Administration
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Dick Radatz, Jr. - President
Dick Radatz, Jr. is a co-founder of the Northwoods League and has an educational background and work experience in sports administration. Upon completion of a Master's degree in Sports Administration, from Ohio University, Dick worked as an Administrative Assistant for the Los Angeles Dodgers at their Spring Training site in Vero Beach, FL. He then spent a year as General Manager of the Boston Red Sox entry in the New York-Penn League, setting a single-season attendance record, before serving six years managing the business operations of the Boston Red Sox Spring Training site in Winter Haven, FL, and as General Manager of the Red Sox wholly-owned subsidiary in the Florida State League, where he set another single-season attendance record. He was named Florida State League Executive of the Year in 1986. Following his pro baseball tenure, Dick was Assistant Director of Operations for Michigan Special Olympics. Dick is a graduate of Albion College (MI) with a B.A. in Economics and Management. He was also Captain of the baseball team at Albion and a four-year letter winner.
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Matt Bomberg - Vice President, Business Development
Email: matt@northwoodsleague.com
Matt Bomberg joined the Northwoods League front office after spending the 2010 and 2011 seasons as General Manager of the Green Bay Bullfrogs of the Northwoods League. Prior to his time in Green Bay he spent eight seasons working for two teams in the Goldklang Group. As the Senior Director of Ticket Sales with the Fort Myers Miracle, the single A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, he led the team's ticket sales initiatives focusing on groups, mini plans and season tickets. Matt also was instrumental in the operations of Minnesota Twins Spring Training during his time in Florida. Prior to Fort Myers, he was involved with the Saint Paul Saints for six seasons. Matt began as an intern with the Saints and ended as the Director of Ticket Sales. During his time in St. Paul he led a group sales department that posted record ticket and picnic sales each season. Before working with the Saints, Matt spent five years working for Dorna USA, a rotational signage company, where he was involved with the Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Wild. Previous to Dorna, Matt also worked three years for Inside Edge, a baseball scouting company based in Bloomington, MN. Matt, his wife Kristyn and their four children, Noah, Liana, Jonah and Micah reside in Green Bay, WI.
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Glen Showalter - Vice President, Operations
Glen Showalter joined the Northwoods League after 17 years in manufacturing operations at Hearth & Home Technologies, a division of HNI Corporation. Glen held different positions within the organization and worked his last 12 years as a Senior Product Line Manager at their manufacturing facility in Lake City, Minnesota. He was responsible for all aspects of the business, encompassing a wide range of product lines, accounting for tens of millions of dollars in annual sales and supporting sales in excess of 100 million dollars. During his time there, he helped to successfully launch numerous award winning products and helped to transform the organizational effectiveness to world class levels through the use of LEAN manufacturing principles, systems, and tools. Prior to his time in Lake City, he spent five years at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis as a Research Technician in the Mechanical Engineering department where the emphasis was on heat transfer technologies. Glen honorably served in the U.S. military for five years previous to this and he currently resides in Rochester, MN.
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Gary Hoover - Vice President, Technology Development
In addition to serving as General Counsel of the Northwoods League, Gary Hoover is president of his own law firm in Centennial, Colorado. Gary has handled all manner of corporate transactions, litigation, entity formations (including numerous non-profit and tax-exempt organizations), and was selected by a national consulting firm to present at various seminars on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, regarding corporate governance and compliance. Previously, Gary was general counsel for a fully-integrated real estate development and construction company where he oversaw legal, human resource, and risk management matters. Gary also has substantial trial experience from his ten-year stint as a prosecutor in California, including two capital murder prosecutions, several homicide cases, and many other “high profile” cases. He has appeared on Court TV as a guest commentator regarding cases of national interest, and was a contributing author to the Handbook of Acoustical Measurements and Noise Control, published by McGraw-Hill as a result of his experience working for the outside counsel to Orange County California’s John Wayne Airport and the Unified Port District of San Diego on aviation-related matters. Gary is Co-Founder, Vice-President and Board member of Teen Rescue USA, a non-profit aimed at reducing the teen suicide rate. Gary earned an MBA from the University of Denver, a Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law (where he was President of the student bar association and class graduation speaker), and Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Management from Metropolitan State College. Gary is married with two children and resides in the Denver metropolitan area.
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