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Executive | Food Service | Finance / HR | Marketing & Media Relations | Sales
Sponsorship | Stadium Operations | Ticket & Retail Operations
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Tom Dickson & Sherrie Myers - Owners
Take Me Out To The Ballgame, L.L.C., parent company of the Lansing Lugnuts, was formed by husband-and-wife team Tom Dickson and Sherrie Myers when they purchased the Waterloo (IA) Diamonds in 1993. The team played the 1994 and 1995 seasons as the Sultans in Springfield, Illinois, before relocating to Michigan's capital city in 1996 and becoming the Lansing Lugnuts.
Tom Dickson is President and Managing Partner of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, L.L.C. He formerly was Senior Vice President and Group Account Director of the Leo Burnett Company, the largest advertising agency in the United States. Dickson has managed several national business accounts including Kellogg, Procter & Gamble, Hallmark and Keebler.
Sherrie Myers is Co-Owner and Vice President of Take Me Out To The Ballgame, L.L.C. Myers, a 1979 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, has 20 years of publishing, sales and sales management experience including the launch of several national magazines. Over the years, Myers has served in key management roles at the Chicago Tribune, Sunset, Smithsonian and Health magazines. Most recently, Myers was the co-founder of Selling Magazine, the first-ever national sales magazine for sales professionals.
| Executive | |||
| Name | Title | Ext. | |
| Pat Day | General Manager | pday@lansinglugnuts.com | 232 |
| Nick Grueser | Assistant General Manager | ngrueser@lansinglugnuts.com | 276 |
| Food Service | |||
| Name | Title | Ext. | |
| Brett Telder |
Director of Food & Beverage | btelder@lansinglugnuts.com | 262 |
| Mike Koski |
Assistant Director of Food & Beverage |
mkoski@lansinglugnuts.com | 261 |
| Jeff Maltby |
Executive Chef | jmaltby@lansinglugnuts.com | 264 |
| Andrew Creswell | Catering Supervisor | acreswell@lansinglugnuts.com | 230 |
| Rico Mata | Concessions Manager | rmata@lansinglugnuts.com | 263 |
| Rachel Traurig | Catering Coordinator | rtraurig@lansinglugnuts.com | 229 |
| Finance/Human Resources | |||
| Name | Title | Ext. | |
| Heather Viele | Business Manager | hviele@lansinglugnuts.com | 225 |
| Travis Pohl | Assistant Business Manager | tpohl@lansinglugnuts.com | 260 |
| Jennifer Marshall | Business Assistant | jmarshall@lansinglugnuts.com | 228 |
| Angela Sees | Administrative Assistant | asees@lansinglugnuts.com | 221 |
| Marketing and Media Relations | |||
| Name | Title | Ext. | |
| Julia Janssen | Director of Marketing | jjanssen@lansinglugnuts.com | 270 |
| Jesse Goldberg-Strassler | Radio Broadcaster | jgoldstrass@lansinglugnuts.com |
233 |
| Lauren Truax | Marketing Assistant | ltruax@lansinglugnuts.com | 227 |
| Maggie Gendernalik | Marketing Intern | mgendernalik@lansinglugnuts.com | 236 |
| Sales | |||
| Name | Title | Ext. | |
| Nick Brzezinski | Corporate Sales Manager | nbrzezinski@lansinglugnuts.com | 284 |
| Scott Tenney | Corporate Account Executive | stenney@lansinglugnuts.com | 245 |
| Greg Kruger | Group Sales Manager | gkruger@lansinglugnuts.com | 256 |
| Chris Arth | Group Sales Representative | carth@lansinglugnuts.com | 246 |
| Josh Carrasquillo | Group Sales Representative | jcarrasquillo@lansinglugnuts.com | 226 |
| Eric Beadle | Sales intern | ebeadle@lansinglugnuts.com | 272 |
| Sponsorship | |||
| Name | Title | Ext. | |
| Michaela McAnany | Sponsorship Service Rep. | mmcanany@lansinglugnuts.com | 255 |
| Stadium Operations | |||
| Name | Title | Ext. | |
| Matt Anderson | Director of Stadium Operations | manderson@lansinglugnuts.com | 248 |
| Dennis Busse | Stadium Operations Supervisor | dbusse@lansinglugnuts.com | 259 |
| Ticket and Retail Operations | |||
| Name | Title | Ext. | |
| Matt Hicks | Retail Manager | mhicks@lansinglugnuts.com | 265 |
| Brian Burita | Box Office Manager | bburita@lansinglugnuts.com | 281 |
| Scott Allen | Box Office Intern | sallen@lansinglugnuts.com | 254 |
| David Link | Season Ticket Concierge | dlink@lansinglugnuts.com | 250 |