Predators Announce Executive Leadership Transition`

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http://predators.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=785385

From team release

Nashville Predators Chairman and Governor Thomas Cigarran announced Thursday that Sean Henry will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and President, effective Dec. 1, 2015. Jeff Cogen who has served as the club’s Chief Executive Officer since Aug. 10, 2010, will be stepping down, pending completion of his oversight on the 2016 NHL All-Star activities. “Just over five years ago, our ownership group embarked on a search to identify a CEO to lead our organization," said Cigarran. “We were fortunate to attract Jeff Cogen as CEO and Sean Henry as President. In reality, on August 10, 2010, we and they knew we were introducing our CEO of the present and our CEO of the future. Jeff and Sean have spent every day creating and developing the culture both internally and externally that has put this organization on its current upward trajectory. They overhauled and expanded our organization, while reaching out and forming strong partnerships within the community that have elevated us to new levels. The health of the franchise and building have never been stronger—record season ticket sales and marketing partnerships, enhanced broadcast and media rights packages, more building activity than ever before, creation and growth of Ford Ice along with our philanthropic efforts through the Predators Foundation—and the future is even brighter, especially combined with the on-ice product under the direction of General Manager David Poile and Head Coach Peter Laviolette.”
Henry, now in his sixth season with the Nashville Predators, started his tenure alongside Jeff Cogen. Henry has helped lead the Nashville Predators and Bridgestone Arena to their most successful seasons to date – including being named the 2015 IEBA Venue of the Year, as well as Pollstar’s 2014 Arena of the Year award, with an average of 16,900 fans in attendance at Nashville Predators games (98 percent capacity), three sold-out Stanley Cup Playoff contests, the opening of Ford Ice Center in Antioch, Tenn., and the extensive development of new and existing sponsorship and premium products.
Henry’s work at 501 Broadway is centered on the organization’s ONE GOAL to be the “No. 1 Sports and Entertainment venue in the United States with a Stanley Cup Champion Nashville Predators as its centerpiece,” something that, with every passing week and month, becomes closer to reality. This quest began with Henry leading a team that forged a partnership with Metro Nashville to secure Bridgestone Arena’s new lease with the city of Nashville, keeping the downtown staple thriving and growing through 2028 and continues through each and every decision the organization makes on a daily basis.

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Cogen heading to MLB.

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