Front Office

The "Oldest First Base Coach in Minor League Baseball," Art Silber was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, in the shadow of Ebbets Field. As a child he would walk his boyhood idol, Jackie Robinson, through the players' entrance of his hometown ballpark. Today Silber wears No. 42 in honor of Robinson. As someone who wore the number prior to its retirement, Silber is one of only two people in all of professional baseball who are permitted to wear it.

Silber retired at age 55 as President/CEO of Sterling Bank in Baltimore, Maryland, and has been the team owner since 1990. Silber's two children, Lani and Seth, serve as team president and treasurer.

Full Name: Lani Silber Weiss
Born: 1966
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
High School: Broadneck Senior High School (Annapolis, MD)
College: Boston University (BS/BA, 1988), University of Illinois (MBA, 1991)
Years with the Nationals: 22nd Year
Husband: Matt Weiss
Children: Jamie Weiss

Bryan, the former "Voice of the P-Nats," joined the Potomac Nationals front office in January, 2012 after four previous seasons of tenure in Minor League Baseball.

The Minor League Baseball veteran served as a radio broadcasting and media relations intern with the Frederick Keys (Class A Advanced, Baltimore Orioles) for their Carolina League championship season in 2007.

Then, Bryan was a group sales, marketing/promotions, and radio broadcasting intern for Ripken Baseball's Aberdeen IronBirds (Short-Season A, Baltimore Orioles) during their 2008 campaign.

A native of Elkridge, MD, Bryan graduated from Elon University (Elon, NC) in 2009, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Broadcast Communications and New Media.

Upon completion of his communications studies, Bryan pursued freelance public address announcing and voice-over production opportunities before holding the position of Corporate Sales Executive and Radio Voice of the Outer Banks Daredevils (summer collegiate, NCAA & MLB sanctioned, Coastal Plain League) for the 2010 season.

Bryan was then privileged to work for the Hagerstown Suns (Class A, Washington Nationals) for the remainder of the 2010 season and into the 2011 slate as Director of Media Relations and Play-by-Play Broadcasting, while selling corporate sponsorships, group hospitality outings, picnic parties, and season tickets.

During his stay with the Suns, Bryan broadcasted and coordinated the media for two former MLB number one overall draft picks, Bryce Harper (2010) and Stephen Strasburg (2009), while handling media requests for Washington Nationals Face of the Franchise, Ryan Zimmerman, and future Major League Baseball Hall of Famer, Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez.

After the 2012 season working as a group ticket and corporate sales executive with the Potomac Nationals, Bryan served behind the microphone as the P-Nats' lead play-by-play broadcaster on the "Potomac Nationals Baseball Network" from the 2013 campaign through the beginning of the 2016 season.

Bryan called the final out of the Potomac Nationals' fifth-ever Carolina League Championship clinch in 2014 en route to celebrating the second league title claim of his professional baseball career.

During Game 2 of the 2014 National League Division Series at Nationals Park as the Washington Nationals hosted the San Francisco Giants, Bryan assisted the Washington Nationals Media Relations Department with gameday MR responsibilities including setting up the post-game national press conference room amidst what was the longest game in Major League Baseball post-season history at that time (six hours, 23 minutes).

In his dual role with the P-Nats, Bryan also served as the club's Media Relations Director and held the position of Corporate Sales Executive since 2012.

Bryan emceed the Potomac Nationals Annual Hot Stove Banquet and Silent Auction from 2014 to 2016.

Bryan formerly operated as the main point of contact for all club media inquiries, maintained quality control of all the team's public relations efforts, and solely directed the P-Nats' media relations department and gameday home and road online broadcasting network (PNBN) for all 140 games as the Director of Media Relations & Broadcasting.

Amid the 2015 season, Bryan notably handled media requests for the number one overall prospect in baseball per MLBPipeline.com, RHP Lucas Giolito.

In November of 2015, Bryan was promoted by Potomac Nationals' ownership to the role of "Director of Corporate Sales, Media Relations & Broadcasting/Radio Play-by-Play Broadcaster."

In May of 2016, he was promoted to "General Manager, Sales."

In this franchise leadership position, Bryan oversaw all aspects of the Potomac Nationals' business operations in coordination with Potomac Nationals General Manager of Operations, Aaron Johnson.

Bryan spearheaded all corporate partnership and ticket sales while monetizing creative sponsorship inventory at Northwest Federal Field at Pfitzner Stadium, negotiating and executing sponsorship contracts, overseeing corporate partnership fulfillment, and ensuring corporate partner hospitality in addition to directing and managing all season ticket sales, group ticket inventory sales, picnic hospitality outing sales, and event partnerships at The Pfitz.

Bryan worked with Aaron Johnson to make all decisions related to the planning and execution of top-tier P-Nats' promotions, forging marketing paradigms, public relations, media relations, community relations initiatives, non-profit partnership building, stadium operations, and the overall gameday experience for P-Nats fans.

During Bryan's tenure as General Manager of Sales for the Potomac Nationals, the club received national media attention from such esteemed media outlets as: ESPN, Sports Illustrated, MLB.com, MLB Network, The Washington Post, Yahoo! Sports, FOX Sports, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, and USA Today.

In recognition of the Potomac Nationals' marketing and promotional prowess exhibited both during the 2017 season and the 2018 campaign, the P-Nats garnered back-to-back Marketing & Promotional Excellence Awards from the Carolina League in '17 and '18 to become a two-time finalist for the Larry MacPhail Award, which honors the club who exhibits the top promotional effort in all of Minor League Baseball.

In September of 2019, amidst the Potomac Nationals' transition to the club's new market in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Bryan was promoted by club ownership to "Vice President, Sales" for the Fredericksburg Nationals (formerly the "Potomac Nationals").

In his new executive leadership role as VP of Sales for the Fredericksburg Nationals, Bryan oversees all revenue generation, partnership and ticket client negotiations, order and benefits fulfillment, quality control, client retention, new client business development, and customer service for the club's corporate partnership and ticket sales departments. Bryan is tasked with ensuring the growth of the club's corporate partnership and ticket sales bases including sponsorship sales and season ticket, premium seating (luxury suites and Club Level areas), group ticket, and other hospitality area sales (terrace box and party deck rentals) for the Fredericksburg Nationals ahead of the opening of the franchise's state-of-the-art, $35 million new stadium facility in April of 2020.  

In 2020, as the Fred Nats embark on the club's inaugural season in their new ballpark in Fredericksburg, Bryan will enter his ninth year with the Fredericksburg Baseball franchise, his 11th season in the Washington Nationals' Minor League system, and his 13th year working in Minor League Baseball.

Bryan previously held the title of "Public Address Voice of Loyola (MD) University Greyhounds Basketball" at Reitz Arena in Baltimore, MD where he held the PA mic for ten seasons of "Hounds Hoops."

Alec is entering his second season with the P-Nats. After serving as the Box Office Manager in 2016, he is excited and thankful to take on this new role with the club.

Alec graduated from George Mason University in 2016 with a Bachelor's in Sport Management and a minor in Sport and American Culture. He has a wide variety of experience in sport and recreation after spending summers doing sports field maintenance on a joint Army/Air Force base in Fort Eustis, Virginia, working for George Mason University Club Sports, and interning during his final semester at Mason at the nZone, an indoor sports complex in Chantilly.

He has spent most of his life in Virginia, growing up in Newport News just north of the beach. While he does cheer for the Redskins and Mason basketball, most of his favorite teams rest in the Arizona desert. Along with watching and playing lots of sports, his hobbies include going bowling, playing guitar, and eating Chipotle.

Bio coming soon!

Matt joined the P-Nats as the Ticket Operations Manager in 2018. After graduating from Daniel Webster College in Nashua, NH with a Bachelor's in Sport Management in 2015, Matt has made stops with a few Minor League Baseball organizations: the Delmarva Shorebirds (Salisbury, MD), the Jackson Generals (Jackson, TN), and the Lowell Spinners (Lowell, MA).

A Native of New England, Matt loves all Boston Sports team but has a soft spot for the Washington Capitals. When not at the ballpark chances are you can find him watching plenty of Boston Celtics Basketball.

Ally is a native of Northumberland, VA, which is located in the Northern Neck of Virginia. After graduating from Virginia Wesleyan University in spring 2019 with a Bachelor's in Business, she interned with the Norfolk Tides (Triple A, Baltimore Orioles) for their 2019 season.

Ally was never an athlete herself (besides being on her high school's Indian Spirits Dance Team), but she fell in love with watching sports at a young age. She roots for all Philadelphia teams, with her favorite being the Philadelphia Eagles.

Rich is in his second season with the organization. After graduating from James Madison University in 2018 with a Bachelor's in Sport and Recreation Management, he interned with the team for the 2019 season. This is his first full time role in Minor League Baseball

A native of Fredericksburg, VA, he enjoys rooting for the Redskins and Capitals no matter how frequently they break his heart.

As a Northern VA native, Aaron has spent the majority of his life growing up in the area. However, he spent his high school years in the Windy City-Chicago, IL.

Aaron decided to return to the area for college and recently graduated from George Mason University, majoring in Sports Management. At George Mason, Aaron worked an internship with the Athletic Department, assisting in communications and media. He also took part in on-campus activities sponsored by University Life.

Aaron got his start with the P-Nats during the 2012 campaign, working as the operations manager. In May of 2016, Johnson was promoted from Assistant General Manager/Director of Food & Beverage to General Manager, Operations.

Aaron spends his little time off following local sports and watching movies.

Will is entering into his first full season with the P-Nats as the Stadium Ops Manager and is a part of the Corporate Sales team. In 2017 he served as the Stadium Operations Assistant.

He graduated from Radford University in 2016 with his bachelors in Sport Administration. Before joining the P-Nats team, he worked with the Pulaski Yankees (Short Season Rookie affiliation of the New York Yankees) as a Multimedia Intern.

In his down time, Will likes to root for the Nationals, Redskins, and Capitals, while also being outdoors as much as possible.

Bio coming soon!

Theresa joined the front office team in November of 2018 and is no stranger to minor league baseball. She spent the last decade with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Baseball organization and also serving fans in the nation's capital at the Washington Redskins, DC United and the DC Armory. 

Theresa has focused her career in the fields of Finance, Human Resources, Stadium Operations and Hospitality, however her favorite aspect of the industry is being a part of creating and making memories! An Air Force Brat, wife to a retired Navy Chief and a Yankee fan from Syracuse, NY, she is excited to cheer on the Fredericksburg Nationals! 

Bio coming soon!

Alexis begins her eighth season with the P-Nats in 2019. She grew up locally, in Centreville, VA. She has always been involved in sports, even from an early age. Alexis went on to be an accomplished runner and swimmer in high school. After competing in college, she transitioned into working in sports and has written sports articles for local newspapers. She also interned in NBC's sports department before joining the P-Nats.

Alexis graduated in 2011 from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in journalism and a second major in sport administration.

In her free time, Alexis enjoys running, going to the gym, reading, watching tv and rooting for the Nationals and Tar Heels.