Mark has spent his entire 20+ year career around professional baseball and has worked in all baseball related aspects of the business including management and oversight of the food and beverage operations, marketing and promotions, and baseball operations.

Mark has been a great asset to Minor League and Independent Professional Baseball. He has gained extensive experience in all aspects of the sport from players to front office management. That background includes executive management positions and involvement with a strong lineup of sports organizations such as Durham Bulls, Burlington Indians, Fort Myers Miracle, and Charleston RiverDogs. In 2001, he began serving a three-year stint as President of Portland Family Entertainment, whose sports holdings included the Triple-A Portland Beavers, the Class-A Tri-City Dust Devils and the A-League Portland Timbers professional soccer club.

He is a graduate of Elon University (B.A.,1989) Elon College, NC

John has over 17 years of financial and operational experience in diverse industries including public accounting, financial services, consulting, and retail.  He also has experience in marketing, sales, information technology, compliance, billing, credit, and customer care. John is a CPA and began his career as a financial auditor with Ernst & Young.

As CFO, John oversees the financial and controllership functions of Ventura Sports Group including financial consolidation and reporting, implementation and enforcement of key controls, standardization of policies and procedures, centralization of back office functions, analysis of financial performance, implementation of operational improvements, monitoring of cash flow and overall health of the balance sheet, developing and managing investor relationships, and providing strategic direction and guidance for the enterprise.

John holds a Masters of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA with Distinction in Economics from Hendrix College in Conway, AR.

Matt began his sports career in 1998 as the Director of Sales and Marketing with the Texas Rangers. He was quickly promoted to General Manager/Director of Florida Operations. He was responsible for both their spring training operations and the Rangers single A franchise Charlotte Rangers. Matt oversaw the daily management and maintenance of the 82 acre Port Charlotte, FL stadium complex, a 5,400 seat stadium, and food service operation.

Later, Matt joined an NBA Development League franchise in Columbus, GA as Director of Sales and Marketing, then as Vice President of Business Operations.

Matt is a specialist at sourcing non-traditional revenue opportunities for stadium owners to supplement their existing sports team games. These include: corporate employee outings, boxing events, mixed martial arts events, rodeos, festivals and music concerts to name a few Matt has been invited to speak to numerous sports leagues to share his success.

Matt graduated from Plymouth State University in NH in 1998

Dave Burke brings over 17 years of experience in sales and baseball management to the post. Burke was appointed General Manager of the Grand Prairie AirHogs, member of the American Association, in October 2007 after serving four years as General Manager of the Hudson Valley Renegades, a Class A Affiliate of the Tamp Bay Devil Rays, and three years as General Manager of the Fort Myers Miracle, A Class A Affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. He began his career in baseball with the Burlington Indians, a Class A Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians and then moved to Tyler, TX, with the Independent Wildcatters.

As GM of the Fort Myers Miracle, Burke was deeply involved in developing a growth strategy for the team that resulted in leading league attendance for three consecutive years. In his final three years with the team, Burke served as Spring Training Coordinator for the Twins. Burke was named Executive of the Year for the Florida State League in 2001 and was also a recipient of the Organization of the Year in 2002, an honor that encompassed all Class A minor league teams. In 2005, Burke was awarded by the Greater Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce as a “Top 40 Under 40” for his community involvement and business leadership in the Hudson Valley. For 2006, Burke was selected by the Rotary of the Hudson Valley as “Business Person of the Year”. Also in 2006, Burke was named as League Executive of the year for the New York-Penn League as well representing the Hudson Valley Renegades as the recipient of the John Johnson award for the league.

Dave currently serves as VP/Marketing of Ventura Sports and VP/Gm of the Grand Prairie AirHogs of the American Association.

Andrew joined the AirHogs after spending two seasons as General Manager of the Vancouver Canadians, Class A (Athletics) where he was named 2009 Northwest League Executive of the Year.

Under his leadership in Vancouver, the organization experienced its greatest attendance and success to date and was the Northwest League award winner for both the John H. Johnson President’s Trophy and the Larry MacPhail Promotional Trophy.

With over 16 years of experience in professional baseball, the Toronto native spent more than a dozen seasons with the Fort Myers Miracle of the Florida State League and the Minnesota Twins Spring Training operation in Fort Myers, FL.   Seymour received his “start” in professional baseball as an intern, before advancing to Promotions Director, Assistant General Manager, and eventually General Manager—all while keeping a keen eye and ear to all promotional, fan experience and “FUN” sides of the game.

Andrew and his wife Jennifer reside in Grand Prairie with their two children, A.J. (5 years), and Ava (1 year).

With a wealth of experience on and off the field, Chris Carminucci is one of minor-league baseball’s top young executives. Carminucci was a four-year starter at LaGrange (Ga.) College, where he played third base and led the team in hitting in both his junior and senior years. In 1995, he was named team MVP and GIAC Player of the Year. Following graduation, Carminucci played for the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League and the Bangor Lumberjacks of the Northeast League, and was a player/coach for the Tennessee Walkers of the Big South League.

After his playing career, Carminucci served as an associate scout for the Kansas City Royals from 1999 to 2002. In 1999, he also founded the Pro Performance Baseball and Softball Academy in Rutherford, N.J.

Since 2002, Carminucci has coached several baseball teams including: St. John's University, the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League, the Bangor Lumberjacks, St. Joe Blacksnakes and the Atlantic City Surf. In 2007, Carminucci was voted the Can-Am League’s manager of the year. Chris also works as a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies.

When not at the ballpark, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife, Lauren, and daughters, Emma and Kate.

Greg brings over 22 years of accounting, auditing and analysis experience to Ventura Sports Group. He spent 18 years at Southwest Airlines involved with new project implementations, and process improvements in several areas of the company. Most recently he worked as VP Finance for a newly created chain of six high end retail stores located throughout Texas and Colorado. Responsibilities included cash forecasting, financial summaries and budgets for each location. He was responsible for implementing store operational procedures, summary reporting and controls. Also included in his responsibilities were communications to outside investors and contract reviews to ensure compliance and best pricing options.

His unique experience in accounting, business operations and a systems background provided for multiple automated performance monitoring tools to establish and monitor goals and efficiencies.

Throughout his career he earned his Certified Public Accounting certificate in 1995 as well as certification as Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) in 1996

Jim brings nearly 30 years of real estate development expertise to Ventura Sports Group. He is also President of Meridian Properties, which was formed over 18 years ago. Jim has developed, leased, managed, brokered and consulted on dozens of commercial retail, office and residential projects throughout the United States. In addition, he is currently a licensed Broker in the state of Wisconsin.

Most recently, faced with a growing concern for our society’s impact on the lands within our communities, Jim became the Executive Director of a not-for-profit land trust in southeastern Wisconsin. The time spent at the Geneva Lake Conservancy greatly expanded Jim’s knowledge of environmentally sensitive ways to live and work in our towns and cities.

Jim brings to the Ventura Sports Group not only the business acumen and know how to deliver each and every project on time and within budget, but he also brings the skills and experience necessary to create an environmentally sustainable approach to the unique management and consulting work offered by the Ventura Sports Group.

Jim is a graduate of Lake Forest College (B.A., 1982), Lake Forest, Illinois.

Pete spent 13 seasons in the Major Leagues where he was known as a fierce power hitter. Incaviglia, widely regarded as the best college player of all time, was originally drafted in 1982 by the San Francisco Giants but did not sign. He was later drafted by the Expos but was traded to the Texas Rangers where he broke into the majors without ever having played a game in the minor leagues. Pete hit at least 20 home runs in each of his first five seasons in the big leagues before making stops in several places including Philadelphia, Houston, Detroit and Japan. Pete currently serves as the Director of Player Procurement for all hitters and position players for Ventura Sports Group.

Butch Henry spent 7 seasons in professional baseball as a pitcher playing for several teams along the way. Henry, was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 15th round of the 1987 draft. After being traded to the Houston Astros, he made his big-league debut in 1992. Less than a month after reaching the majors, he hit the only home run of his career, an inside-the-park homer off of Doug Drabek. As of 2007, he was the last pitcher to hit an inside the park homer. In 1992, Henry was selected in the expansion draft and later played for the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners before retiring in 2003. Butch currently serves as Director of Player Procurement for all pitchers within the Ventura Sports Group teams.