Sam is the chairman of the Board of Trustees as the Pacific Coast League representative. He is also the president and general manager of the Iowa Cubs and is in his 29th season with the organization. Bernabe was named I-Cubs president in 1999 and is also a part-owner of the club.
Additionally, Bernabe serves on the joint Triple-A Marketing Committee and the Minor League Baseball Marketing Committee.
Bernabe studied sports management at Western Illinois University after getting his education degree from the University of Iowa. He also attended Southwestern Community College in Creston, Iowa. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Grand View in 2011.
Bernabe was named the 2008 Pacific Coast League Executive of the Year and also received a league executive of the year award in 1993 when the team was in the American Association.
The Iowa Cubs received Minor League Baseball's John H. Johnson President's Award in 2002. The Johnson Award is presented annually to honor the most complete franchise in Minor League Baseball based on franchise stability, contributions to league stability, contributions to baseball in the community and promotion of the baseball industry.
Sam enjoys golf, wine and traveling with his family. Sam and his wife, Mary, have one son, Nicholas.
Bernabe has served on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees since 2000.
Ken has been with the Columbus Clippers since 1977. He became general manager in 1989 and added the title of president in 2001. In addition to his duties with the Clippers, Ken serves as the Chairman of the Minor League Baseball Licensing Committee and the Triple-A Marketing Committee.
He graduated from Ohio Northern University in Ada with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Ken and his wife, Sandy, have a daughter, Stephanie, and two sons, Kevin and Keith.
Ken is serving his first term on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees.
Ken is President of the International League Norfolk Tides, Eastern League Bowie Baysox and Carolina League Frederick Keys.
In 2001, Young led a group to purchase the Calgary Cannons Baseball Club and relocated it to Albuquerque, N.M., two years later. The Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes of the Pacific Coast League have averaged 575,000 fans a season since moving from Calgary.
In 2006, his group purchased the Baysox and Keys.
Since 1985, Young has owned a number of food service companies specializing in the arena and stadium business. He currently is President of Ovations Food Services, a company that manages food service contracts at more than 100 venues in the United States and Canada, including over a dozen Minor League Baseball stadiums.
Among Young's accolades include the 1993 Sportsman of the Year in Norfolk, Va.; the 1998 Bud Metheny Award as the person of the year in the Hampton Roads, Va. area; and the 2009 Baseball America Minor League Executive of the Year.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Service and Housing Administration from Penn State University. In 2002, the university gave him the honor of Alumni Fellow.
Ken has served on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees as the Triple-A at-large representative since 2004. Prior to that, he was the International League representative from 1998-2003.
Gerardo Benavides Pape was elected to be the Mexican League representative for the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees prior to the 2017 season. Pape owns 90 percent of the Monclova Steelers club (purchased in 2017) and purchased the Puebla Parrots in 2014.
A graduate of Texas-Pan American University in Edinburg, Texas, Pape serves as Chairman, President & CEO of Grupo Industrial Monclova, S.A.
Grupo Industrial Monclova started in 1950 and is currently made up of seventeen companies from a variety of fields, including industrial, energy, mining, commercial and other services. The companies in the industrial division fabricate off shore oil platforms, metal structures, precision machining and maintenance service for continuous casting machines for the steel industry, while the lime and refractory division produce different types of lime and aggregates for the construction industry.
In 2006, a joint-venture was established with The Greenbrier Companies Inc, creating Gunderson - GIMSA Industries, for the fabrication of railroad cars in Monclova. Recently, Grupo Industrial Monclova formed the energy division for the exploration and extraction of natural gas.
Since its origins, Grupo Industrial Monclova has participated directly with different activities in support of, and to directly benefit, the community through the Pape Foundation. The Pape Foundation supports the Xochipilli Parks, which consists of 99 acres of gardens, archaeological replicas and sports installations and hosts more than a million visitors per year, the Pape Museum and the Harold R. Pape Library, where various free community activities are held throughout the year. The Pape Foundation has also constructed several schools and grants annual scholarships to young students with limited resources so they can continue with their professional studies.
Joe is co-owner and Managing Partner of the International League Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Eastern League Trenton Thunder and South Atlantic League Lakewood BlueClaws.
He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics and English from Rutgers College. Joe also graduated summa cum laude with a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law. He is a member of the N.J., Pa. and District of Columbia bars.
Joe and his wife Noelle have two daughters, Grace and Eve, and one son, Jack.
He has served on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees since 1997.
Stan is co-owner and Managing Partner of the Southern League Birmingham Barons. He graduated with honors with a B.A. in Political Science from Auburn University and a J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham. He is a member of the Alabama and Georgia bars. Outside of baseball, Stan serves as General Counsel for B.A.S.S., LLC. Stan and his wife Julie have two sons, John and Jack, and one daughter, Sarah.
He is serving his first term on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees.
D.G. Elmore Jr. is part of Elmore Sports Group, which owns the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino, Idaho Falls Chukars, Eugene Emeralds, Lynchburg Hillcats, San Antonio Missions, Amarillo Sod Poodles and Rocky Mountain Vibes. He is currently the chairman and owner/part owner of several different companies including Gant Travel Management, Decision Tree Resources, Adams & Westlake, Solution Tree, Velo Vacations and Cornerstone Information Systems. In addition to his business ventures, Elmore Jr. is an active member of the board of directors for the New Horizons Foundation and The Navigators. An Illinois native, Elmore Jr. now makes his home in Bloomington, Indiana, where he is active in community development projects. He, and his wife, Gini, have six children.
Tom serves on the Board of Directors of Linear Technology, Inc., EFG-Hermes Holding Company, Jackson Laboratories, Kline Hawkes & Co., LLC , and 7th Inning Stretch, LLC, the entity that operates the Stockton Ports.
He served as Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Group LLC from 2007-2010, and has been the Managing Member of Volpe Investments, LLC, a risk capital firm, since 2001.
From 1999-2001, Tom served as Chairman of Prudential Volpe Technology Group, the investment banking arm of the Prudential Insurance Company.
From 1986-1999, Tom was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Volpe Brown Whelan & Company, an international private investment banking and risk capital firm prior to its acquisition by Prudential Securities in December 1999.
Until 1986, Tom was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hambrecht & Quist Incorporated, an international investment banking and risk capital firm with which he had been affiliated since 1981.
He received his A.B. degree from Harvard College, an MSc (Economics) degree from The London School of Economics and an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School.
He has served on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees since 2005.
For more than two decades, Chuck has built his reputation as an innovative franchise owner and operator, corporate and sports attorney, dealmaker, advisor and expert on the business and economics of major professional sports.
He is currently the Chairman and Managing Partner of the Carolina League's Myrtle Beach Pelicans and the State College Spikes of the New York-Penn League.
In 2002, Chuck led a group that purchased the Eastern League's Altoona Curve. During his tenure as that team's President and Managing Partner from 2002-08, the Curve set numerous attendance records and won the 2006 John H. Johnson President's Trophy for overall franchise excellence.
In 2005, Chuck led an investor group which acquired the former New Jersey Cardinals and relocated that club to State College, Pennsylvania for the 2006 season. He was instrumental in working with Penn State University on the financing, construction and operating agreement for Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, the home of the Spikes and PSU Baseball.
His involvement with the Pelicans began on May 31, 2006, when his ownership group finalized the purchase of the franchise from Capitol Broadcasting Company.
Chuck is also the former Managing Partner & CEO of the Texas Rangers, a role he assumed in 2010 after his group of investors (Rangers Baseball Express, LLC), which included Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, acquired the Major League Baseball franchise from Tom Hicks and Hicks Sports Group after an epic sales process. Chuck's tenure as Managing Partner and CEO was highlighted by the Rangers reaching their first World Series in the 39-year history of the franchise and by the negotiation of a landmark media rights agreement with Fox Sports that set a new standard in the industry.
Chuck is also the Founder and Chairman of Greenberg Sports Group (GSG), which provides management, consulting and marketing services to the sports industry.
Greenberg is of counsel in the Pittsburgh-based law firm Reed Smith LLP. From 1998 until June 2010, he was a Partner at Pepper Hamilton LLP, where he headed the firm's sports practice and was a member of its Executive Committee.
Chuck received his B.A. from Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School.
He and his wife Jennifer have three sons, Jeff, Jack and Ben.
He has served on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees since 2008.
Ron graduated from Central Michigan University in 1980 with a B.S. in Communications. After graduation Ron moved to Lakeland, FL where he started his career as an intern with the Lakeland Tigers. By 1993 Ron had risen to Vice President and General Manager of the team. The same year, he accepted a position with Minor League Baseball, which consisted of 217 member clubs that operated in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Here he was selected to create and pioneer the first in-house Marketing Department. After his time with Minor League Baseball, Ron was appointed as Vice President of Marketing and Operations for the Tampa Bay Storm in the Arena Football League. Following his time in Arena Football, Ron became the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Verizon Classic Senior PGA Tour in Tampa.
He then made a foray into the world of basketball - he was selected by the NBA to become President and General Manager of the Mobile Revelers of the National Basketball Development League.
After some time in Basketball, Ron decided to move back to his first love, baseball, as the Director of Corporate Sales for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
In making the circle complete, he came back to Lakeland in November of 2003 to take on his current role of Director of Florida Operations for the Detroit Tigers.
Since 1996, Tom and his wife/partner, Sherrie Myers, have owned the Lansing Lugnuts. Playing in Cooley Law School Stadium, a stadium he developed and constructed in Lansing, Michigan, the Lugnuts have been one of the most successful professional sports franchises in Minor League history.
During this time, Tom has also been a full-time entrepreneur in sports, having developed more than $250 million in nine new Minor League Baseball stadiums, helping cities to enhance quality of life options.
In addition to the Lansing Lugnuts, these teams, and their unwavering approach to marketing, sales and branding, have included the Dayton Dragons, Charleston Alley Cats and Montgomery Biscuits.
Tom and Sherrie own two other companies: Professional Sports Marketing - a sports consulting company, and Professional Sports Catering - a concessionaire catering exclusively to Minor League Baseball. These two companies were founded to provide wide-ranging consulting and food services for professional sports franchises around the country. PSC operates food service for 15 baseball teams across seven leagues.
Tom began his career in 1980 with Leo Burnett Advertising, one of the largest advertising agencies in the United States. In his 17 years with Burnett, Tom managed several national and multi-national businesses including Kellogg, Procter & Gamble, Nintendo, Hallmark and Keebler, gaining an extensive knowledge of all marketing disciplines including advertising, sales promotion, database marketing and sports marketing. Tom was an executive vice president when he left Leo Burnett in 1996 to start his own company.
Tom, a 1979 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, is serving his first term on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees.
Chip Moore was named the Atlanta Braves' Chief Financial Officer on May 7, 2009, after spending 12 seasons as Senior Vice President and Controller.
Moore has spent 33 seasons with the Braves organization, steadily moving up through the organization during his tenure. He began as an usher at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium before working nine seasons as a member of the Braves grounds crew.
In 1985 he joined the Braves Accounting Department and rose to Assistant Controller in 1988 and Controller in 1992 before becoming Chief Financial Officer in 2009. In his present capacity as Chief Financial Officer for the Braves, Moore manages the accounting and finance functions.
The 49-year-old Moore graduated from Oglethorpe University in 1985 with a degree in Business Administration after majoring in Accounting.
In addition to serving on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees, Chip is also on the Board of Directors and serves as Vice President of the South Atlantic League. In 2006, Moore was inducted into the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame for his contributions to the Rome Braves and the SAL. Moore currently serves as a member of Major League Baseball's Non-Uniformed Personnel Pension Committee.
Chip and his wife Anne have two children, Jordan and Will.
He has served on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees since 2008.
Moore serves on the Board of Directors and as Treasurer for the Atlanta Braves Foundation.
Jake Kerr is majority owner and a managing partner of Vancouver Professional Baseball, LLP, and owns the Vancouver Canadians. Currently a member of the board of directors for Scotiabank, Kerr is the former chair and CEO of Lignum Limited, one of Canada's largest private forest paper products companies. In 2002, he was awarded the Order of Canada, a Canadian national order honoring people who make extraordinary contributions to the nation, for his efforts negotiating trade talks between Canada and the United States. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia in 1965, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1967.
Marv is Chairman of the Goldklang Group, which over the years has owned and operated MiLB clubs at most classification levels. He holds a degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he played baseball. He also holds a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Laws degree from NYU. Marv practiced law with the firm of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel in New York, becoming a partner of the firm in 1974 specializing in corporate tax and investment banking transactions. He continued to practice law until 1983 when he left to accept the position of Senior Executive Vice President of a New York Stock Exchange company at which he focused on developing its leveraged buyout and asset management divisions.
Marv established his own merchant banking and private investment firm in 1986, which has included the Group among its activities. He is a 2004 inductee in the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame, a 2010 inductee in the Florida State League Hall of Fame and currently serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the South Atlantic League and as a member of the New York-Penn League Executive Committee.
In addition to the Group's baseball interests, Marv has been a limited partner of the New York Yankees for more than 30 years.
He is married and has four children including Jeff, who serves as President of the Group.
Marv is serving his first term on the Minor League Baseball Board of Trustees.
Mitch Lukevics begins his 37th season in pro ball and his 16th with the Rays organization. He joined the Rays in November 1995, serving as pitching coach for the Gulf Coast League team for one year before he was named assistant to player development and scouting in 1997. In 2006, he was promoted to director of minor league operations.
The 1975 White Sox second round pick worked in the Chicago farm system as a pitching coach (1981-85) and minor league administrator (1986-88) before directing the Yankees minor league operations from 1989 to 1995.
As a pitcher, Lukevics was 24-5 at Penn State, where he earned a degree in health and physical education. He hurled 8.1 innings in a 3-1 loss to Arizona State in the Nittany Lions' College World Series opener his freshman year, 1973. He went 42-39 in 176 games over six seasons with White Sox affiliates.
Lukevics is serving his second three-year term as a member of the Board of Trustees for the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues and is a member of the Major League Farm Directors Steering Committee.
Mitch and his wife, Karen, have two children, Matt and Megan, and three grandchildren: Matt Jr., Billy IV and Audrey.
Dave Heller is president and CEO of Main Street Baseball, and the majority owner of four affiliated Minor League Baseball teams: the Wilmington Blue Rocks, Billings Mustangs, Quad Cities River Bandits and Lowell Spinners. In addition to his work in baseball, Heller is a political media consultant and campaign strategist as the president of Main Street Communications. Heller graduated summa cum laude with honors from Brown University and earned a master's degree in politics from Oxford University (Nuffield College), where he was awarded an Overseas Research Scholarship. He went on to Yale University, where he taught his own undergraduate seminar on 20th century American politics. Born in Cleveland and raised in Baltimore, Heller, and his wife, June, now live in Davenport, Iowa, with their two sons, Dylan and Cade.