Baseball
The Baltimore Orioles hired John Vidalin as chief operating officer for business operations. Vidalin was executive vice president and chief revenue officer for the Miami Heat.
The Class AA Southern League Mobile BayBears hired Roger Wexelberg as president. Wexelberg was general manager for Learfield’s Bradley Sports Properties at Bradley University.
The Class AAA Pacific Coast League Nashville Sounds promoted Danielle Gaw to director of corporate partnerships.
Basketball
The Atlanta Hawks promoted Derek Pierce to general manager for the NBA G League Erie BayHawks.
The Detroit Pistons hired Malik Rose as assistant general manager. Rose was manager of basketball operations for the Atlanta Hawks.
The Milwaukee Bucks hired Vickie Nikoley as payroll manager; and for their new Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center hired Zach Bartlett as front of house manager, Kari Lilly as building operations manager, Dominique Schneider as arena scheduling manager and Michelle Young as box office and ticketing finance manager.
The Orlando Magic promoted Charles Freeman to president of business operations.
Colleges
The College Football Playoff promoted Claudia Dorsey to assistant director of business and ticket operations, and hired Katie Cavender as assistant director of communications. Cavender was assistant commissioner of advanced media and digital strategy for the Mountain West Conference.
The Big 12 Conference promoted Dayna Scherf to senior associate commissioner of championships, Catrina Gibson to chief financial officer, Maria Swanson to director of championships operations, Jessica Hamm to director of compliance and governance and assistant general counsel; and Steve Pace to corporate compliance officer. Erick Newman was hired as assistant director of championships.
The Mid-American Conference promoted Jeremy Guy to assistant commissioner for integrated digital strategies, Kyle Klein to director of championships and special events, Heather Klatt to director of visual and creative content and Eric Kwiatkowski to assistant director of communications. The conference hired Kadeem Huggins as director of digital media services and Rachel Konieczki as director of men’s and women’s basketball operations.
California State University, Northridge named Michael Izzi athletic director. Izzi was athletic director at the University of California, Irvine.
Eastern Michigan University hired Britta Brown as assistant athletic director for development.
The University of Kansas named Jeff Long athletic director. Long was formerly athletic director at the University of Arkansas.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City reassigned Athletic Director Carla Wilson to senior director for student support services.
The University of Richmond hired Ryan Colton as associate athletic director for compliance. Colton was assistant athletic director for compliance at the College of Holy Cross.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hired Adam Schemm as senior associate athletic director for external relations. Schemm was assistant athletic director for marketing at the University of South Florida.
Soccer
The United Soccer League promoted Joel Nash to vice president of the Premier Development League and Super Y League.
Other
MGM Resorts International hired Scott Butera as president of interactive gaming.
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