Execs

Executive Transactions

Published May 22, 2012

The Blue Jackets late last week informed Senior Adviser CRAIG PATRICK that the club was "exercising the one-year club option in his contract, keeping the veteran NHL executive in place" as GM SCOTT HOWSON’s right-hand man for at least another season (BLUEJACKETSXTRA.com, 5/20)….MLB Network named Disney Western Region Sales & Marketing Dir CHRIS LEE Dir of Sales for the Western Region (VARIETY.com, 5/21)….The Titans named Green Bay Chief of Police JIM ARTS Dir of Security, replacing STEVE BERK, who is retiring at the end of June after 16 years with the team (TENNESSEAN.com, 5/17)…San Jose State Univ. named UCLA Wooden Athletic Fund Dir TOD BANNISTER Senior Associate AD/External Relations (SJSU)….The Univ. of South Alabama named CHASE SMITH Dir of Football Operations (AL.com, 5/21)….SpotlightTMS named former AOL VP/Strategic Development & Partnerships JIMMY LYNN and Sports Business Group President DAVID CARTER to its Advisory Board (SpotlightTMS)….Merchandise company Bensussen Deutsch & Associates named Progressive Int'l Senior Manager of Quality & Social Responsibility PRESTON AKERS Dir of Product & Supply Chain Integrity (DBA).

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