{"id":33797,"date":"2023-11-06T17:47:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-softball\/?page_id=33797"},"modified":"2026-10-01T13:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:55:45","slug":"front-office-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Office Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Bob Yanish (General Manager)<\/b> is in the midst of his first season leading the Habaneros but as been a fan of the Northwoods League since its inception, being among the first sponsors of the Rochester Honkers franchise.\u00a0 Yanish continued to be a sponsor from 1994- 2018 when he sold his businesses.\u00a0 \u00a0He has been a long time season ticket holder, and has even spent the last two summers helping out with the food & beverage operation for the Honkers.<\/p>\n

Yanish brings 35 years of hospitality experience to the Habaneros and MoonDogs and is eager to make the game day experience in Mankato the best in\u00a0\u00a0the Northwoods League!<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Email:\u00a0 byanish@mankatomoondogs.com<\/a><\/div>\n

_<\/span>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

Chad Surprenant (Owner)<\/strong>, is the chief strategy officer for ISG<\/a>, an architecture, engineering, environmental and planning firm with offices in five states.\u00a0 After earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in civil engineering from Iowa State University, Chad Surprenant began a more than 29-year career at ISG. He was appointed president and CEO in 2001 and chief strategy officer in 2020. Surprenant has earned numerous professional awards, and he has served in several education, business and non-profit organizations, holding various member and leadership roles.<\/p>\n

Kyle Smith (Owner)<\/strong> is currently a principal at North Star Aviation. He spent 25 years generating business opportunities in both the student housing and commercial sectors for the Tailwind Group. Holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Minnesota State University, Kyle has not only been active in real estate development, but his business experience also includes aviation, health & fitness franchising and the food service industry.<\/p>\n

Chris Goodell (Owner)<\/strong> is in the midst of his 28th season in the Northwoods League, having spent time with both the Waterloo Bucks and the La Crosse Loggers. Goodell, who also currently serves as the team president\/co-owner of the La Crosse Loggers, Mankato MoonDogs and the Dyersville Dreamers, served as the general manager of the Loggers from their inaugural season of 2003 through the 2018 season, helping build a stadium and team that is one of the top drawing teams in all of summer collegiate baseball. Goodell, an Oelwein, Iowa native who played baseball at the University of Dubuque, was honored as the Northwoods League Executive of the Year on two occasions, in 2004 and in 2012, and was recognized as the La Crosse Tribune\u2019s Sports Person of the Year in 2009 and 2012.<\/p>\n

Ben Kapanke (Owner)<\/strong> is in the midst of his 23rd season in the Northwoods League, having been with the La Crosse Loggers since 2005 season and is in his eighth season as the team\u2019s General Manager after serving as the Assistant General Manager over the previous ten seasons. Ben, who is also a co-owner of the Mankato MoonDogs and Dyersville Dreamers, helps oversee the day-to-day operations and is heavily involved with sponsorship sales, coordinating the events at Copeland Park & Events Center in La Crosse, Wisc., the concession operations, as well as the team\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n

Dan Kapanke (Owner),<\/strong> along with his wife Ruth, are the owners of the La Crosse (Wisc.) Loggers baseball club and La Crosse Steam softball club.\u00a0 Kapanke started the Loggers in 2003, building Copeland Park from the ground up.\u00a0 He is also a co-owner of the Mankato MoonDogs and the Dyersville Dreamers.\u00a0 Being a UW-La Crosse graduate in Economics and Political Science, Dan became heavily involved in local politics and is well-known throughout the La Crosse community, having also been inducted into the La Crosse Area Baseball Hall of Fame in 2023. Dan was elected to the State Senate in November of 2004 and represented the 32nd District in Wisconsin until 2011. Along with his involvement in the political realm, Dan has over 30 years of experience in the agriculture business.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33797","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nFront Office Staff - Mankato Habaneros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Front Office Staff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mankato Habaneros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-01T18:55:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/Habaneros-Web-Banner-Front-Office-Staff-1024x244.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/\",\"name\":\"Front Office Staff - Mankato Habaneros\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/Habaneros-Web-Banner-Front-Office-Staff-1024x244.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-06T17:47:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-01T18:55:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/Habaneros-Web-Banner-Front-Office-Staff.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/Habaneros-Web-Banner-Front-Office-Staff.png\",\"width\":1048,\"height\":250},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Front Office Staff\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/\",\"name\":\"Mankato Habaneros\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Front Office Staff - Mankato Habaneros","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Front Office Staff","og_url":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/","og_site_name":"Mankato Habaneros","article_modified_time":"2026-10-01T18:55:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/Habaneros-Web-Banner-Front-Office-Staff-1024x244.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/","url":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/","name":"Front Office Staff - Mankato Habaneros","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/Habaneros-Web-Banner-Front-Office-Staff-1024x244.png","datePublished":"2023-11-06T17:47:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-01T18:55:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/Habaneros-Web-Banner-Front-Office-Staff.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/Habaneros-Web-Banner-Front-Office-Staff.png","width":1048,"height":250},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/front-office-staff\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Front Office Staff"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/#website","url":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/","name":"Mankato Habaneros","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33797"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35341,"href":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33797\/revisions\/35341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-habaneros\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}