Mitchell Lister

Florence Flamingos - President

Mitchell is entering his fourth season with the Flamingos serving as the team president. He has worked in Minor League Baseball for over a decade. He has spent time with the Lynchburg Hillcats, Hickory Crawdads, Staten Island Yankees (Go Yanks!) and the Carolina Mudcats before settling in Florence.

Mitchell graduated from Liberty University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Management.

He and his wife Kayla have two daughters, Myla, and Berra. The Lister family loves the Florence community and enjoys calling South Carolina home.

Stephanie Morrell

Bellingham Bells - President & GM

Morrell joined the Bellingham Bells in October 2013 as the team’s Marketing Director. She was named General Manager in January 2016 and President & GM in November 2024. The 2025 season will be her 12th with the team. Morrell has been named West Coast League Executive of the Year twice (2021, 2024). During her time with the team, attendance has doubled, from 1,331 average attendance in 2014 to 2,566 nightly average attendance during the 2025 season.

As the Bells have grown, Morrell has been instrumental in building and leading many new and impactful initiatives, including hosting the 2024/2025 West Coast League All-Star Games (broadcast live on MLBTV), creating the Junior Bells Development Program and Youth Baseball Leagues, and forming the Bellingham Bells Community Foundation (501c3).

Morrell is the first and only female general manager in Bells history and was the third female to be named general manager in the West Coast League. She is a 2008 graduate of Western Washington University and resides in Bellingham with her husband Andy, and eight-year-old daughter, Sydney.

Matt Guay

Indianapolis Indians - Vice President & GM

Matt Guay is in his 28th year with the Indianapolis Indians. He was appointed as vice president and general manager in April 2024 following a tenure revolutionizing goal setting for the team’s ticket department.

Guay began with the Indians in 1999 as a ticket intern and has since climbed the ranks. In 2003, Guay was named director of ticket sales and immediately led his team in a 20 percent group sales increase when presented the challenge of boosting ticket sales.

In 2004, Guay was promoted to director of ticket operations and oversaw all ticket service representatives. After serving as the director of tickets for six years (2006-11), Guay oversaw ticket sales and service, stadium operations, business operations, field operations and facility operations in his previous role as assistant general manager - tickets and operations.

Through his career with the Indians, Guay has implemented daily sales goals, along with overall attendance and revenue goals, which have allowed the sales team to focus their attention on a tangible outcome. Under his leadership, the Indians surpassed 600,000 fans through the gates six consecutive years (2013-18). The team led Minor League Baseball in attendance three of those six seasons (2013, 2016-17). He helped the Indians rebound from the pandemic-impacted 2021 season to finish third overall out of 120 minor league teams in total attendance in 2022. In 2023, the Indians had the three biggest six-game homestand attendance totals in MiLB for the season while finishing fourth overall in average and total attendance. In 2024, the Indians then led all 120 MiLB teams in average attendance.

Guay is a Pittsburgh, Pa., native and graduated from the University of Dayton in 1998 with a degree in sport management. He lives in Indianapolis’ Fall Creek Place neighborhood with his wife, Emily, and daughter, Audrey.

Jay Grider

Nashville Sports Council & Music City Bowl - COO/SVP-Events & Operations

Jay Grider serves as the COO/SVP-Events & Operations for both the Nashville Sports Council and the Music City Bowl, where he oversees all event-related activities and operations.

Jay's tenure with the Nashville Sports Council and Music City Bowl began in 1997 when he joined as the Bowl's Event Director. Progressing to Associate Director, he took on the responsibility of managing both event departments. In 2007, he was promoted to Vice President, and in 2019, he was named COO/SVP-Event & Operations.

During his 28 years with the Nashville Sports Council, the organization has successfully led or managed a variety of events, generating over $1 billion in economic impact for the city. Events include: 27 Post Season College Football Bowl Games, 25 Rock N’ Roll Running Series Races, 13 SEC Men’s Basketball Championships, 6 SEC Women’s Basketball Championships, 5 NCAA Men’s 1st and 2nd Rounds, 6 Fall College Football Games, 3 Music City Grand Prix, a NCAA Women’s Final Four, a NHL All-Star Game and a NFL Draft.

Josh Olerud

Sr Manager, Business Development – Tar Heel Sports Properties

Josh Olerud is an accomplished sports executive with over two decades of experience in sponsorship and revenue development. He currently leads premium partnership strategy at Tar Heel Sports Properties and has been an industry leader in the collegiate space since 2020.

Olerud’s career includes executive leadership roles across Minor League Baseball, where he was named International League Executive of the Year (2017) as President and GM of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Yankees), Carolina League Executive of the Year (2013) as the VP/GM Potomac Nationals as well as the Pitch and Hit Club Minor League Executive of the Year (2013), VP/GM Potomac Nationals.

Josh resides in Chapel Hill, NC with his wife, Alyssa, and their children, Easton and Colton.

Andrew Seymour

Mississippi Mud Monsters - General Manager

Andrew Seymour is the General Manager of the Mississippi Mud Monsters — which basically means he’s the guy steering this wonderfully weird ship through the swamp. With over 20 years in professional baseball, Andrew has built championship teams, won big-time awards, and probably sat through more tarp pulls than he’d care to admit.

Before bringing his talents (and rain ponchos) to Pearl, Andrew Seymour led the Palm Beach Cardinals to a 2024 Florida State League Championship — one of many stops on a baseball journey that’s taken him from Vancouver, British Columbia to Grand Prairie, Texas to Fort Myers, Florida. Along the way, he’s racked up multiple Minor League Baseball Executive of the Year honors and a reputation for building teams that feel more like family than front office.

Off the field, Andrew is a family man through and through. He and his wife, Jennifer, are the proud parents of two — a college baseball-playing son, AJ, and a daughter, Ava, who’s already making her own mark in high school. 

Amy Venuto

Amy Venuto Team Services

John Wilson

Ballgame Sales Training & Consulting - Founder & President

John Wilson, Founder and President of Ballgame Sales Training & Consulting, has over 20 years of sales experience working for collegiate, minor league & professional sports teams. John understands first-hand what it takes to be a successful sales executive in the sports industry. During his career, he’s been in the front offices of the NBA, NFL, ECHL, MiLB and Frontier League. He has also managed and hired winning sales teams, sold sponsorships, premium seating and ticket packages. With clients in minor league & collegiate sports, Ballgame Sales Training & Consulting is a firm that offers affordable, and specialized sales training & franchise management consulting for collegiate & professional sports teams.

Glenn Gutek

Awake Consulting & Coaching - Founder

Glenn is the founder of Awake Consulting & Coaching, an organization devoted to helping professionals wake up, and lead in the direction of excellence. The vision and passion he brings to Awake has shaped a team that brings un-paralleled professionalism and expertise to making a bottom line impact in the businesses and practices they serve. With a variety of resources Awake Consulting & Coaching has the ability to create a profitable business that serves clients, customers, staff, employees and owners with enjoyment and excellence.

Glenn’s core coaching practice serves attorneys and law firms across the country. His experience helping Attorneys become effective entrepreneurial leaders, paired with his background in Organizational Development, gives Glenn a unique combination of education and experience that produces results for entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals.

In 2021 Glenn became a part of the ownership group of the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes. In this setting his love of the game of baseball is matched with a deep desire to see the community of Springfield have a sports franchise they love, and an opportunity for young men to pursue their dreams.

Melissa Gaynor

Melissa serves as the Director of Swag and Communications for the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes, leading the team’s merchandise, and fan engagement efforts. She brings a well-rounded background in affiliate and digital marketing, nonprofit program development, and strategic communications. Originally from Indiana and now based in Florida, Melissa holds a master’s degree in Sport Management and brings a sharp eye for detail, creative energy, and a deep appreciation for community-driven sports. Outside the ballpark, she enjoys attending concerts, exploring new places and will stop to meet any dog that comes across her path.

Jamie Toole

Springfield Lucky Horseshoes - Chief Storyteller

Jamie Toole has been providing fan-first entertainment to communities all throughout the country since his first job in the industry working the speed pitch machine for the Capital City Bombers in 1998. Since then, Toole has served in numerous executive level roles in Minor League Baseball, Independent League Baseball, and Summer Wood-Bat League Baseball with stints working for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Joliet JackHammers, Salem Avalanche, Bridgeport Bluefish, Jupiter Hammerheads, and South Coast League. In 2020, Toole founded Golden Rule Entertainment and purchased the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes with the intent of creating a brand and product that the community will be proud to call their own.