Executive Transactions

January, 2019

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Sabres Senior VP/Administration and HarborCenter GM MICHAEL GILBERT "has resigned" from both jobs. This "comes on the heels of the departure" of HarborCenter VP & Dir of Hockey and NWHL Buffalo Beauts GM NIK FATTEY . However, a source "insisted that the two departures are unrelated."...

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Expansion MLS club Inter Miami CF named former Orlando City GM/Soccer Operations NIKI BUDALIC Dir of Soccer Operations. Budalic will report directly to Sporting Dir PAUL MCDONOUGH and "work alongside" Technical Dir KURT SCHMID ( PROSOCCERUSA.com, 1/7 ). SHAKEUP IN THE...

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

The WNBA L.A. Sparks named Clippers Dir of Business Operations DANITA JOHNSON President & COO, effective immediately. Johnson will oversee all business operations ( Sparks ). MOVIN' ON UP : Facebook promoted Head of Global Sports Partnerships DAN REED to VP/Global Sports & Media Partnerships....

Monday, January 7, 2019

USA Track & Field named Fox Sports VP/Brand Partnerships & Communications SARAH HOLLIS Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer. The organization also made the following promotions: E. SUSAN HAZZARD to Managing Dir of Communications; LORI BIRD to Associate Dir of Outreach & Grass Roots...

Friday, January 4, 2019

Toronto FC named former Red Bulls Sporting Dir ALI CURTIS GM. Curtis worked in the MLS league office for eight years and held the position of Senior Dir of Player Relations & Competition before joining the Red Bulls ( Toronto FC ). Curtis replaces TIM BEZBATCHENKO...

Thursday, January 3, 2019

The Padres promoted COO ERIK GREUPNER to President of Business Operations. He had previously served as COO since '16 and initially joined the club in '10 ( Padres ). CHANGE OF PACE : F1 Dir of Communications NORMAN HOWELL "suddenly stepped down" after nearly two...

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Netflix is "expected to name" Activision Blizzard CFO SPENCER NEUMANN to the same position. Activision Blizzard said that it was putting Neumann on "paid leave and that he would subsequently be fired for cause unrelated to the company's financial reporting or disclosure procedures." Activision Blizzard announced Chief...

December, 2018

Thursday, December 27, 2018

U.S. Soccer named Crew Dir of Soccer Operations ASHER MENDELSOHN Chief Soccer Officer. Mendelsohn replaces RYAN MOONEY , who left to "help run a new sports business venture" -- Playmakers Management Group -- formed by Union minority Owner RICHIE GRAHAM ( SOCCERAMERICA.com, 12/24 )....USA Cycling...

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Outgoing Ohio State football coach URBAN MEYER will become an Assistant AD with the school "when he steps down as coach on Jan. 2." Ohio State AD GENE SMITH said that a "job description for Meyer's new duties will be posted in January" ( COLUMBUS...

Friday, December 21, 2018

Nike named Coca-Cola President of the Venturing & Emerging Brands Group G. SCOTT UZZELL President & CEO of Converse. Uzzell will report directly to Nike President of Categories & Product MICHAEL SPILLANE . He replaces DAVIDE GRASSO , who has decided to retire at the...

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