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Executive Transactions

Monday, October 24, 2022

BASEBALL The San Francisco Giants hired STEPHANIE YOSHIMOTO as director, partnership retention and engagement . Yoshimoto was director, business development, partner and affiliate marketing, at Shutterfly. The High-A Wisconsin Timber...

Friday, October 21, 2022

Monumental Sports & Entertainment named Univision EVP/Content Distribution & Partnerships FRIDAY ABERNETHY NBC Sports Washington GM. This follows MSE's acquisition of the RSN from NBC Sports in August. One of Abernethy's first projects will be a rebrand of NBC Sports Washington ( Austin Karp,...

Thursday, October 20, 2022

NBCUniversal named NBC Sports Next Chief Customer Officer JODY VOGELAAR Fandango & NBC Sports Next CMO ( SBJ ). New York Road Runners named RODNELL WORKMAN SVP/Marketing & Communications and promoted TRINA SINGIAN to VP/Media, PR & Professional Athletes and TOM...

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

OpTic Gaming founder  HECTOR RODRIGUEZ  is  reassuming the role of CEO  as current CEO  ADAM RYMER  "steps aside." OpTic and Envy Gaming last year  merged into one banner . Rymer will immediately transition into a strategic advisory role and "will focus on projects outside of the business." Rodriguez will...

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Playfly Sports promoted GREGG LIEBMANN to SVP/Playfly Insights, ARNOLD SCHREER to SVP/Partnership Development and MICHAEL GALANTE to SVP/Playfly Creates and also named RAY BAHRAMI EVP/Sales & Business Operations and DAVID CONNOLLY Chief Legal Officer ( Playfly Sports ). ...

Monday, October 17, 2022

DAZN Group VP/Commercial Partnerships  TOM AKEHURST  is moving on after over 11 years to start a new role with World Rugby ( SBJ ). NBC Sports Next promoted SVP/Content & Strategy and NBC Sports Next JUSTIN TUPPER to SVP/Content & Strategy, Fandango & NBC Sports Next...

Friday, October 14, 2022

Jump Management named Live Nation SVP/Marketing ESTEE PORTNOY SVP ( SBJ ). The F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix named Learfield IMG College Senior Manager of Business Development at Gamecock Sports Properties DOUGLAS MORGAN JR. to its Partnership Development Team ( SBJ ). These...

Thursday, October 13, 2022

International Tennis HOF CEO  TODD MARTIN  is resigning from his position, effective Jan. 1, to become Head of Tennis for Beemok Sports. Beekmok Capital owns multiple tennis assets in Charleston, S.C., and now Cincinnati, recently acquiring the ATP Masters 1000 tournament ( ITHF ). Ilitch Sports + Entertainment...

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Big South Commissioner KYLE KALLANDER is "stepping down" after 27 years at the helm. Kallander is the "longest-tenured commissioner in the conference's history." His retirement is "set to become official at the conclusion of the 2022-23 academic school year" ( Rock Hill HERALD, 10/12 ). BSE Global...

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

TMRW Sports, the company former Golf Channel President MIKE MCCARLEY launched with golfers  TIGER WOODS and RORY MCILROY , named Golf Channel veterans SCOTT ARMSTRONG VP/Gameplay & Tech Integration, JON KROPP VP/Digital Media and  CHAD READ Creative Dir. The company...