The Mariners introduced right now that President of Enterprise Operations Catie Griggs has resigned from her function with the intention to pursue a chance nearer to house and household. Griggs, who’s from North Carolina, joined the Mariners in July of 2021, changing disgraced former workforce president Kevin Mather after offensive feedback he made throughout a Bellevue Rotary Membership talking occasion. Griggs represented a brand new route for the membership, and for baseball itself: on the time of her hiring, she was the only lady in baseball to carry the title of “president” (she was joined in 2023 by the Marlins’ Caroline O’Connor, who now takes over the doubtful distinction of the lone lady in baseball to carry this title).
Griggs’ sports activities background when becoming a member of the Mariners was largely with FC Atlanta, the place she helped construct a brand new group of followers by prioritizing inclusivity, and making soccer extra accessible to all. She introduced that very same imaginative and prescient along with her to Seattle, as she was the driving power behind the Mariners’ new and prolonged worth menu, aiming to make the ballpark expertise extra reasonably priced to households.
After Griggs departs on the finish of this month, Mariners Chariman and Managing Companion John Stanton will assume the duties Griggs fulfilled till the Mariners title Griggs’ successor.
In an announcement offered by the Mariners, Griggs wrote, “I’ve actually had a mixture of feelings as I made the extremely troublesome determination to resign from my function as President of Enterprise Operations. After a lot consideration, I’ve determined to prioritize our household and relocate again to the East Coast to be nearer to each Justin and my growing old mother and father.”
Whereas there’s no phrase on the brand new place Griggs is transferring to take, it’s not a shock that somebody with such deep roots within the South would really feel a want to return to acquainted environment, particularly to be nearer to growing old household. Nonetheless, it’s a big loss for the group, and for ladies in senior roles in MLB, of which there are valuable few. Catie Griggs was a welcome change from the toxicity of Kevin Mather and those that suppose like him; hopefully whoever the Mariners discover to switch her shares Griggs’ values of inclusivity and accessibility.