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For
Immediate Release
Contact: Jody Meacham, 408 / 288-2934, jody@sjsa.org
SAN JOSE (Feb. 4, 2005) – Three
news members have been added to the San Jose Sports Authority
Board of Directors.
The additions are David Bauer, vice
president / systems & technology
of the San Jose Mercury News; Dan Coonan, director
of athletics and recreation at Santa Clara University;
and
Eddie Garcia, director of government affairs for Comcast
Cable Communications.
Bauer was a journalist in Cincinnati
and Miami whose career with Knight Ridder, parent
company of the Mercury
News, advanced on the business side of newspapers.
He has lived in San Jose since 2001.
Coonan was named
Santa Clara’s AD in August, coming
from the University of California, Berkeley where he
was an assistant athletic director. He began his career
as a lawyer and held posts in collegiate sports at
Notre Dame, Central Connecticut and the Pacific-10
Conference.
Garcia is a San Jose native who has
worked in politics,
business and community-based organizations for two
decades. He previously coached basketball at three local
high
schools and at San Jose City College.
Victor M. Arrañaga
Jr., manager of government affairs at Applied Materials,
is chair of the Sports
Authority board.
The San Jose Sports Authority is the
non-profit sports marketing arm of San Jose, which
brings premier sports
events to the city as well as actively supporting youth
and amateur athletics. Visit our website at www.sjsa.org. |
