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Brand Innovation Summit June 11-12, 2024

Ritz-Carlton Chicago CMO’s In-the-Spotlight Featuring: • Melissa Brotz, Chief Marketing, Communications and Sustainability Officer, Abbott • Jill Kouri, CMO, HCL Tech To VIEW the AGENDA and to REGISTER, please go to www.Brand-Innovation-Summit.com .

Executive Transactions - May 20, 2024

The Chargers have named VP/Ticketing & Business Intelligence MEGAN BELL SVP/Consumer Revenue & Insights ( SBJ ). The Hornets named Hawks VP/Player Personnel DOTUN AKINWALE Assistant GM; Nets Exec Dir/Basketball & Business Operations RYAN GISRIEL VP/Basketball Operations & Strategy; and NBA Senior Dir/Basketball...

Names in the News

May 17th will now be known as “Shohei Ohtani Day” in L.A. County. On Friday, Dodgers P/DH SHOHEI OHTANI was honored at L.A. City Hall and was presented with the resolution. Members of the Dodgers front office and manager DAVE ROBERTS “were in...

On The Move

BASEBALL Little League International hired ZACH CHANDLER as marketing account executive and MICHELE MARQUARDT as executive assistant to the executive vice president and chief marketing and business relationship officer . Chandler was an athletics...

Stephen Curry buys new S.F. property for business enterprise HQ

Warriors G STEPHEN CURRY has purchased a building in S.F.’s Dogpatch neighborhood that will “serve as the new headquarters for Thirty Ink, Curry’s off-court business enterprise,” according to Laura Waxmann of the S.F. CHRONICLE. The vacant, two-story building, which is “within walking distant of Chase Center,” sold...

Names in the News

Tennis HOFer  BILLIE JEAN KING  was a guest on Jeopardy this week, where she “delivered the clues for the ‘Trailblazing Women’s in Sports’ category.” King herself was recognized for her long-standing advocacy for equality through her work with Billie Jean King Enterprises. The organization was recently named by Chief,...