Executive Transactions

The Alouettes named ECHL Lions de Trois-Rivières President & CEO and former team president  MARK WEIGHTMAN to the same positions. Weightman was previously Alouettes President from 2013-16. He begins his new job on April 11, replacing MARIO CECCHINI ( MONTREAL GAZETTE, 3/29 ). Fanatics Betting &...

Comcast Spectacor named new CEO  DAN HILFERTY  Chair (on April 17) and Flyers governor (on July 1). Hilferty succeeds Comcast Spectacor Chair  DAVE SCOTT , who is retiring after 30 years with the Comcast organization ( Alex Silverman, SBJ ). U.S. Biathlon promoted interim CEO  JACK...

Stephen F. Austin State Univ. named former XFL Dir of Communications & Media Relations JAY LUCAS Associate AD/Strategic Communications. Prior to the XFL, Lucas spent time working in college athletics, MLB and NASCAR, among others ( SFA ). PointsBet named William Hill Editorial Content Writer ...

The Carolina Panthers and Tepper Sports & Entertainment have named Viridian Marketing President TAMERA GREEN SVP and Chief Communications Officer, MLSE VP/Operations and GM/Venues  CAROLINE WRIGHT SVP and Chief Venues Officer, former Radisson Hotel Group Americas EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary  TANYA TAYLOR SVP and...

Hytro named Gymbox Head of Product TOM ATKINSON Head of Pro Sports. Atkinson will be responsible for delivering Hytro's first Blood Flow Restriction wearable, which was designed to accelerate recovery and improve muscle development and endurance for an ever-growing list of professional clubs and teams ( Hytro...

SiriusXM has promoted VP/Sports Programming  ERIC SPITZ  into an SVP role ( SiriusXM ). MLB has hired Rays Communications Manager KARLY FISHER  and Rays Communications Manager  CRAIG VANDERKAM  to its Data Operations Department ( TAMPA BAY TIMES, 3/18 ). These career changes are recorded every...

Twitch CEO and co-founder EMMETT SHEAR will be leaving the company after 16 years. President DAN CLANCY will take over as CEO. Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, sees an average of over 2.5 million daily viewers who watch various esports competitions, concerts, events and streamers...

The Suns named former Knicks Assistant GM  GERALD MADKINS  Assistant GM and VP/Personnel Evaluation. Madkins has previous experience serving as Dir of Scouting and VP/Player Personnel for multiple NBA teams ( ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 3/16 ). Carolina Panthers Senior Dir of Content & Broadcasting  BILL VOTH  is leaving the team....

FloSports named former WWE EVP/Advanced Media  JAYAR DONLAN  Chief Content Officer and former P.volve CTO  GENE CHUANG  SVP/Engineering. Chuang will lead the company's efforts in developing and deploying streaming products featuring exceptional user experiences ( FloSports ). Talent Concierge Artists Agency named The Draft Network Host and Arians...

The Mountain West promoted Associate Commissioner/Championships JOHN SULLIVAN to  Associate Commissioner/Football. Sullivan will oversee the conference's football enterprise, which will include managing officiating and instant replay programs, scheduling, and serving as a liaison to the head football coaches and broadcast partners. He also will serve as...