IMG, the Atlanta-based sports, entertainment and media company, today announced that Lee Stacey of Westport, former senior vice president of the New York Jets (NFL), has been named senior vice president of sales and marketing for IMG College.
Stacey, who will be based in New York, will work with Fortune 500 companies to develop marketing programs at the local, regional, and national levels as they seek to tap into the passion of collegiate sports, an announcement said.
He will also develop strategic opportunities and alliances in the college sports marketplace.
A veteran sales and marketing executive with more than 25 years of experience, Stacey played a key role at the Jets in promoting the team’s brand and expanding and developing its new media properties, the company said.
Stacey holds a bachelors degree in mass communication from Emerson College in Boston. He and his wife, Gretchen, have two children, Caroline and Devin. Stacey is first vice president of the Westport Weston Family Y.
