Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 19, 2025
The Golden Knights have named Vikings EVP & Chief Revenue Officer JOHN PENHOLLOW the team’s President of Business Operations. Penhollow will oversee all business operations and lead all business strategy for the club and Foley Entertainment Group’s sports and venue properties, which include the ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 18, 2025
Pixellot named ROB DESALVO President of North American Operations. DeSalvo joins from Perion, where he was most recently Managing Dir of the Americas. Prior to that, he was the CRO of Undertone, a Perion subsidiary. DAVID SHAPIRO, who had been president of Pixellot U.S. for six years, has been named...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 17, 2025
The PGA Tour officially confirmed BRIAN ROLAPP as its new CEO and announced Tuesday that Commissioner JAY MONAHAN will step down from his role at the end of 2026. The tour said Rolapp would start “later this summer” and also noted he’ll have a residence in Florida. While Monahan will be commissioner...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 16, 2025
The USTA has brought on four new managing directors across its grassroots and pro tennis divisions, naming PATRICK BRIAUD Managing Dir/Tennis Advocacy, LYDIA COLARESI Managing Dir and Head/Digital Strategy, CHRISTIAN GABRIEL Managing Dir/National Infrastructure & Venue Strategy, and ANGUS MUGFOR...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 13, 2025
The Bucks named FEDERICO PAGLIARA VP/Global Partnership Sales. Pagliara previously spent the last year as Dir/Partnership Sales & DEI Council Member with Chicago Fire FC. Prior to that, he was Head of Partnerships & Board Member for North America with Serie A (SBJ).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 12, 2025
Industry sources said that NFL SVP & Head of Consumer Products JOE RUGGIERO, head of the league’s multi-billion-dollar consumer products/licensing business, will officially depart by July 4. He will stay on as advisor through the summer. Ruggiero has been in his current role at the league since ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 11, 2025
Wasserman EVP/Global Insights SHELLEY PISARRA is being promoted to Chief Insights & Innovation Officer and will oversee a team working across divisions such as sports, music, entertainment and marketing consulting. Pisarra will be based out of N.Y. and will report to Wasserman COO DARRELL COETZE...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 10, 2025
The Colts announced details on the transition of team ownership from late owner & CEO JIM IRSAY to his daughters -- CARLIE IRSAY-GORDON, CASEY FOYT and KALEN JACKSON. With the transition, which was pursuant to longstanding plans set forth by Irsay, Irsay-Gordon will become owner & CEO. In th...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 9, 2025
Former Marquee Sports Network GM MICHAEL MCCARTHY has joined Chicago Sports Network as its new COO. McCarthy took the role with Marquee ahead of the network’s February 2020 launch. McCarthy previously served as MSG Network President, and had been a consultant for the Cubs in forming a Marquee Sports...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 6, 2025
The NBPA is bringing on NBA Senior Dir/Media, DTC & Entertainment Communications JACINDA ORTIZ as VP/Communications, where she will build out a new comms team for the union. Ortiz spent the past seven years with the NBA after stints with CBS Sports and Fox Sports (Austin Karp, SBJ).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 5, 2025
Georgia Tech named COO & Exec Deputy AD JON PALUMBO VP & interim AD. He assumes the role with the pending departure of AD J BATT. Palumbo joined GT in 2022 after serving as AD at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Throughout his career, Palumbo has held roles with VCU, the Univ. of Maryland, and ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 4, 2025
Howard Univ. promoted AD KERY DAVIS to VP/Athletics. He is the first to assume the newly created position. Davis first joined Howard in the AD role in 2015. Prior to joining the school, Davis spent 17 years at HBO Sports, where he served as SVP (Howard Univ.).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 3, 2025
Nike named MICHAEL GONDA EVP & Chief Communications Officer. Gonda, who will assume the role on July 7, will lead the global communications organization, overseeing communications strategy, including storytelling, corporate and brand reputation, issues management, and employee engagement. Gonda ...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - June 2, 2025
Hogan Lovells said today that former N.Y. Jets General Counsel & VP/Legal Affairs JILL KELLEY has joined the firm as a partner in the corporate & finance practice. She will work out of the N.Y. office. Kelley worked with the Jets for more than five years before leaving in July 2024, and befo...
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Blueprint Sports hired PARKER FLEMING as head of analytics. Fleming was a data scientist at SumerSports.
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - May 30, 2025
Nike Chief Innovation Officer JOHN HOKE is “retiring.” Hoke, who joined Nike in 1992, had served as the company’s chief design officer before being named chief innovation officer in 2023 (REUTERS, 5/29).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - May 29, 2025
IBM named KAMERYN STANHOUSE VP/Sports & Entertainment Partnerships. Stanhouse most recently was head of corporate partnerships at Politico (POLITICO, 5/29). She is also co-founder & CEO of O’House Productions and served as brand manager for Under Armour Women’s brand from 2013-2016 (SBJ).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - May 28, 2025
Mets’ President of Business Operations SCOTT HAVENS is stepping down from his position. Havens, former Bloomberg Media CEO, had been in the role since 2023. The team said it plans to announce a replacement, who will work with Havens “to ensure a smooth and collaborative transition,” shortly (Mike Ma...
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - May 27, 2025
The IOC named PIERRE DUCREY Sports Dir. Assuming the role on July 1, Ducrey will succeed KIT MCCONNELL, who is joining the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee as Chief Sport Officer. Ducrey will report to IOC Dir General CHRISTOPHE DE KEPPER (IOC).
Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - May 23, 2025
Canadian Soccer Business named JAMES JOHNSON CEO. Johnson “stepped down” earlier this month after five years as CEO of Football Australia. He will replace MARK NOONAN, who would be leaving as CEO of Canadian Soccer Business and commissioner of the CPL at the end of June. Noonan has served in that po...
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