The NBA promoted Ski Austin to Executive Vice President, Events and Attractions, from Senior Vice President, Events and Attractions; Rick Buchanan to NBA Executive Vice President and General Counsel, from NBA Senior Vice President and General Counsel; Stu Jackson to Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations, from Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations; Bill Koenig to Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel, NBA Entertainment, from Senior Vice President and General Counsel, NBAE; Sal LaRocca to Executive Vice President, Global Merchandising Group, from Senior Vice President, Global Merchandising Group; Harvey Benjamin to NBA Executive Counsel, Business & Finance, from Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, NBAE; Steve Herbst to Senior Vice President, Broadcasting and General Manager, NBA TV, from Vice President, NBA TV and General Manager; and Danny Meiseles to Senior Vice President, Production and Programming, NBA Entertainment, from Vice President, Production Development.
These promotions follow previously announced appointments of Adam Silver to NBA Deputy Commissioner and COO, Joel Litvin to President of League and Basketball Operations, and Heidi Ueberroth to President of Global Marketing Partnerships and International Business Operations. All new positions are effective July 1, 2006.
“We have an extraordinary group of experienced and talented executives at the NBA,” said NBA Commissioner David Stern. “Of those promoted today, the least-tenured has almost 13 years of NBA experience, and each has contributed greatly to our success. These executives are part of an outstanding team of NBA employees that has us well positioned to accelerate our growth on a domestic and global basis.”
Austin, Herbst, LaRocca and Meiseles will report to Silver. Benjamin, Buchanan and Jackson will report to Litvin. Koenig will report to both Silver and Litvin.
