Monumental Sports & Entertainment named STEVE MILLER EVP & CFO. Miller assumes the role on Oct. 2 and will report directly to MSE founder & CEO TED LEONSIS. Miller is currently the CFO & Treasurer of Warby Parker. PETER BICHÉ will continue in his role as Senior Advisor to complete his transition of duties (Monumental Sports & Entertainment).
MARC RICCIO will stay on as CEO of USA Lacrosse through the 2028 Olympics, signing a new contract that will extend his tenure atop the national governing body. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed (Rachel Axon, SBJ).
Sports architects CHRIS DEVOLDER, TREVOR BECHTOLD and EDWARD MILLS have all joined Gensler from HOK, with Devolder and Bechtold continuing to work out of the firm’s K.C. office and Mills remaining in the Bay Area (Bret McCormick, SBJ).
Nike Chief Sustainability Officer JAYCEE PRIBULSKY has “left the company after less than two years in the role.” She assumed the position last February. In a LinkedIn post, Pribulsky said that she is “moving back to New York for an ‘incredible opportunity,’ but she did not offer details” (Portland OREGONIAN, 9/8).
The CFP is “set to hire” former college football coach JUSTIN FUENTE “into a newly created football senior advisor role,” per reports. Fuente’s job is a position “under” CFP Exec Dir RICH CLARK (CBSSPORTS.com, 9/8).
Sources revealed that Michigan State is “set to hire” JARED KOZINN as Deputy AD & CRO. Kozinn has spent the past year as VP/Corporate Partnerships with the Pirates (X, 9/8).
AEG promoted ADAM DUVENDECK to GM of Dignity Health Sports Park. Duvendeck, who joined AEG in 2011, has served as interim GM since June. Over the past six years, Duvendeck held the positions of Assistant GM and VP/Operations (AEG).
The USOPC named WILLIAM KING as its new General Counsel, reporting directly to CEO SARAH HIRSHLAND. King will assume his role on Oct. 15 and will relocate to Colorado Springs. He will also serve as Corporate Secretary to the USOPC BOD (USOPC).
Rebel Girls named INKY SON COO. Son, who has held leadership positions with NBPA and MLBPA as well as global licensing roles at Calvin Klein and DKNY, will build the consumer products licensing and DTC business line in addition to her role as COO, and will report to CEO JES WOLFE (Rebel Girls).
Learfield named JAKE BALDINI GM of UNC Greensboro Sports Properties. Baldini most recently served as manager of Corporate Partnership Sales for the High-A South Atlantic League Winston-Salem Dash (Learfield).
Ohio Univ. named SLADE LARSCHEID as its new AD. Since 2020, Larscheid has served as South Dakota State Univ. Deputy AD. He will be formally introduced Thursday (Ohio Univ.).
YinzCam named MATT GARDNER VP/Growth. Gardner spent 13 years with the Blues, most recently as VP/Innovation & Digital Strategy (YinzCam).
The American Society of Association Executives named National Golf Course Owners Association CEO JAY KAREN Chair of the BOD (NGCOA).
The College Sports Company named Front Office Sports co-founder RUSSELL WILDE JR. COO (The College Sports Company).
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