Executive Transactions

March, 2018

Friday, March 23, 2018

The Warriors promoted Senior VP/Business Development BRANDON SCHNEIDER to the newly created position of Chief Revenue Officer. Schneider, an SBJ/SBD " Forty Under 40 " honoree from '17, will continue to report to Warriors President & COO RICK WELTS . Under the team's new organizational structure, VP/Ticket...

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Wells Fargo named JP Morgan Chase Sports & Entertainment Marketing Group Exec Dir MATTHEW KIRKPATRICK VP/National Sponsorship Platforms, Learfield VP/East Region and '16 SBJ "Game Changer" PAM BATALIS VP/College Sports & Local Market Sponsorships and GMR Marketing Meetings & Incentives Senior Account Dir MARJORIE...

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Learfield has hired the following execs within its collegiate sports properties teams: BOB HELLER as Duquesne Univ. DUQS Sports Properties GM; KEVIN WATERS as Fordham Sports Properties GM; LAYNE WERNER as Manhattan College Jasper Sports Properties GM; TATIA BENKONVICH as UC-Irvine Anteater Sports Properties GM; RON KOBATA as Long...

Monday, March 19, 2018

The West Coast Conference named Pac-12 Senior Associate Commissioner & Senior Woman Administrator GLORIA NEVAREZ Commissioner. She replaces LYNN HOLZMAN , who departed in January ( WCC )....Baltimore-based Leona Marketing Group named former Under Armour Dir of College Partnerships SEAN SULLIVAN Senior Consultant ( Leona...

Friday, March 16, 2018

Esports organization Immortals has created a mobile gaming division, hiring veteran mobile esports exec JEFF CHAU as GM. He will report to CEO NOAH WHINSTON and President & COO ARI SEGAL . As its first entry into a mobile game, Immortals also signed an...

Thursday, March 15, 2018

The Hornets promoted FRED WHITFIELD to President & Vice Chair, PETE GUELLI to Exec VP & COO and JAMES JORDAN to Exec VP & Chief Administration Officer. Guelli and Jordan will continue to report to Whitfield in their new roles. Additionally, Vice Chair CURTIS...

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Consulting company Guidepost Solutions named AMB Group Dir of Security BOB MCDONOUGH VP/Sports & Entertainment. He will be based in DC ( Guidepost )....Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain named NBA VP/Global Marketing Partnerships & Emerging Markets MARC ARMSTRONG Dir of Sponsoring. He will begin in April...

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

The Tucson-based Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl named DEL ARVAYO COO ( THE DAILY )....The A's promoted Sales Consultant CHRISTIAN AGUINALDO to Account Exec of Membership Services ( THE DAILY )....Sterling.VC, the venture fund backed by the WILPON family, which owns the Mets, named Red Bull Media...

Monday, March 12, 2018

Capitals GM BRIAN MACLELLAN has "signed a multiyear contract extension," which "provides some organizational stability" for the club ( WASHINGTONPOST.com, 3/9 )....The NCAA D-I Men's Basketball Committee named Atlantic 10 Commissioner BERNADETTE MCGLADE and Bradley AD CHRIS REYNOLDS to five-year terms with the group,...

Friday, March 9, 2018

The 49ers named Chief Strategy Officer & Exec VP/Football Operations PARAAG MARATHE 49ers Enterprises President. He will oversee outside business ventures, advisory efforts and major investment opportunities for the team. Marathe will continue in his current role, serving as chief contract negotiator and salary cap architect, among...

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