Pacers promote Fuson to CEO

INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) — Indianapolis-based Pacers Sports & Entertainment has made respective enactment changes. Among them, President and Chief Operating Officer Rick Fuson has been promoted to main enforcement officer.

Fuson joined the enactment successful 1984 to negociate operations for the 1985 NBA All Star Game. He has served successful his existent relation since September 2014.

Fuson volition beryllium succeeded arsenic president and COO by Mel Raines, who presently serves arsenic vice president for firm communications, assemblage engagement and installation operations. As portion of her expanded role, Raines volition oversee quality resources and IT functions successful summation to the mean operational functions of the organization.

The further enactment changes include:

• Todd Taylor, enforcement vice president and main income and selling officer, has been promoted to president and main commercialized officer.
• Chief Financial Officer Kevin Bower volition proceed successful his relation done 2022 earlier transitioning to a elder fiscal advisor role.
• Andy Arnold, vice president for lawsuit accumulation and installation operations, is being promoted to elder vice president for facilities operations.

“One of the singular characteristics of our enactment is the caliber of radical we are fortunate to have, and the transitions we denote contiguous fortify the enactment of the institution and presumption PS&E for continued occurrence into the future,” PS&E proprietor Herb Simon said successful a quality release.

All of the changes volition spell into effect January 1.

The changes travel little than a period aft PS&E hired Tracy Ellis-Ward as its archetypal vice president for diversity, equity & inclusion. Ellis-Ward antecedently served arsenic main diversity, equity, and inclusion serviceman and elder subordinate commissioner for the BIG EAST Conference.