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10 MLS partnerships leaders
These ten current MLS partnerships leaders have held senior vice president, vice president, senior director and director roles in brand alliances, media partnerships, partner solutions and partnership marketing at the Major League Soccer league office. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at MLS from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alinah Zamir
LinkedInExperience: Director, Apple Partnership · Major League Soccer
Director, Apple Partnership at Major League Soccer since May 2026, after serving as Director, Commercial Growth at MLS (2025–2026); the profile headline reads Media Partnerships at MLS. Before MLS, Alinah was in the MBA program at the Wharton School (2022–2024) and a Global Marketing Solutions Senior Manager at Meta (2020–2022).
Cory Bildstein
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Head of Partner Solutions & Insights · Major League Soccer
Vice President, Head of Partner Solutions & Insights at Major League Soccer since March 2024, after serving as Senior Director, Partner Solutions & Insights (2021–2024). Before MLS, Cory was Vice President, Global Marketing Partnerships at Team Whistle (2020–2021).
Craig Jacobs
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Apple Partnership · Major League Soccer
Vice President, Apple Partnership at Major League Soccer since February 2023, after serving as Vice President, Media Partnerships (2017–2023) and Senior Director, Media (2015–2017). The profile says Craig manages the team responsible for the business operations and commercial health of the Apple and MLS partnership and the MLS Season Pass streaming product.
Elizabeth McGuire
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Brand Alliances · Major League Soccer
Vice President, Brand Alliances at Major League Soccer since December 2021, based in New York, after serving as Senior Director, Brand Alliances (2018–2021); the profile places the role at MLS and Soccer United Marketing. Earlier Elizabeth was Director, Sports Marketing & Partnerships at USA TODAY Sports Media Group (2015–2018).
Evan Levine
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Brand Alliances · Major League Soccer
Vice President, Brand Alliances at Major League Soccer since May 2022. Evan earlier held MLS roles as Director, Business Development (2015–2016) and Senior Director Business Development (2017), and in between was Vice President, Global Partnerships at Oak View Group (2017–2022).
Felipe Cabrera
LinkedInExperience: Director, Brand Alliances · Major League Soccer
Director, Brand Alliances at Major League Soccer since October 2024, based in New York. Before MLS, Felipe worked in business development at WSC Sports (2023–2024), was Director, Sports & Media Brand Partnerships at Minute (2021–2023) and worked on strategic partnerships at FC Barcelona (2020–2021).
Greg Millard
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Brand Alliances · Major League Soccer
Senior Vice President, Brand Alliances at Major League Soccer since March 2023, based in New York. Before MLS, Greg was President, North America at VOGO (2020–2023), Executive Vice President, Event & Experiential Partnerships at iHeartMedia (2018–2019) and Vice President, Partnership Sales & Marketing at Turner (2010–2018).
Haley McNamara
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Partnership Marketing · Major League Soccer
Senior Director, Partnership Marketing at Major League Soccer since February 2025, also listed as Director, Partnership Marketing since July 2022, with the Director role tagged at director level. Earlier MLS rows show Haley as Senior Manager (2021–2022), Manager (2019–2021) and Senior Coordinator (2018–2019), Partnership Marketing.
Jeff Payne
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Brand Alliances · Major League Soccer
Senior Director, Brand Alliances at Major League Soccer since November 2019, based in Toronto; the profile describes developing and activating national partnership platforms for MLS in Canada. Before MLS, Jeff was Director, Partnerships at Golf Canada (2017–2019) and Head of Partnerships at OneUp Sports (2015–2017).
Liz Wallace Djabbarah
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Partnerships · Major League Soccer
Senior Director, Partnerships at Major League Soccer since September 2023, based in New York. Before MLS, Liz was Vice President, Partnerships at the New York Islanders (2021–2023) and Director, Strategic Partnerships at Howard Hughes Communities (2019–2021).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's partnership area to your question, since the titles on this page cover brand alliance sales, media and streaming partnerships, partner solutions and insights, and partnership marketing and activation. Check each person's dates to see how long they have held the role and what they did before MLS.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a professional sports league decide which brands to sign as league-level partners?
- 02How does media and streaming partnership work differ from brand partnership sales inside a sports league?
- 03How are partnership sales, partner solutions and activation teams organized at a major sports league?
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