Faces + Places
ALLISON HOWARD
Rock Entertainment Group and the Cleveland Cavaliers have appointed Allison Howard as executive vice president and chief commercial officer. Howard most recently was president for the NWSL Kansas City Current, where hse was the team’s first president and oversaw all business operations, including securing naming rights for the stadium, the first purpose-built pro women’s sports stadium. Before that, spent more than 10 years with the Los Angeles Lakers in leadership positions in the corporate partnerships division.
KELLI YELOUSHAN
Kelli Yeloushan has been promoted to vice president of event management at Vinik Sports Group in Tampa, Florida. Yeloushan has been with the organization since 2009 and will continue to oversee booking, event management, and event services for Amalie Arena and the Yuengling Center at the University of South Florida.
KENDALL UNBEHAND
Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater has named Kendall Unbehand as talent buyer of the downtown Austin, Texas, venue. The role will see Unbehand leading live music programming at 350-capacity music club and event space 3TEN, as well as supporting the programming at the 2,750-cap ACL Live. Unbehand’s experience includes work in the talent agency space at ICM Partners, time at Live Nation, as well as four and a half years at C3 Presents as a talent buyer and business development manager.
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JEFFREY CHABON
Geodis Park and Nashville Soccer Club recently named entertainment industry veteran Jeffrey Chabon as their head of booking, where his primary role will be booking concerts and events at GEODIS Park in Nashville and Wicks Family Field at Joe Davis Stadium in Huntsville, Ala. which is the home of MLS NEXT Pro affiliate Huntsville City Football Club. Chabon’s four decades of experience includes time at Fantasma Productions, Concert Productions International, World Entertainment Services (Concert West), Kings Entertainment (Carowinds), TBA Entertainment in Nashville, AEG Facilities (ASM), AEG Presents and SMG.
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CASEY SOWARD
Casey Soward has been named president and CEO of Boch Center in Boston, home to Wang Theatre and Shubert Theatre. Soward is currently executive director of the Cabot Performing Arts Center in Beverly, Massachusetts, and will assume his new position at Boch Center in the fall, taking over for Josiah Spaulding, Jr. who retired in May after 38 years at the venue. Soward has spent almost 10 years at the helm of the Cabot and, before that, served as executive director of the New England Philharmonic and as the technical director of the Center for the Arts at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
JULIETTE FELD GROSSMAN
Juliette Feld Grossman has been named CEO of entertainment producer Feld Entertainment, making her the third CEO in the company’s 57-year history and continuing the family business. Stephen Yaros, senior vice president of global media and Supercross, has been named president of Feld Entertainment while Kenneth Feld will remain chair of the board of directors. As CEO, Grossman will lead the company and develop new opportunities for the organization. Executive Vice Presidents Nicole Feld and Alana Feld will continue their responsibilities on the board of directors, providing strategic direction for the company.
AMANDA MANN
Amanda Mann has been named executive vice president and chief facilities officer for the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena, where she will be responsible for event, facility and financial management responsibilities. Mann, who most recently was general manager at Live Nation Entertainment in Ridgefield, Washington, will oversee the operations of all Hawks properties, including their business offices within Centennial Tower and the Emory Sports Medicine Complex. Prior to joining Live Nation, she served as general manager, senior vice president of the 30-acre Rose Quarter sports and entertainment district where she led the master plan design of both Moda Center, home to the Portland Trail Blazers, and Veterans Memorial Coliseum. She is the first woman to lead arena operations in the Hawks’ 56-year history.
JUDI LUDOVICO
Judi Ludovico has been hired as director of booking for Columbus Arena Sports & Entertainment, which manages the Schottenstein Center at the campus of Ohio State University and Nationwide Arena in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Ludovico most recently was vice president of business development for IMG and, before that, held roles including as head of entertainment for Atlantic City tourism and as director of productions programming for Madison Square Garden Entertainment.
