Longtime baseball govt brings many years {of professional} expertise
MOORHEAD, MN – The American Affiliation of Skilled Baseball has named Chris Browne as, Vice President of Sponsorships. Browne brings greater than 30 years of expertise in skilled sports activities, together with 23 years as an govt in baseball.
In his position, Browne will deal with sponsorship companies for the league, coordinate sponsor-related jewel occasions together with the All-Star Recreation, the Miles Wolff Cup, and Baseball Champions League along with different leaguewide initiatives.
“Chris Browne brings to the American Affiliation a protracted historical past in sports activities enterprise. Particularly, his concepts round activation and relationship constructing will present the American Affiliation with an accretive aspect useful to our sponsors,” stated Joshua Schaub, American Affiliation Commissioner.
Browne beforehand spent twelve years as Vice President and Basic Supervisor of the Kansas Metropolis Monarchs’ predecessor model, the Kansas Metropolis T-Bones, throughout 2008-2020. Beneath his management, the membership was twice named Group of the Yr and appeared in two league championship collection, profitable the Miles Wolff Cup in 2018. Browne was additionally acknowledged by the Kansas Metropolis Kansas Conference and Guests Bureau with the 2011 Excellence in Hospitality Award and named Tourism Advocate of the Yr in 2015.
In 2019, Browne was named because the Kansas Metropolis Sports activities Government of the Yr by the Kansas Metropolis Sports activities Fee. The distinguished award had beforehand been given to Kansas Metropolis Chiefs CEO/Proprietor Clark Hunt and Kansas Metropolis Royals VP/GM Dayton Moore.
Most not too long ago, Browne led Good Recreation USA’s Midwest operation in Kansas Metropolis.
“I’m thrilled to affix the American Affiliation workplace and their dynamic management crew led by Commissioner Josh Schaub and Deputy Commissioner, Josh Buchholz. I look ahead to working with our workers, companions, and member golf equipment,” stated Chris Browne.
A local of Kansas Metropolis, Browne began his profession working as a Clubhouse Attendant and Bat Boy for seven years for the Kansas Metropolis Royals, together with the 1985 World Champion season. After finishing his diploma with an emphasis in Sports activities Administration from the College of Missouri, Browne labored as an govt for the Class AA Jacksonville Suns (now Jumbo Shrimp) and was Assistant Basic Supervisor for Main Area Soccer League’s Kansas Metropolis Comets.
Browne resides in Lenexa, KS together with his spouse Becky, son Brett and daughter (Pee Wee) Reese.