Executive Transactions

June, 2018

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Combate Americas named former Telemundo Enterprises CMO JACQUELINE HERNANDEZ President. She will report to Founder & CEO CAMPBELL MCLAREN ( Combate Americas )....A source said that the NFL Giants named former Panthers Dir of Player Personnel MARK KONCZ to the same position. Koncz worked under...

Monday, June 4, 2018

Chase Center named MSG Dir of Facility & Event Services MIKE SCIORTINO VP/Operations and MSG acting Dir of Event Security ADRIANNE WYNNE Senior Dir of Event Services, while hiring MICHAEL RESCIGNO to be Senior Dir of Parking & Transportation. The club also promoted STEVIE GRAY to VP/Ticket Operations and ...

Friday, June 1, 2018

Independent Sports & Entertainment President & CEO HANK RATNER is stepping down from his role, effective immediately. Ratner, the former MSG CEO, was hired to run ISE in June '16. ISE, formerly known as Relativity Sports, is majority owned by Penguins co-Owner RON BURKLE . Ratner...

May, 2018

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Oath, which is Verizon's umbrella company for AOL and Yahoo, named former NFL Senior VP/Communications NATALIE RAVITZ Chief Communications Officer and "chief storyteller." The hire marks the latest in a "string of executive appointments" that Oath CEO TIM ARMSTRONG has made over the last several...

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Learfield named MEKA MORRIS Senior VP and LARRY PETERS VP. Morris is the former VP/Sales & Marketing for Legends, N.Y. She will work in the newly created position out of Learfield's HQ in Texas. Peters was previously VP/Media & Sponsorship at Live Nation and will work from Learfield's L.A....

Friday, May 25, 2018

The Browns fired Dir of Player Personnel CHISOM OPARA and Dir of College Scouting BOBBY VEGA , and named Saints national scout STEVE MALIN Vega's replacement. Additionally, Browns draft consultant SCOT MCCLOUGHAN is "no longer exclusive to the Browns and is back consulting...

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Lagardère Sports named Ascendent President & CEO BOB BRENNFLECK Senior VP/Commercial. He will report to Exec VP/Commercial MARC RICCIO and be based in the agency's U.S. HQ in N.Y. From '02-'14, Brennfleck served as NFL Jets VP/Partnership & Media Sales ( THE DAILY...

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

CH Group, the parent company of the Canadiens, named National Public Relations Partner PAUL WILSON Senior VP/Public Affairs & Communications. Wilson replaces DONALD BEAUCHAMP , who "announced his resignation in April" ( MONTREALGAZETTE.com, 5/22 )....Pro Football HOFer-elect BRIAN DAWKINS is "planning to leave his full-time...

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

The USOC named former FBI Senior HR Exec WENDY GUTHRIE Senior Dir of Athlete Safety. Guthrie comes to the USOC after "spending the last six years" with the FBI. Before that, she held "high-ranking jobs" at the Northwest and West Coast Conferences ( AP, 5/21 )....NBC Sports...

Monday, May 21, 2018

USA Hockey named WHL Seattle Thunderbirds Hockey Operations Coordinator BRENT SEIDEL Coaching Education Program Manager ( USA Hockey )....The Seahawks promoted Assistant Dir of Pro Personnel NOLAN TEASLEY to Dir of Pro Personnel. Teasley takes over for DAN MORGAN , who "earlier this month...

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