NASCAR Holdings named F1 Las Vegas exec CRAIG STIMMEL Chief Commercial Officer. Receiving the SVP rank, Stimmel will be based in N.Y. and start this week. Stimmel will oversee all sales aspects of the company, including premier-partner and official-partner categories, race naming-rights deals, track sponsorships and media advertising. He will report to EVP & Chief Media and Revenue Officer BRIAN HERBST (Adam Stern, SBJ).
FanDuel named ESPN SVP/Event & Studio Production MICHAEL SHIFFMAN SVP & Exec Producer for FanDuel TV. Shiffman will report to President/Sports MIKE RAFFENSPERGER and be responsible for leading the creative and operational direction of FanDuel TV’s sports and racing programming as well as overseeing all aspects of production and content strategy. During his 24-year career at ESPN, Shiffman led studio shows including “SportsCenter,” “College GameDay Basketball,” “NFL Primetime,” “NBA Countdown,” and “The Jump” and oversaw productions around marquee live events (FanDuel).
Former NFLer ANDREW LUCK is returning to his alma mater Stanford to “become the football program’s general manager.” Luck accepted the “newly created role” that will “place him above the entire program and is a distinct evolution from the traditional college general manager role.” His role involves “everything Stanford football touches, football-wise and business-wise” (ESPN.com, 11/30).
Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment promoted EVP/Entertainment SEAN SAADEH to Chief Programing Officer & Head of Entertainment. Saadeh has been with HBSE since 2015 and will continue to oversee the entertainment and sports properties programming department of Prudential Center, Northwest Stadium, White Eagle Hall, and eventually Loew’s Jersey Theatre once the restoration project is complete in 2026 (HBSE).
MARC Global Communications named former NBA agent DARRYL WOODS Chief Business Officer and HBCU GO co-founder CLINTON EVANS Managing Partner/Strategic Partnerships, Content & Distribution. Both Woods and Evans will be based in the agency’s Chicago office. Woods will lead MARC Global’s newly launched division, MARC Sports Marketing & Entertainment, which also includes Dir/Women’s Basketball NAVARRO THOMPSON (MARC Global Communications).
MLS and Soccer United Marketing have hired longtime media industry PR exec SAL PETRUZZI as VP/Corporate Communications. Petruzzi, who was recognized by SBJ as a Power Player among communicators and storytellers, will begin Dec. 10. He will report to MLS EVP/Communications DAN COURTEMANCHE (Alex Silverman, SBJ).
Innovative Partnerships Group named Chargers Manager/Partnership Management ZOE STANLEY Senior Manager/Partnership Solutions. Stanley also previously worked with the NBA, Rep1 Sports, MSG and the Kia Forum. ADDISON BERGER and SETH BENNETT have joined the Business Development team as Coordinators (Innovative Partnerships Group).
Little League International promoted Central Region Assistant Dir JOHN MAGERS to Central Region Dir. Magers has served as Central Region Assistant Dir since 2022. Prior to his role at Little League, Magers worked as an Operations and Sourcing Specialist at Athletx Sports Group (Little League International).
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