Joe Finley elected Chairman of Board of Trustees

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Joe Finley was elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) for Minor League Baseball at the group's annual spring meeting. Sam Bernabe was elected as the new Vice-Chairman and Ken Carson was re-elected as Secretary. All will serve two-year terms.

Finley, who is Managing Partner of the Trenton Thunder, has represented the Eastern League on the BOT since 1997. He moved up from Vice-Chairman to succeed Mike Tamburro of Pawtucket, who remains the International League representative on the Board. Finley is also Managing Partner of the Lakewood BlueClaws of the South Atlantic League.

Bernabe, President and General Manager of the Iowa Cubs, has represented the Pacific Coast League on the BOT since 2000. Carson, General Manager of the Dunedin Blue Jays and Director of Florida Operations for the Toronto Blue Jays, has represented the Florida State League since the BOT's inception in 1992.

The BOT consists of club owners from the various leagues and works closely with President Mike Moore in establishing policy and direction for the industry.