Ownership Group

Peter B. Freund is the CEO of Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH), a Silver Lake portfolio company, which owns and operates over 40 affiliated Minor League Baseball (MiLB) teams throughout North America. Prior to joining DBH, Freund worked in the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, helping guide the transition of Major League Baseball’s affiliates while spearheading the formation of the MLB Draft League.

Freund is a minority owner of the New York Yankees and has owned and operated Minor League Baseball teams for more than a decade, including the Memphis Redbirds (Triple-A Cardinals), Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Triple-A Yankees), Charleston RiverDogs (Class-A Rays) and Williamsport Crosscutters (MLB Draft League). In 2017, his prior company, Trinity Sports Holdings, was named Ballpark Digest’s Sports Organization of the Year after hosting the first annual MLB Little League Classic™ in Williamsport, PA and executing a successful team rebranding and stadium renovation of AutoZone Park in Memphis, TN.

Freund received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH and served as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Rippowam Cisqua School in Bedford, NY, a coeducational independent day school for grades pre-kindergarten through nine, which he also attended. He currently serves as a trustee at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, MA.

Alex Campbell is owner and CEO of Capital Staffing Solutions, Inc. headquartered out of Jacksonville, Florida. Capital Staffing Solutions, Inc. is a leader in the staffing industry and has been named one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in North Florida for the last 5 years. Alex was also named to the "40 under 40" by Jacksonville Business Journal.

A Williamsport native, Alex went to Loyalsock Township High School and attended Frostburg State University. He lives in Ponte Vedra, Florida with his wife, Jena and their three children: JT, Penn, and Vivian.

David Castagnetti is a legislative and political strategist who has been recognized as one of Washington's top lobbyists by BusinessWeek. A strong believer in "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" client service, David has instilled that same approach as a co-founder of Mehlman Castagnetti. This combination of skill and working style has made David a trusted advisor to Members of Congress, Fortune 100 CEOs, and senior executives across the business community.

Prior to joining Mehlman Castagnetti, David served as the top liaison to Congress for Secretary of State John Kerry's presidential campaign.

A Massachusetts native, David is an ardent baseball fan. He is a graduate of Lake Forest College and has a Master's in Public Affairs from the John McCormack Institute at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees at Lake Forest College and is a member of the Medford High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife, Ann, and their two sons.

John began his career at Trinity Packaging in 1987 and is currently responsible for all North American sales. As Executive Vice President, John has grown Trinity's Lawn & Garden division exponentially with an emphasis on form fill & seal technology and process printing. Today, Trinity Packaging is the largest manufacturer of centerfold rollstock in the world and the industry leader in energy cured UV printing.

John graduated with a B.A. from Hofstra University in 1986. John and his wife Joanne reside in Westchester County, NY with their three children, Sydney, Danielle and Ben.

Doug serves as the Vice President & General Manager of the Williamsport Crosscutters. He has been a member of the New York-Penn League since 1991, having worked in Geneva, NY and re-locating with the team in the fall of 1993 to Williamsport, PA.

He was named General Manager in 1993 and Vice President/GM in 2008. Doug was named Executive of the Year in the New York-Penn League in 2004. He is a graduate of Plymouth State College with a B.S. in Physical Education, and from Northeastern University with an M.S. in Sports Management. He resides in Williamsport with his wife Susan and their two sons Ty & Trevor.

Since 2014 Greg has served as Dealer Principal of Panama City Toyota in Panama City, Florida. The dealership has been a family-owned business since 1992 and has frequently won Toyota’s prestigious President’s Award.

Prior to his career in the automotive industry, Greg was a city planner, economic development director, and a commercial real estate broker. He holds a Master of Urban Planning from Kansas University in Lawrence and a B.S. in Geography/Urban and Regional Planning from Missouri State University in Springfield.

Greg had a nine-year stint as a volunteer high school golf coach and is now writing a memoir which seeks to explore his unremarkable college football career. Greg and his wife of 38 years, Sandee, live in Metro Kansas City and Panama City Beach, Florida. They have five grown children and one grandson.

Andy is Managing Partner of the Kahn Family Office and Chairman Emeritus of Kahn Lucas Lancaster, Inc. He also serves as a senior advisor to PCS Wireless and sits on the Directors Leadership Council of the Abramson Cancer Center Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania.

Andy is an active member in the World Presidents Organization and Chief Executive Organization. He received his bachelors' degree in Economics from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. Andy and his wife Peggy have three children, and five grandchildren, all living in New York.

Michael is a Partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group of Ropes & Gray LLP, a global law firm with over 1000 lawyers in 11 offices throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. Michael is a trial lawyer and spends most of his time representing clients in patent infringement matters spanning all areas of science and technology.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law. He lives in Armonk, NY with his wife, Jamie, and two children Caroline and Matthew.

Dan (left) serves as Co-President (with his brother Michael) of D&H Distributing located in Harrisburg, PA. D&H is a privately-held, family and employee-owned company with offices in the US and Canada, with current sales of more than $4 billion. He has worked with D&H since 1995, when he created the company's education division. Dan was named vice president of marketing in 2001 and helped the company grow by an average of 10% per year while in that role. Dan was named Co-President along with his brother Michael in 2008.

Dan is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and serves on the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation Executive Board and also the Undergraduate Executive Board for the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate.

Michael (right) serves as Co-President (with his brother Dan) of D&H Distributing located in Harrisburg, PA. D&H is a privately-held, family-and employee-owned company with offices in the US and Canada, with current sales of more than $4 billion. He began his D&H career in 1989 as an outside sales representative in the Philadelphia area. In 1991, he joined the corporate group in the Harrisburg headquarters as director of merchandising. In 1999, Michael was promoted to Vice-President of Purchasing where he played a crucial role in establishing relationships with major D&H partners including Microsoft, Intel, Lenovo and Cisco Systems.

Michael is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned his law degree at Villanova University. Michael currently serves on the University of Maryland's Foundation Board of Trustees as well as their Dingman Entrepreneurship Center Board of Advisors.

Amy is recently retired from her position as a General Manager at AT&T. She currently serves as CEO of Data Solutions Central, a certified women-owned business selling technology products to re-sellers that require minority sourcing in support of public sector entities.

Amy earned her BS in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 and her MBA at The Wharton School in 1988.