Colleges
Morehead State University promoted Victoria Johnson to senior woman administrator and operations coordinator.
North Dakota State University promoted Ryan Perreault to assistant athletic director for communications and Jeremy Jorgenson to assistant athletic director for strategic partnerships.
San Jose State University named Steve O’Brien deputy athletic director. O’Brien was senior associate athletic director for the Naval Academy.
St. Joseph’s University hired Phil Martelli Jr. director of basketball operations. Martelli was coach for the G League’s Delaware 87ers.
Old Dominion University named Carolyn Cooper assistant athletic director for marketing and promoted Ragean Hill to associate athletic director for academic support services and senior woman administrator. Cooper was assistant athletic director for marketing and community relations at Princeton University.
Penn State University named Robert Boland athletics integrity officer. Boland was director of the master of sports administration program at Ohio University.
Saint Mary’s College named Mike Matoso athletic director. Matoso was athletic director for Stanislaus State.
Purdue University hired Jason Butikofer as deputy athletic director and promoted Mike Braughton to senior associate athletic director for development, Al Capitos to assistant athletic director for facilities and Chris Clopton to assistant athletic director for major gifts and senior director of development.
Temple University promoted Vinnie James to assistant athletic director and chief of staff.
Jim Minick, University of Michigan associate athletic director for football, has left the program.
Utah State University hired Coleman Barnes as assistant vice president and deputy athletic director of external affairs. Barnes was senior director of development for Miami University.
Lacrosse
Steve Govett and Josh Gross have left the Colorado Mammoth. Govett was president, general manager and governor, and Gross was vice president of business operations.
Marketing
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The Aspire Group promoted
Derek Schramm to manager of sales and service at Miami University and
Dillon DelRosso to senior sales consultant at the University of Maryland.
Charge hired Rebekah Meyer as senior manager of content marketing. Meyer was manager of content strategy for Interactive Intelligence.
Taylor hired Hunter Mandel as director of digital content and promoted Samantha Baier to director, Bo Wulf to senior content manager and Mike Macias to social media manager.
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CSE named
Ashley Baxter and
Brenton Howard senior account executives,
Jason Dempsey studio designer and
Madeline Lockridge account coordinator.
PCG SportsDesk hired Bill Nielsen as vice president of partner solutions. Nielsen was senior vice president of sales for Raptor Sports Properties’ Fan Manager database management platform.
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Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment named
Chris Murray general manager at Stony Brook University,
Duval Powell general manager at Liberty University and
Mark Massari West Coast region vice president.
Awards and Boards
The National Athletic Trainers’ Association inducted John H. Anderson, Fran Babich, Tanya Dargusch, Kathy Dieringer, MaryBeth Horodyski, Jeff McKibbin and Michael O’Shea into its hall of fame.
The Sports & Fitness Industry Association added Amazon director and category leader for sports and fitness Fouzan Mansuri to its board of directors.
Former Twitter Chief Operating Officer Adam Bain is joining sneaker commerce startup GOAT’s board.
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