Greg Baroni is the CEO and Principal General Partner of Attain Sports and Entertainment, owner of the Bowie Baysox, Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, located in Bowie, Maryland, and the Frederick Keys, a collegiate summer baseball team that competes in the MLB Draft League, located in Frederick, Maryland effective January 1, 2022. As a Maryland resident of more than 30 years, he has deep roots in the region and is passionate about bringing next-level baseball experiences to the area.

Greg is also the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Attain Partners. In 2009, Mr. Baroni co-founded Attain, LLC. Following the sale of Attain’s Federal business division in 2021, he launched Attain Partners, with a continued—and expanding—dedication to the education, nonprofit, healthcare, and state and local government markets.

Before founding Attain, Mr. Baroni held various leadership roles at Unisys Corporation, including corporate senior vice president of the company and president of its Federal Systems and Global Public Sector Unit. During his tenure, the Federal Systems group achieved extraordinary results, doubling its revenue while achieving industry standard operating margins.

Previously, Mr. Baroni spent nearly 20 years at KPMG Consulting, departing the company as its senior vice president of Public Services, serving nonprofit, education, healthcare, and government clients. In this capacity, Mr. Baroni advised numerous organizations on critical business areas such as strategy, cost optimization, and distributed learning. He also led development, implementation, and integration projects involving enterprise-wide packaged solutions and development of software solutions, including grants management, cost allocation, property management, space utilization, and effort reporting software. It was during his tenure at KPMG that, in 1997, he helped to launch a spinoff from his practice—a distributed learning group that is now Blackboard, Inc.

For more than 15 years, he served on the Board of AIR, leading the Investment, M&A, and Finance Committees as Chair. During his time on the Board, AIR saw revenue grow by 5X, established a capture and business development program, launched a proposal center, and went through three iterations of strategic planning.

Mr. Baroni has received numerous industry leadership awards such as the Fed 100, Fast Company’s Fast 50, Consulting Magazine’s Top 25, the Greater Washington Government Contracting Awards’ Executive of the Year, NVTC Tech 100 Executives, and the EY Entrepreneur of The Year in the Government Services, Small category for Greater Washington. He also led Attain to be recognized among Consulting Magazine’s 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Fastest Growing Firms and the publication’s 2017 and 2019 Best Firms to Work For, as voted on by the employees.

An active leader in the professional association community, Mr. Baroni also continues to actively serve the missions of our local charitable and industry organizations. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University of Southern California.

Rich Roberts is the President and General Partner of Attain Sports and Entertainment, owner of the Bowie Baysox, Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, located in Bowie, Maryland, and the Frederick Keys, a collegiate summer baseball team that competes in the MLB Draft League, located in Frederick, Maryland effective January 1, 2022. A long-time baseball fan, Rich is dedicated to presenting baseball as affordable family entertainment with a commitment to community engagement, customer service, innovation, and the professional development of its employees.

Rich is also a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer at Attain Partners. He previously served as Chairman and Executive Vice President of the Global Public Services unit at BearingPoint, Inc. and formerly as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Prior to his years at BearingPoint, he was a partner and the Federal Services National Industry Director at KPMG.

During his 30 years at BearingPoint and at KPMG, Rich's leadership established each of the Federal market companies as preeminent businesses in the government contracting marketplace.

Rich is experienced in the areas of management improvement, information systems, financial modeling, cost-benefit analysis, organizational analysis, and development of accounting and organizational policies and procedures. He has extensive hands-on experience in various organizational and process improvement initiatives in both government and industry.

Rich also is a Certified Public Accountant in Virginia and the District of Columbia. Prior to his corporate career, Rich served as an officer in the United States Army.

Cal Ripken Jr. - Founding Owner and Chairman of Ripken Baseball

Bill Ripken - Executive Vice President

In this expanded role, I oversee all Marketing and Merchandising for the Chesapeake Baysox and Frederick Keys, working closely with our General Managers. I also lead the Marketing and Merchandising for Loudoun United FC and serve as an advisor to the Aberdeen IronBirds.

Scott Proefrock brings more than three decades of leadership experience in professional baseball to Aberdeen, with a career distinguished by success at both the Major and Minor League levels.

Most recently, Proefrock was the President of the New England Knockouts, a member of the Frontier League. Prior to that, he spent 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, where he served as both Interim General Manager and Assistant General Manager. During his tenure, Proefrock played an instrumental role in the Phillies' multiple postseason runs and contributed significantly to the organization’s sustained success. His career also includes front office roles with the Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays, Atlanta Braves, and Pittsburgh Pirates, highlighting his deep and well-rounded expertise in baseball operations at every level.

Justin, a native of Brick, New Jersey, is a graduate of Towson University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management. He joined the Aberdeen IronBirds in May of 2016 as a Fan Relationship Specialist and has now become the Senior Manager of Membership Services. Prior to joining the IronBirds, he worked with the Baltimore Orioles, Towson Athletics, Towson Sport Properties, and Tech USA. In his spare time, Justin enjoys cheering on his painful to watch New York Mets and Giants, and spending time with family and friends. 

Nate grew up in Harford County and has been an avid IronBirds fan since he was 7 years old. After graduating from Bel Air High School, Nate received his bachelor's degree in Sport Management from Towson University, graduating in 2019. During his free time, Nate enjoys hiking, solving crossword puzzles, and playing ultimate frisbee.

Molli, a native of Texas with a bachelor's from Texas Tech University and a master's from K-State University, has over 10 years of experience planning and executing events in the public and private sectors. As a former government employee, Molli attained expertise in program management, schedule coordination and synchronization with a variety of public and private organizations. She has overseen a multitude of community focused programs and events which include workshops, conferences, parades and festivals. She has assisted a number of individuals in the planning of their weddings, baby showers, holiday parties, and various other milestone celebrations.

Molli loves..... traveling, theatre, running, wine, coffee, game nights, and hanging out with friends and family. Her favorite title is "Aunt Molli." She adores spending time with her husband and two dogs most of all!

Tommy grew up in Middletown, DE and has spent his whole life in the Delaware area. He went to Misericordia University where he played baseball and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Sport Management and a Masters in Business Administration. Tommy started as an Intern with the IronBirds and found himself in the role of Partnership Activation Coordinator after his first full season. In his free time, Tommy enjoys spending time at the Delaware beaches and rooting on each Philadelphia sports team.

Larry was born and raised in central New Jersey and after High School joined the United States Air Force as a Crash Rescue Firefighter. He was stationed at Dover AFB for four years where he began his career in the military as a professional firefighter. As a Veteran, Larry continued his firefighter career with the Federal Government, earned his degree in Fire Science Technologies and retired from the Perry Point VAMC after 33 years of service. With his unique work schedule as a professional firefighter, he also had a 30-year career as a Contractor and Operations Manager in the building and maintenance industries. Larry joined the Aberdeen IronBirds in 2014 as the Facilities Manager. Larry enjoys spending time with his wife, children, grandsons and pet boxers.