Executive Transactions
Published April 3, 2012Bills Exec VP/Strategic Planning MARY OWEN -- the niece of Bills Owner RALPH WILSON -- has added oversight of the Community Relations department to her duties. Owen will work with VP/Community Relations GRETCHEN GEITTER “in the team’s effort to support the region through its community outreach programs and philanthropy.” Owen, in her 15th year with the club, “currently oversees the Bills Toronto initiative in addition to serving as a senior adviser to ownership.” The club also promoted PRESTON TEAGUE to Senior Manager of Community Relations & Youth Football and ALLISON HOJNOWSKI to Manager of Community Relations (BUFFALONEWS.com, 4/2).
EXECS: Under Armour named adidas Latin America Senior VP KARL-HEINZ MAURATH President of UA Int’l. The company also named drug manufacturer Hospira Inc. Senior VP/Operations JIM HARDY Chief Supply Chain Officer and Capital One Financial Corp. Senior VP/Enterprise Human Resources FRED KNOWLES Senior VP/Human Resources (Under Armour)….Northern Arizona Univ. named UTEP Senior Associate AD LISA CAMPOS VP/Intercollegiate Athletics (Northern Arizona)….Univ. of Mount Union promoted SID LENNY REICH to Assistant to the AD for Communications & Marketing (Mount Union).
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