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10 MLB partnerships leaders
These ten current and former MLB partnerships leaders have held executive vice president, senior vice president, vice president, senior director and director roles in corporate partnerships, media and business development at the Major League Baseball league office. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at MLB from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alex Cadicamo
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Media Business Development and Strategy · Major League Baseball (MLB)
Vice President, Media Business Development and Strategy at Major League Baseball since July 2024, based in New York. Earlier MLB roles include Senior Director, Media Partnerships (2023–2024), Director, Media Partnerships (2022–2023) and Director, Strategy (2021–2022).
Casey Brett
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Business Development · Major League Baseball (MLB)
Senior Vice President, Business Development at Major League Baseball since March 2023, based in New York. Earlier MLB roles include Vice President (2021–2023) and Senior Director (2019–2021), Gaming and New Business Ventures, and Director, Business Development (2017).
Chelsea Shewchuk
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Corporate Partnerships · Major League Baseball (MLB)
Director, Global Corporate Partnerships at Major League Baseball since January 2024, based in London. Before MLB, Chelsea was Director, Global Team Marketing Partnerships at SPORTFIVE (2022–2024), Director, Strategic Partnerships at IMG (2021–2022) and Partnership Creation Lead - Americas at Real Madrid (2018–2021).
John Coppo
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Corporate Partnerships · Major League Baseball (MLB)
Vice President, Corporate Partnerships at Major League Baseball since March 2023, based in New York, with the same title in the profile headline. Earlier MLB rows show John as Senior Director (2021–2023), Director (2020–2021), Account Executive (2014–2020) and Sales Service Executive (2013–2014).
Kenny Gersh
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Media, Business Development & Product · Major League Baseball (MLB)
Executive Vice President, Media, Business Development & Product at Major League Baseball since January 2026, based in New York. The listing also shows MLB titles as Executive Vice President, Media & Business Development (2023–2026), Executive Vice President, Business Development (2020–2023), Executive Vice President, Gaming and New Business Ventures (2018–2020) and EVP, Business, MLB Advanced Media (2014–2018).
Marissa Fish
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Content Distribution & Business Development · Major League Baseball (MLB)
Former Senior Director, Content Distribution & Business Development at Major League Baseball (2022–2024), after serving as Senior Director, Global Media & Business Development (2018–2022). The profile says Marissa led commercial distribution for MLB's subscription media business, including MLB.TV. Earlier Marissa held business development roles at BAMTECH Media (2015–2018).
Matt Japko
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Business Development · Major League Baseball (MLB)
Vice President, Business Development at Major League Baseball since March 2025, based in Brooklyn, after serving as Senior Director, Business Development (2024–2025) and Director (2022–2024). Earlier Matt worked on gaming and new business ventures at MLB (2018–2022).
Ryan Sollazzo
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Global Corporate Partnerships · Major League Baseball (MLB)
Vice President, Global Corporate Partnerships at Major League Baseball since March 2023, based in New York, after serving as Senior Director, Global Corporate Partnerships (2020–2023) and Director, Corporate Partnerships (2017–2020). Before MLB, Ryan was Director, Partnership Development at the San Diego Padres (2014–2017).
Stephanie Paladino
LinkedInExperience: VP, MiLB Partnerships · Major League Baseball (MLB)
VP, MiLB Partnerships at Major League Baseball since March 2026, based in Orlando, after serving as Senior Director (2023–2026) and Director (2020–2023), Minor League Baseball Partnership Activation. The listing also shows teaching roles as Associate Professor at Columbia University (2023) and Adjunct Professor at the University of South Florida (2019–2021).
Uzma Rawn Dowler
LinkedInExperience: CMO & SVP, Global Corporate Partnerships · Major League Baseball (MLB)
CMO & SVP, Global Corporate Partnerships at Major League Baseball since January 2025, based in New York, after serving as Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Partnerships (2021–2025). Earlier MLB roles include Vice President, Sponsorship Sales (2018–2021) and Senior Director, Sponsorship Sales (2015–2018).
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Match the person's partnership area to your question, since the titles on this page cover corporate sponsorship sales, media and content distribution, new business ventures and Minor League Baseball partnerships. Check each person's dates to see how long they have held the role and whether it is current.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a professional sports league decide which brands to sign as league-level corporate partners?
- 02How does media and content distribution work differ from corporate sponsorship work inside a sports league?
- 03How are partnership sales, business development and media distribution teams organized at a major sports league?
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