MOVE OF THE MONTH
Business Events Sydney hired CAROLIN LENEHAN as deputy general manager of corporate affairs and communication. Lenehan most recently ran her own consultancy, advising on media and communications for the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, universities and tech startup businesses. She has held senior positions in industry development, industry engagement, international relations and events with government agencies including the New South Wales Department of Industry, NSW Trade and Investment, and Tourism NSW.
Live Nation expanded its concerts team in Colorado, bringing on five new local promoters: WES SAMUEL, BRENNAN BRYARLY, RIKKI ASTON, GEOFF BRENT and LANCE DUNLAP. Dunlap oversaw bookings of Beta Nightclub. Samuel is formerly of Madison House. Bryarly founded local Denver promotions platform The Hundred and is the talent buyer for The Church and Vinyl. Aston and Brent join from Soda Jerk Presents.
MARISA DI FRISCO joined Caroline as national director of alternative/rock promotion. Di Frisco worked at iHeartMedia for more than six years, most recently as its alternative rock artist relations manager. Di Frisco also held positions in marketing at USAData as account manager, Z100 as a music promotions assistant and CESD Talent Agency. Di Frisco will be based in New York.
Ware Malcomb added HEATHER GRIFFIN as studio manager, interior architecture and design, in the firm’s Houston office. Griffin has more than 13 years of interior architecture and design
experience in the technology, health care and government sectors.
The Wisconsin Center District named M.J. GILFILLAN vice president of human resources. Gilfillan was with Pepsi Cola of North East Wisconsin in Green Bay. The district owns and operates the Miller High Life Theatre, UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena and Wisconsin Center.
JOYCE LEVESTON was hired as general manager of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority and will join the Boston organization July 16. Leveston was director of convention
services at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Leveston has also held positions at San Diego Convention Center, the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston and Miami Beach Convention Center.
Oak View Group added to its media and conferences division, hiring JON GUYNN as vice president of operations and AKI KANEKO as vice president of sales. Guynn spent the past 11 years at Southland Publishing, where he was publisher of the Los Angeles Downtown News, Pasadena Weekly and Arroyo Monthly Magazine. He also was a founding member and served as publisher of Airplay Monitor and Billboard Publications’ radio trade publication. Kaneko comes to OVG after nearly 20 years at Billboard, most recently as executive director of entertainment for the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group.
Venue Coalition promoted JORDAN RACINE to bookings/operations manager. He joined Venue Coalition in 2016 and is now actively booking events for Venue Coalition arena members. Newly hired is TERESA GUY as bookings manager. Guy comes to the firm with over a decade of live music experience across booking agencies, promoter companies and radio stations, including positions at APA, The Agency Group, Nederlander Concerts and CBS Radio.
L-Acoustics appointed JEFF ROCHA to the newly created position of director of product management. He was head of market development for North America. Joining Rocha’s team is L-Acoustics application engineer Germain Simon as product manager.
National Recreation and Park Association president and CEO BARBARA TULIPANE announced her retirement. Tulipane will remain in her position until a new CEO has been hired.
Chase Center in San Francisco filled several slots ahead of its 2019 opening. MIKE SCIORTINO is the new vice president of operations. Sciortino joins Chase Center having recently headed up facility and event services at Madison Square Garden. MICHAEL RESCIGNO will take on the senior director of parking and transportation post. Rescigno was a senior executive at Impark. ADRIANNE WYNNE will be the senior director of event services. Wynne has worked for the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., and MSG. STEVIE GRAY was named vice president of ticket operations and PHIL HASTINGS vice president of event experiences. Hastings joined the operation in April 2016 after serving as director of arena operations at Amway Center in Orlando, Fla.
O’Neil Hagaman LLC promoted LILLIAN WILLIAMS and LEGINA CHAUDOIN to partner. Williams has been with the company for more than 28 years after starting as a staff accountant. Chaudoin has been with the firm for 23 years, also joining as a staff accountant.
SHELLIE VAN DRUTEN joined IAVM as customer solutions manager. She brings more than 15 years of experience and expertise from the trade show and association industry.
RYAN NORTHCOTT was named senior vice president of booking for Banc of California Stadium Entertainment in Los Angeles. Northcott brings more than a decade of experience in the live entertainment industry, having most recently served as general manager for Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif., on behalf of SMG Worldwide. He has also worked for AEG Facilities.
PASSINGS
GONZALO PEREZ CONSTANZO, 61, former president of the International Association of Professional Congress Organisers, May 26 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after battling cancer for a number of years. Constanzo’s career included 11 years as joint secretariat/conferences organizer for the World Bank and IMF and three years as managing director of KENES Latin America, in Santiago, Chile.