Baseball
The Class AA Eastern League’s Erie (Pa.) SeaWolves promoted Megan Allen to director of ticket sales and named Hunter Horenstein community engagement manager and Brendan O’Neill and Dan Jones account executives.
Basketball
The Philadelphia 76ers hired Dave Sholler to oversee all communications for basketball and business operations. Sholler was vice president of public relations, athlete marketing and development for the UFC.
The Portland Trail Blazers’ Rose Quarter and Rip City Management named Amanda Mann vice president and general manager of venue operations.
Colleges
Nicholls State University named Matt Roan athletic director.
University of Illinois men’s basketball director of player development and alumni relations Dee Brown resigned.
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Facilities
One Systems named
Garry Templin director of sales for North America.
Finance
Bob Malandro launched Whitecap Sports Group. Malandro was managing director of Club 9 Sports.
SierraMaya360 partner John Brock left the company.
Football
The Miami Dolphins named Jennifer Jehn executive director of the Miami Dolphins Foundation. Jehn was chief executive officer and president for Keep America Beautiful.
Hockey
The Los Angeles Kings hired Ashley Grossman as an assistant with Kings Care Foundation and community relations and Shaunna Campbell as 50/50 raffle supervisor.
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Marketing
Learfield named
Scott Harding senior director of integrated marketing and
Joe Mulford executive director at the University of California, and promoted
Don Williams to vice president of special projects and
Ann Brett Gillespie Strickland to general manager at Mississippi State University.
MKTG named
Amy Kemp senior vice president of global hospitality, sport and entertainment.
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KEMP
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IMRE promoted
Matt Saler to vice president of sports marketing and
Nick Eber to vice president of consumer.
Public relations firm
The Harbour Group named
Kurt Kehl senior counselor. Kehl was senior vice president and chief communications officer for Monumental Sports and Entertainment.
Media
NBCUniversal vice president of corporate communications Adam Freifeld left the company.
Yahoo Canada managing editor of sports Steve McAllister left to start his own consulting business.
Motorsports
Andretti Autosport named Jody Bennett vice president of marketing and strategic partnerships. Bennett was vice president of operations for Charge.
Multiteam Companies
Monumental Sports & Entertainment promoted Roger Moskowitz, Bob Rossi, Lee Stacey and Lew Strudler to vice president, Waylon Coy to vice president of finance and Sashia Jones to vice president of community relations; promoted Bill Hanni to senior vice president of ticket sales and services, Scott Hall to vice president of communications, Rebecca Winn to vice president of marketing for the Washington Wizards; and promoted Darren Montgomery to senior vice president of ticket sales and Sergey Kocharov to vice president of communications for the Washington Capitals.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Mizuno USA named Mark O’Brien president, effective Dec. 31. O’Brien will replace Bob Puccini, who will retire.
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Nike promoted
Tom Peddie to vice president and general manager for North America.
Other
Deborah Stroman was named the director of the newly established
Center of Sport Business. Stroman is a professor at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
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