Baseball
The Houston Astros promoted Israel Hinojosa to head groundskeeper.
Colleges
Fordham University hired Djenane Paul senior as associate athletic director and senior woman administrator. Paul was assistant athletic director for compliance and student services at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Old Dominion University promoted Ted Alexander to senior associate athletic director for external relations.
Georgia Tech hired Joeleen Akin as associate athletic director for student-athlete development and senior woman administrator. Akin was athletic director at Agnes Scott College.
Hofstra University hired Amanda Ghysel as senior assistant director of athletic communications. Ghysel was multimedia coordinator for Cornell University’s athletics communications department.
Facilities
IRG Sports + Entertainment promoted Pam Kendrick to president and general manager of Memphis International Raceway.
Richmond International Raceway promoted Shawn Stack to senior director of accounting, and hired Michael Waddell as vice president of marketing and communications. Waddell was senior associate athletic director for external operations and strategic communications at the University of Illinois.
Golf
The Thunderbirds, hosts of the Waste Management Phoenix Open presented by The Ak-Chin Indian Community, named Andy Markham 2017 tournament chairman and Carlos Sugich assistant tournament chairman.
Hockey
The Arizona Coyotes named Brian Sandy president and Doug Soetaert general manager of the American Hockey League’s Tucson Roadrunners.
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The
Columbus Blue Jackets promoted
Becky Magaw to director of human resources and
Matt Kill to ticket operations coordinator, hired
Darla Owens as manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation and
Caleb Horsley as partnership account specialist.
The Los Angeles Kings promoted Jennifer Pope to vice president of community relations; Chris Crotty to senior director of hockey development; Pat Donahue to senior director of digital and production; Rob McPherson to director of production; Therese Nguyen to director of partnerships activation; Pete Lisowski to manager or business analytics and project management; Cheyenne Cantor to coordinator of sales and service; AnnMarie Francis to coordinator of human resources; Chris Wohlers to producer; Lisa Dolan, TJ Cormier and Stephanie Nienhuis to senior account executives; and Michael Brady to account executive. The team hired Derek Armstrong as director of hockey programming and curriculum; Scott Emery as manager of corporate partnership sales and Tricialee Friedman as producer of digital media. Jonathan Lowe was named senior vice president of business development and brand strategy.
The New York Islanders promoted John Baier to senior vice president of ticket sales and service.
Multiteam Companies
Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment promoted Chris Lombardo to vice president of global partnerships; Paul Kamras to vice president of game presentation; Tim Kemp to vice president of programming; Ashley Kahler and Howard Seif to senior directors of partnership marketing; Jason Oddo to senior director of financial analysis and budgeting; Christine Bowns to senior director of VIP services; Nick Hamilton to director of partnership marketing; Ross Grill to director of suite sales; and Peter Kirschenbaum to director of event finance.
Marketing
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AIM Marketing Solutions named
Kevin Donovan account director for its SunTrust sports and entertainment account. Donovan was formerly vice president for Helios Partners.
Media
Barstool Sports named Erika Nardini chief executive officer. Nardini was president and chief revenue officer for Bkstg and formerly chief marketing officer for AOL.
ESPN named Marie Donoghue executive vice president of global business and content strategy.
Soccer
The Houston Dynamo hired Dan Bergstrom as head sports turf manager at BBVA Compass Stadium.
Awards and Boards
The NASCAR Foundation named to its board of directors: Katie Palmer, Brown & Brown Insurance Florida personal lines leader; and Cynthia Archer, Sunoco LP executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
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