and events.
Fox Networks Group named Jonathan Bing senior vice president of corporate communications.
Soccer
The United Soccer League named Tom Veit chief marketing officer. Veit was president of the Philadelphia Union.
Manchester United hired Cliff Baty as chief financial officer. Baty was Sportech chief financial officer and board of directors member.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Apparel and headwear brand ’47 named Scott Pierce collegiate brand manager.
Other
Korn Ferry hired Kyle Bowlsby for its sports practice. Bowlsby was SportsDesk Media manager of business development.
Drew Iddings stepped down as director of promotions and planning at The Hershey Co. David Palmer was named to replace him.
Harvard Group International hired Mark Mayleben as executive search consultant for its global sports and entertainment practice and Jeff Doyle as managing director for its media, marketing and agency practice and its global sports and entertainment practice.
Don Gold stepped down from his position as UFC executive vice president of entertainment.
Awards and Boards
The U.S. Soccer Foundation appointed Jim Messina to its board of directors.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame named to its board of governors Lakshman Charanjiva, Guy Forget, Tom Glocer, Bob Jeffrey, Brad Parks, Lara Spencer, Dana Tananbaum, Gary Tolman and Kurt Wright.
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