Baseball
Major League Baseball hired Mark Irvings as independent arbitrator.
The Texas Rangers promoted Sean Decker to senior vice president of operations and events, and Joe Januszewski to executive vice president and chief revenue and marketing officer.
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Atlanta Hawks hired
Matt Bunting as senior vice president of content, production and fan experience. Bunting founded Sponsor Rocket.
The Golden State Warriors named Joanne Pasternack to executive director of the Warriors Community Foundation and vice president of community relations. Pasternack was vice president and executive director of community relations for the San Francisco 49ers.
The Orlando Magic named Pete D’Alessandro assistant general manager and promoted Catherine Carlson to senior vice president of corporate partnership and premium activation, Diane Cicarelli to director of special events, Michelle Jenkinson to director of fan experience and operations, Chuck Lichty to director of season tickets and plan sales, Dante Marchitelli to assistant director of broadcasting, Haley Meier to director of tourism and group sales, Paul Moletteire to vice president of ticket operations, Erin Quigg to manager of CRM strategy, Dan Savage to director of digital content, Ashley Turner to director of premium activation and Keshia Woodie to corporate partnership account manager.
The Philadelphia 76ers choose to not renew the contract of Lance Pearson, who was director of applied analytics.
Colleges
Oregon State University hired Dan Bartholomae as deputy athletic director for capital projects and internal operations. Bartholomae was deputy athletic director for internal affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.
Cornell College named Keith Hackett athletic director. Hackett was athletic director at the University of Alaska-Anchorage.
Rutgers University named Michael Szul senior associate athletic director for finance, administration and planning, and Rick Thorpe senior associate athletic director for external affairs and strategic communications. Szul was senior associate athletic director for business operations at West Virginia University, and Thorpe was associate athletic director for sales and fan experience at Georgia Tech.
Baylor University named Dawn Rogers deputy athletic director. Rogers was the executive director and chief executive officer for the Phoenix Final Four Local Organizing Committee.
East Carolina University hired Justin Behr as assistant athletic director of marketing and fan engagement and promoted Whitney Marks to associate director of marketing and fan engagement.
Fordham University named Joel Lawson associate athletic director of marketing, promotions and tickets. Lawson was the director of marketing at Loyola Marymount University.
Bernard Franklin, NCAA executive vice president of education and community engagement and chief inclusion officer, will retire Nov. 1.
The College Football Playoff hired Dave Marmion as chief financial officer. Marmion was executive senior associate athletic director and chief financial officer for the University of Texas.
The University of Pittsburgh hired Chris Hoppe as executive associate athletic director of sports administration and student-athlete support services. Hoppe was senior associate athletic director for administration at Eastern Michigan University.
Facilities
Venuetize hired Craig Duncan as vice president of sales for sports and entertainment. Duncan was vice president of strategic alliances for Mastercard.
Motorsports
The National Hot Rod Association hired Roy Abacan as vice president and chief financial officer. Abacan was a senior manager and associate director for Ernst & Young.
Multiteam Companies
Onexim Sports and Entertainment named Maureen Hanlon president. She replaces Irina Pavlova, who stepped down. Hanlon has served as primary outside counsel to Orexim for eight years.
Soccer
C2SA, management company for U.S. Club Soccer, promoted Christian Lavers to executive vice president and Leo Garcia to vice president of competitions of U.S. Club Soccer.
Other
Turnkey Sports & Entertainment named Nora Jones vice president and controller, and Heather Kumor vice president of legal affairs. Turnkey Intelligence named Simon Brandon-Lai and Jacob Stein research managers, and Brett Wall client services manager.
Catapult Sports’ North American president, Brian Kopp, is leaving the company.
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