Baseball
The Baltimore Orioles hired Jason Snapkoski as director of advertising and Shane Sarver as executive assistant of marketing and communications. Snapkoski was director of product development for the Maryland Lottery, and Sarver was a legislative assistant in the Maryland General Assembly.
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The Class AAA Pacific Coast League’s
Omaha (Neb.) Storm Chasers promoted
Kory Foster to ballpark operations assistant and hired
Jordan Yurth as a sales executive,
Cody Stewart as sales and marketing assistant,
Kathleen Ezell as special events coordinator,
Coeli Danella as
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creative services manager,
Anna Del Castillo as ticket operations manager and
Trudi Barber as accountant.
Colleges
The NCAA promoted Dan Gavitt to senior vice president of basketball, Joni Comstock to senior vice president of championships and Oliver Luck to executive vice president of regulatory affairs and strategic partnerships.
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference promoted Jordan Confessore to associate commissioner for men’s basketball.
The Southland Conference promoted Travis Day to assistant director for strategic communications.
Alabama A&M University named Cara Wright associate athletic director for business administration and senior woman administrator.
Baylor University hired Jason Cook as vice president for marketing and communications and chief marketing officer. Cook was senior associate athletic director for external affairs at Texas A&M University.
Cleveland State University Athletic Director John Parry will retire after the 2017 spring season.
Villanova University hired Josh Heird as associate athletic director for internal operations and finance. Heird was assistant athletic director for championships and facilities at the University of Louisville.
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Media
CSN Bay Area and
CSN California promoted
David Koppett to vice president of content strategy.
Motorsports
NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. hired Christopher Davis as managing director and chief security officer.
Multiteam Companies
Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment promoted Fred Mangione to chief of staff; expanded the role of Ana Castellanos to vice president of talent management, diversity and inclusion; and hired Christopher Magee as senior vice president of human resources and culture. Magee was senior vice president of human resources for WME-IMG.
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Olympics
USA Badminton hired
Jeff Dyrek as chief executive officer. Dyrek was director of marketing for USA Water Polo. He replaces
Dan Cloppas, who is retiring.
Sporting Goods and Apparel
Adams Outdoor named John Searby director of development for campus initiatives. Searby was director of sports for Downstream.
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Other
Kore Software promoted
Taylor Kern to senior vice president of sales.
Boingo Wireless
named
Jamaal Smith,
Jim Alexander and
Patrick Magnarelli business development managers to help bring the company’s Wi-Fi and DAS solutions into large-scale sports and entertainment venues.
Special Olympics Maryland named Ron Freeman its Baltimore region director.
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