Executive Transactions

Learfield named N.Y.-based advertising company GroupM Global Head of Corporate Development ROB SCHNEIDER Chief Strategy & Development Officer. Schneider will work out of the company's HQ in Plano, Texas, and will report to Learfield President & CEO GREG BROWN ( THE DAILY )....The Bulls promoted...

Sports consulting and recruiting firm Snodgrass Partners named PETER DAVIS VP/Business Development. Davis previously worked as the NCAA Dir of Corporate Alliances for 10 years ( Snodgrass Partners )....Bucknell Univ. named Boston Univ. Assistant AD/Student-Athlete Development JEN KENTERA Senior Associate AD/Leadership Development ( Bucknell )....Austin...

The Orioles promoted HR Dir  LISA TOLSON to VP/HR. Tolson is in her 33rd season with the team ( Orioles )....Penn State named Georgetown Assistant AD/Marketing CHRIS GROSSE to the same position ( Penn State )....Baltimore-based marketing agency JK Squared has launched a sports division, JK2...

The Devils named MARTIN BRODEUR Exec VP/Business Development. Brodeur most recently served as Assistant GM for the Blues, where he has been in the front office since his retirement from the NHL in '15. In his new role, Brodeur will work across all of the team's departments...

The PGA of America has hired SETH WAUGH  as CEO, replacing PETE BEVACQUA , who left the organization this month to become NBC Sports Group President. Waugh, a Managing Dir of investment firm Silver Lake and former Deutsche Bank Americas CEO, begins his new job on...

The National Fitness Foundation named CLAY WALKER Exec Dir. Walker "previously held senior-level roles" with PrestoSports and the NFLPA. Walker will be based in DC ( SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL, 8/27 issue ). EXECS : The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel hired the Cincinnati Enquirer's JIM OWCZARSKI...

Octagon named marketing agency Isobar Exec Creative Dir  KENNY RENNARD  Exec Creative Dir for Octagon Marketing & Events in North America ( Octagon )....GMR Marketing named  BARBARA CARPENTER  Head of Research and  ALLA DRAGOUN  Strategic Planning Dir ( GMR ). Do you have an executive announcement? If...

Florida State named Chief of Staff DAVID COBURN  interim AD. Coburn will "fill in" for departing AD STAN WILCOX , who is joining the NCAA . Coburn has an "extensive background in the Florida legislative process" after spending 34 years in a "number of roles" (...

The Hawks & Philips Arena named Pandora Southeast Sales Exec KATRINA JOHNSON Manager of Corporate Partnerships ( Hawks ). Do you have an executive announcement? If so, please send to  editorial@sportsbusinessdaily.com .   Create your own Executive Transaction ...

Fresno State named former Auburn Exec Associate AD & Senior Women's Administrator MEREDITH JENKINS interim Deputy AD ( AL.com, 8/18 ). Jenkins was let go from Auburn in June following a "scandal involving its softball program" ( FRESNOBEE.com, 8/17 )....Learfield named former Single-A Midwest League Peoria Chiefs President...