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ILLER SPORTS PROPERTIES
NNOUNCES REORGANIZATION
resident of Miller Sports Properties, Steve Miller, recently announced an
ternal reorganization of the company into two primary areas of focus—
usiness operations and revenue generation. Miller Sports Properties
SP) includes: Utah Jazz, Salt Lake Bees, Miller Performance, Larry H.
iller Tour of Utah, EnergySolutions Arena, KJZZ 14, 1280 The Zone Sports
etwork, and All-Star Catering.
e purpose of the new structure is to identify and cultivate growth
portunities for revenue expansion, operational effectiveness, fan
perience, and overall organizational success.
s part of the reorganization, Miller has named Jim Olson as chief
erating officer (COO) and Don Stirling as chief revenue officer (CRO).
lson has been with the LHM Group for nearly 19 years and Stirling has
een on board since December 2012. Both report directly to Steve Miller.
his new role, Olson is responsible for strategic planning and overseeing
e day-to-day business operations of MSP. In addition to overall
erations, he is specifically responsible for direct management of
e legal, human resources, finance, accounting, facilities, information
chnology, public safety, and employee training functions. Of the eight
iller Sports Properties, Olson will have the following four reporting
rectly to him: EnergySolutions Arena, KJZZ 14, 1280 The Zone Sports
etwork, and All-Star Catering.
irling is responsible for creating and maintaining the overall vision for
venue generation for MSP. This role also includes direct management
the marketing; corporate partnerships; tickets, suites and clubs; and
ublic and community relations functions. The remaining four Miller Sports
roperties reporting directly to Stirling are: Utah Jazz, Salt Lake Bees,
iller Performance, and Tour of Utah.
ach of the eight Miller Sports Properties continues to have a senior
ecutive overseeing daily operation, best practices and future growth
portunities. They will work directly with Olson and Stirling to receive
e support and resources needed to ensure maximum efficiency, revenue
owth and success.
andy Rigby remains president of the Utah Jazz; Marc Amicone, general
anager, Salt Lake Bees; Mark Stedman, general manager, All-Star
atering; Jeremy Castro, general manager, KJZZ 14; Randy Rodgers,
neral manager, 1280 the Zone Sports Network; Jenn Andrs, project
anager, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah; and John Larson, general manager,
iller Performance. As part of his COO duties, Olson will continue to be
e primary overseer of all functions related to EnergySolutions Arena.
dditionally, there is a senior executive responsible for each of twelve
nctional areas that serve the eight sports properties. Functional areas
clude: marketing (Senior Vice President Craig Sanders); corporate
artnerships (Senior Vice President Chris Baum); tickets, suites and clubs
enior Vice President Clay Jensen); public relations and community
lations (Vice President Frank Zang); legal (General Counsel Robert
ngey); human resources (Vice President Paul Welsh); finance (Vice
resident Nathan Kenyon); accounting (Vice President Randy Wright);
ublic safety (Vice President Jim Bell); facilities (Vice President Jamie
alileo); employee development and guest relations (Vice President David
ood) and information technology (Vice President Aaron Cook).
ese changes include a promotion from vice president to senior vice
resident for Craig Sanders; a promotion from vice president to senior vice
resident for Clay Jensen; a promotion from director to vice president for
avid Wood; a promotion from director to vice president for Paul Welsh;
d also a promotion from director to vice president for Aaron Cook. WS