After a stellar baseball career at Concord College in Athens, WV, Garrett Fahrmann coached for three years at his alma mater before leaving the field for the front office and his first stop as stadium operations manager for the Carolina League’s Potomac Cannons.

Originally from Latimer, Iowa, Fahrmann earned a Master’s in Sport Management from Slippery Rock University before climbing up the MiLB ranks. Fahrmann then went west to join the Fresno Grizzlies as Senior Vice President of Operations. At the time, the Grizzlies were the Triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.

Following nearly six years in Fresno, opportunity arose for Garrett, this time back East - another 3,000-mile trek across the country.

With the best wishes of the Grizzlies staff, Fahrmann was to take the reins as Director of Operations for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The IronPigs, whose logo was created by Brandiose - the creator of the Trash Pandas’ logos, are the Philadelphia Phillies’ Triple-A affiliate.

After four years in Lehigh Valley, Fahrmann went back out west for one season to Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, AZ, Spring Training home of the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks. From there, he headed back out west and was out of baseball, working as a real estate agent and for a property insurance company before the allure of the Trash Pandas got him back in the game. He began in Rocket City in July 2019 and was named General Manager in August.

With his strong baseball management background and outstanding business background, Garrett has the perfect combination to be the Trash Pandas first general manager. Garrett and his wife Natalie, make their home in Madison with daughters Riley (11) and Kinsley (9).

Lindsey has been with the Trash Pandas since the team’s inception. To say Lindsey "brought home the bacon," is, well, the truth.

Before arriving in the Rocket City, Lindsey oversaw what many observers call the best in-game experience in Minor League Baseball. Through her efforts, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Triple-A Philadelphia Phillies), won the 2019 Larry MacPhail Award, recognizing the top promotional effort in the sport. No stranger to personal accolades herself, she was the 2015 recipient of the Rawlings Women Executive of the Year award, which is presented annually by Minor League Baseball to the female who has made outstanding contributions to her club, league, or the sport in general.

A graduate from Shippensburg (Pa.) State where she was also a two-time All-American in field hockey, Knupp will be the caretaker of the Trash Pandas' public image, heading the Trash team's marketing, game promotions, giveaways, and all entertainment in Toyota Field, ensuring the experience in the ballpark is second to none.

In fact, her title could very well be Vice President of Fun.

That "title" followed her from Lehigh Valley where she came up with the idea of a cap with a strip of bacon on the front. "Bacon?" her skeptics asked. It turned out to be the team's best merchandising campaign. Since, then, the IronPigs honored other foods such as cheesesteaks and tacos.

And, because of ideas such as those over her 12 years with the IronPigs, the team won five Golden Bobblehead Awards for its promotions, more than any other Minor League Baseball team. The awards include: Best Non-Gameday Event (2011), Best In-Game Promotion (2013), Best Theme Night (2016), Best Digital Campaign (2018) and Best Overall Promotion or Event (2018).

Her promotions have been noticed by the likes of The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Sports Illustrated and ESPN, where sports business analyst Darren Rovell said Lindsey is among the "Best Marketers in Minor League Baseball."

Born during Game 2 of the 1986 World Series, Rob was destined for pro baseball.Entering his 12th season in Minor League Baseball, his previous stops include the Binghamton Mets, Northwest Arkansas Naturals, Omaha Storm Chasers, and most recently, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Currently, he has worked for a team in every league at both the Double-A and Triple-A levels.

In 2018, Rob helped the IronPigs win the coveted Golden Bobblehead for best promotion, LV Wants LeBron, a campaign to court LeBron James. The next year, Rob helped lead the IronPigs win the Larry MacPhail Award.

A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, Rob has contributed in a number of roles for Minor League Baseball clubs including Public Relations, Marketing, and promotions, though his true passion lies in producing the in-game atmosphere.

Rob also has a podcast, The Minor Side, based on life in Minor League Baseball. It can be heard at minorside.com.

Rob and his wife Cristina, have three dogs, Shea, Betty, and Dino, and one cat, Pan.

Angy Blailock is entering her fourth season as the Director of Finance. She oversees all financial operations of the Trash Pandas, including the Rocket City Trash Pandas Foundation. She comes to the Trash Pandas family with over 25 years’ experience working in the private accounting sector. She is excited to be working for a team in an industry she is extremely passionate about.

Angy grew up an Army brat, moving practically every year until finally residing in Huntsville where she now lives with her husband, Jeff. They have four children -- Tabitha, Patrick, Brett and Kevin; three grandchildren -- Logan, Jessa and Claire; and four dogs -- Charlie, Jak, Dany and Sansa.

When she is not at the ballfield, you can find her at home on the sofa binge watching True Crime!

Lisa is a native of the great state of Florida, having moved to north Alabama over 30 years ago. With her degrees in Applied Science and Accounting, Lisa joins the team with an outstanding background in Accounting, Business Management, Human Resources, and Workforce Development. She was previously instrumental in the startup of two successful local businesses.

Lisa’s diverse background and experience also includes working with the FBI’s investigation unit for several years as a certified canine handler, where she traveled nationwide to support a variety of unique cases.

Lisa is married and the proud mother of two wonderful daughters. In her down time, she enjoys spending time with family, playing with their dog, and exploring the great outdoors.

A native Yooper from Michigan, Debbie and her husband moved to Alabama in March 2020. Debbie joined the Trash Pandas with over 20 years of accounting, business management, and human resources experience. Her diverse background includes jobs in mining, power, retail, housing, healthcare, photography, and food service.

Sports have always been an integral part of her life. Debbie was a high school and college athlete herself and proudly followed her children’s sports teams. Being a part of the Trash Pandas’ administrative team brings back that joy of live sports on a regular basis.

Debbie enjoys time with her family and following her favorite teams, the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Lightning, as well as crafting, photography, wine tasting, and outdoor activities.

Maddison brings her successful community relations background from the Lehigh Valley to the Tennessee Valley. The Pennsylvania native worked three years for the Phillies' Triple A affiliate IronPigs in community relations and slides into the managerial role with the Trash Pandas. Maddison is a graduate of West Chester (Pa.) University.

Born and raised in the Rocket City, Ricky graduated from Bob Jones High School in 2009 and the University of Alabama-Huntsville in 2013.

After graduating, Ricky spent the next five years as a catamaran repairman while living on an island located off the western coast of New Zealand's Tasman Sea. While applying a twist & seal rectangular hatch kit to the starboard side of a customer's fishing vessel, he wondered if there was more to life than just sailing the Tasman Sea and repairing other vessels that happen to sail the Tasman Sea as well. Turns out... there was.

Against the wishes of his friends and family, Ricky spent the next couple of years applying to become the new host of MTV's Road Rules. After his numerous attempts ended in failure and the realization finally set in that Road Rules never had a host and was cancelled in 2007, he entered and placed second in the "Name The Team" contest in 2019. A feat which caught the eye of Trash Pandas management as Ricky began in the Front Office in 2019 and transitioned into a full-time role in January 2020.

Lucas was born in Michigan, lived in the Sunshine State for two decades, graduated from the University of Florida and holds lifelong Yankees fandom, so he fits right in with the Rocket City blended background demographic.

He grew up closely watching Derek Jeter and has baseball closest to his heart, but also shares a deep affinity for golf and basketball.

Lucas' career path has been built around the digital-social media world -- where he loves to connect with fans -- including USA Football, Marriott Golf Academy, the Florida Gators athletics department, and Northwoods League baseball.

Josh's baseball roots stretch from Atlanta to St. Louis to Chicago to Cooperstown.

You see, he's the latest in the Caray line to get behind the microphone and broadcast baseball games.

Josh's grandfather is Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray who called games for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs over a 50-plus-year career. His dad is the late Skip Caray, Atlanta Braves Hall of Famer, who called games for Turner Sports' coverage of the Braves, NBA, and NFL. And his half-brother Chip is the Cardinals' current TV broadcaster, while his nephew, Chris, is a TV broadcaster for the Athletics.

But Josh has developed a pedigree of his own, broadcasting NCAA and professional sports. He currently calls basketball, baseball and Olympic sports for Alabama, UAB, UNA, Samford, and Northeast Mississippi Community College.

He also has the Braves in his own background, spending a season as the Gwinnett Braves TV broadcaster and two years as the radio broadcaster for the Rome Braves.

Rounding out his NCAA resume, Josh was a football broadcaster for Birmingham-Southern, studio host at IMG for Tulane University football and basketball, as well as UNLV basketball.

Most recently, he was the football and men's basketball broadcaster at Stony Brook University on Long Island, and the Hudson Valley Renegades, the Short-Season A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.

And proving he can handle the serious stuff, Josh is a former news reporter and anchor at WYAY-FM in Atlanta.

A San Diego native, Nate brings a solid baseball background to the Trash Pandas.

He worked for Tickets.com as the field tech for the San Diego Padres and, before that, he worked for the most-famous player to wear a Padres uniform - Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn - as Director of Baseball Operations at San Diego State under Gwynn. He coached at St. Mary’s College in California for a year as well. He also played baseball at and graduated from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass.

With the Trash Pandas, Nate oversees all things ticket-related. If fans need single-game, season, corporate, group tickets, Nate is the one to see.

Nate and his wife, Joy, have two sons, JP, Robert, and daughter, Rebekah.

Working for a team with one of the most unique names in sports isn't out of the normal for Jon.

He comes to the Trash Pandas from the Bowling Green Hot Rods, where he was the box office manager and account executive. With the Trash Pandas, he will be in charge of all of the box office operations - including game day ticket sales and advance ticket sales.

Before that, Jon was an account executive with the Washington (Pa.) Wild Things and a ticket sales associate/box office assistant with the Pennsylvania Rebellion. He also had a seasonal job with the Nashville Sounds.

The unique-nickname syndrome may have followed him from college.

Jon earned his bachelor's in sports management and marketing from Marshall University (Thundering Herd), he then went on to Western Kentucky University (the Hilltoppers) for his master's in recreation and sport administration.

A native of Sidney, Ohio, Jon is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Xavier Musketeers and, of course, the Thundering Herd.

Jon married his wife Laura in November 2019, and they have a cat named Francis, a dog named Schrute. The couple recently welcomed twins in October 2021.

Cory comes to Rocket City from the Magic City, where he spent four seasons with the Birmingham Barons.  

With the Trash Pandas, he is overseeing the sales and relationship building efforts, and so he is the the person to talk to if you need help with seats for your company or family. He'll also be glad to discuss season tickets and our mini-plans along with requests to rent suites on non-gamedays

 A native of northern Indiana, Cory has a brother who lives in Huntsville and his parents retired to Pensacola.

Cory's baseball experience includes being the catcher for the 2018 Southern League Home Run Derby.

He is single with a Mini Australian Shepherd puppy named Rookie.

An Alabamian, born and raised, Mareca graduated from the University of North Alabama with a degree in communications arts, concentration in public relations.

She worked in real estate and traveled nationwide as a corporate trainer and developmental coach.

As director of client relations and fan experience, Mareca said she is excited about providing the community "an extraordinary experience through baseball and other events!"

Kaitlyn moved to Huntsville from Europe but calls Gainesville, FL home. She graduated from Florida Southern College in 2014 and earned a graduate certificate from the University of Florida in sport event management. She also has a master’s degree in sport management from UF.

Kaitlyn comes to the Trash Pandas with baseball experience, previously working for the Lakeland Flying Tigers, the Rocky Mountain Vibes, and the Augusta GreenJackets. Kaitlyn and her husband, Connor, enjoy exploring Huntsville with their dog, Ivy. When she’s not launching t-shirts into the crowd, you can find Kaitlyn supporting the Huntsville Havoc, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Florida Gators.

Brock was born and raised here in North Alabama. Hailing from Athens, he would go on to graduate from Jacksonville State University in 2023 with a bachelor's degree in communications.

Brock began his career with the Trash Pandas as a ticket operations intern for the 2023 season. Once the season was over, he was offered a full-time role as an Account Executive.

Going to Smith Lake, watching the Crimson Tide, and shooting well over par is where you can find him outside of the front office.

When one door closes, another one opens. And, for Ken, that adage holds true.

Coming to the Rocket City from the Port City, Ken was named by BallCorps as the Mobile BayBears general manager to wind down the team's operations in its final season before moving to Madison.

With his background of more than a quarter-century in pro baseball, Ken enhances the depth and experience of the Trash Pandas' front office.

The Illinois native, who is here with his fiancée Sally, has a bachelor's from Monmouth (Ill.) and a master's from Western Illinois University.

The Trash Pandas' goal is to provide our fans with an enjoyable and memorable experience. As manager, facility maintenance, Jason will ensure Toyota Field meets that goal 100 percent of the time. A former facilities manager in California, Jason and his wife, Joy, have four daughters - Madelyn, Marissa, Josie and Amilia.

When Charlie gets down and dirty, he's doing his job.

A baseball player since a child and through college at UAH, it seemed inevitable Charlie would be working in the sport.

He was most recently the assistant groundskeeper at Hoover Met Stadium and was on the grounds crew for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the Low A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.

A Madison native and Bob Jones High graduate, Charlie is married to Jacqueline.

Charlie was named the 2022 Minor League Baseball Groundskeeper of the Year for his work in maintaining Toyota Field, winning the award among all 120 Minor League Baseball teams in addition to the eight team Southern League.

Corrie joined the Trash Pandas in March 2022, bringing more than seven years of retail management experience from the Magic City to the Rocket City. After attending Auburn University, Corrie spent time working in Management for Ulta Beauty, Bath & Body Works, and LensCrafters in Birmingham.

If she’s not at Toyota Field or at home with her dog Ghost and cat Luna, Corrie can be found enjoying live music and exploring the Huntsville area.

Amy joined the Trash Pandas in March 2021 for her first job in sports following a successful 15-year human resources career in Nashville.

The future president of the Sprocket Fan Club, Amy is married to her wife Kate and the couple have two children, a dog, Maverick, and two cats, Batman and Robin. A big North Carolina Tar Heels fan and an avid sports card collector, Amy can most often be found at Bridge Street, making sure new Trash Pandas fans are outfitted in the perfect gear to represent their favorite team!

Garien considers himself a local to Rocket City. As a military family, he settled here when his father retired after 28 years of service. He's a proud graduate of Lee High School. After graduation, he attended culinary school, earning a degree in culinary arts. He's worked in all arenas of food & beverage from casual restaurants, fine dining, catering, hotels, conventions, country clubs, and internationally. He's excited to combine his experiences to serve our fans and community. His last decade of work has been in hotel and resorts. Amongst that time, he was part of one of the top hotel resorts food & beverage teams nationally.

Garien is also a Certified Food & Beverage Executive accredited by American Hotel & Lodging Association. It is a recognition of professional dedication to the industry. He's always had a catering personality with the goal of bringing joy to others. Garien chose hospitality as his instrument to do just that. The excitement that food and service brings is what fuels his creativity.

Mentioned in Alabama Magazine “Flavor of Florence Article”, Alabama Living Coop, Paula Dean Magazine “Discover the Soul of the Shoals” and Huntsville Business Journal. Advisory Board Member for Career Academies of Decatur, AL and Limestone County Career Technical Center.

You can say Garien and his wife have their very own ball team with 6 kids and a dog.

Gayle really didn't have any choice but to be involved in sports.

Practically her entire childhood growing up in Huntsville consisted of sports - mainly baseball and football. Her family attended numerous Braves games and she was "fortunate enough to see Hank Aaron hit a home run."

While her dad, brothers, son, grandsons and nephews were and are serious baseball players, she spent some time on the diamond herself. Gayle coached her daughter in softball for six years and served as Team Mom/scorekeeper for her son's baseball teams for eight years.

Gayle also played youth league softball and was on her high school's first softball team.

With the Trash Pandas, Gayle is in charge of many things happening around Toyota Field, including maintaining and operating all concession stands for Trash Pandas games, concerts, events and more! She also handles some of the team's extra-curricular and community-related activities.

A former employee of the City of Madison (she retired after 26 years), Gayle served as the Alabama Coordinator for MLB Pitch Hit and Run Competition.

Before joining the Trash Pandas' roster, Gayle was the Event and Volunteer Coordinator for the City of Madison. Gayle, who has an associate's degree in accounting from Calhoun Community College, she was also a college director of financial aid.

Gayle and her husband Randy share five children, 10 grandchildren and their dog, Macy.

Of course, as an executive chef who grew up in the Southwest, Austen would have a pet cat named Avacato.

And Austen knows what it takes to feed ballplayers - he cooked for the Oakland A's and at the Chicago Cubs spring training facility.

The Albuquerque native knows his way around a kitchen, beginning his food career as a dishwasher in New Mexico and advancing to sous chef at Texas Tech before joining the Trash Pandas.

He's single and, along with Avocato, Austen has a dog named Raven.