Spotlight on the Seminar Series: A Conversation with MLB's Jonathan Mariner
On Tuesday, February 21st Business Today proudly hosted a conversation with Jonathan Mariner, the Chief Financial Officer of MLB. In addition to his daily responsibilities for overseeing the MLB’s central office budgeting, financial reporting, treasury, and risk management activities, Mr. Mariner's duties include overseeing all Club-level financial reporting through the team CFO's, administering MLB's $1.5 billion league-wide credit facility, and providing updates at Owners' Meetings on the industry's financial health. Mariner's heightened public profile and responsibilities led Sports Illustrated to rank him as No. 11 on its 2003 list of the 101 most influential minorities in sports.
MLB is about much more than just the sport. Mr. Mariner explained that the issues and challenges professional sports leagues now face can be broken down into 5 main areas: enhancing revenue, controlling labor costs, competitive balance, engaging fans further, and expanding the fan market.
