People and Pop Culture
On the Move
Changing places and positions around the industry
Colleges
The University of Tulsa promoted CHRIS NERIO to assistant athletic director for student-athlete health and performance and director of sports medicine.
Utah State University promoted KC SMURTHWAITE to director of development for Aggies Unlimited, the fundraising unit for Utah State Athletics.
Vanderbilt University hired BLAIR HITCHCOCK as director of sports nutrition. Hitchcock was assistant director of performance nutrition at Texas A&M University.
Football
The Seattle Seahawks named MARIO BAILEY director of legends and player community engagement.
Marketing
Constellation Brands promoted RENE RAMOS to vice president of events, sponsorships and field marketing.
Learfield hired ALFRED VACA as senior director of sales analytics for the company and SETH CANTOR as general manager for George Mason Sports Properties at George Mason University.
Media
Yahoo Sports promoted SARAH CRENNAN to head of content.
Soccer
USL Louisville City FC promoted BRAD ESTES to president and PATRICK STEWART to chief revenue officer.
Awards and Boards
Esports organization Immortals named MEG WHITMAN, former Hewlett Packard chief executive officer, to its board of directors.
Other
Prodigy Sports hired OMAR SANDIMANIE as an associate and ASHLEY EISENSTEIN as a research associate.
Professional Sports Partners hired BILL ZACHRY as senior director of brand strategy. Zachry was director of partnership marketing for the Houston Dynamo and Houston Dash.
Stats hired HELEN SUN as chief technology officer and LISA ACKERMAN as senior vice president of customer success. Sun was chief technology officer for JPMorgan Chase’s commercial banking division, and Ackerman was vice president of customer experience for SumTotal Systems.
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