Education

• B.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Mass Communication, Minor in Political Science

Background

Prior to teaching at Wisconsin Lutheran College, I worked with the Milwaukee Brewers in scouting, player development, and minor league operations for 28 years. During my tenure with the Brewers, I was responsible for creating, overseeing, and administering $10-$12 million in operating budgets for all minor league programs, teams, and the training academy in the Dominican Republic.

I served as a consultant on numerous minor league stadium renovation projects and advised minor league ownership and general managers along with architectural design firms, general contractors, and city planning officials regarding the stadium and field design and layout. This included renovation projects at the Brewers minor league spring training complex in Phoenix, Arizona, and the construction of a new $45 million stadium in Biloxi, Mississippi.

I oversaw all aspects of immigration and visa matters for major and minor league players and staff in conjunction with the Brewers’ legal and human resources departments to ensure the organization was compliant with immigration laws set up by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

I served as the main liaison with the Brewers’ minor league affiliates while fostering a positive working relationship with each and ensuring each minor league facility met the appropriate standards and rules governing Minor (MiLB) and Major League Baseball (MLB).  

Other responsibilities included negotiating contracts with different vendors for the various minor league programs the Brewers ran during the course of the year. In addition to contracts with vendors, I also negotiated major and minor league player contracts with players and their representatives and minor league player development contracts with different minor league teams.

I coordinated a number of community service projects with Brewers’ minor league players and staff and the front offices at each of our minor league affiliates and I have served on a number of different baseball committees for Major League Baseball. I had the privilege of representing the Brewers at the 2011 and 2014 June Free Agent Drafts broadcast from Studio 42 of the MLB Network in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Following my time with the Brewers, I served as a baseball operations and personnel consultant for a baseball team in the Northwoods League and also worked with two different management firms.

Teaching

• SPM 150 - Introduction to Sports Management
• SPM 200 - Recreational Programming
• SPM 225 - Facility Operations
• BUS 250 - Principles of Management
• SPM 300 - Sport Promotion and Event Management
• SPM 325 - Legal Issues in Sport Management
• SPM 450 - Research Seminar in Sport Management

Service 

• I have coached various levels of youth, high school, and legion baseball
• I served as a moderator for WLC’s Diversity Awareness Day 
• I have had the privilege to serve in various roles on different boards and committees at the congregations I have been a member at over the years and the congregation I am currently a member. Some of the different boards and committees I have served on are: 
  • Church Council, Board of Christian Education, Spiritual Growth Committee, Stewardship Committee, Long Range Planning Committee, School Accreditation Committee
  • Teen Bible Study Leader
  • Sunday School Superintendent
  • Sunday School Teacher
  • Boy Pioneers, Train Leader
  • Congregational delegate for the Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School Federation
  • Altar Assistant
  • Usher