NBA Development League President Dan Reed to Head Global Sports Partnerships for Facebook

Facebook is turning to an executive from the National Basketball Association to help lead its full-court press for sports partnerships, announcing that NBA Development League President Dan Reed will join the social network as head of global sports partnerships.

DanReed650Facebook is turning to an executive from the National Basketball Association to help lead its full-court press for sports partnerships, announcing that NBA Development League President Dan Reed will join the social network as head of global sports partnerships.

Reed joined the NBA in 2004 as senior manager of team marketing and business operations, and he was promoted to NBA D-League president in 2007.

At Facebook, he will report to Director of Partnerships Nick Grudin, who said in a statement:

Facebook is a powerful platform for connecting people with the sports, athletes and events they care about.

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