Dodgers Hire Longtime NBA Vet Michael Wandell As Senior VP/Corporate Sponsorships

The Dodgers have hired industry veteran MICHAEL WANDELL as Senior VP/Corporate Sponsorships, filling the opening created by the June retirement of MICHAEL YOUNG. Wandell has been in basketball for the last 15 years at both the team and league level, most recently as VP/Int'l Business Development & Global Market Partnerships for the NBA. He has been involved in numerous major sponsorship deals, including one with Tissot to become the official timekeeper of the NBA, WNBA and NBA G League, and the Mercury’s jersey ad deal with LifeLock in ’09. Wandell will lead corporate sponsorship sales and partnerships for the Dodgers and will report to Exec VP & CMO LON ROSEN. Wandell will relocate from N.Y. to L.A. and begin in mid-September. “We see a big growth opportunity across our partnerships business, particularly internationally, and was looking for somebody with that particular skill set, and Michael clearly rose to the top,” Rosen said.