Melissa Robertson Promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel

SEATTLE, Wash. – Seattle Mariners President of Business Operations Kevin Martinez announced today that Melissa Robertson has been promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the organization. Robertson will report directly to Martinez and joins the club’s senior leadership team.

Fred Rivera, who had been serving as General Counsel, is transitioning to a Special Advisor role with the team.

“Melissa has proven her ability to set and drive strategy to ensure the organization’s compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, Martinez said. “Since 2008, she’s been a tremendous partner, providing expert counsel and guidance across our organization. I have always valued her strategic thinking as well as her thoughtful and detailed approach. She is an extraordinary, collaborative teammate, who is truly passionate about the Mariners. I look forward to her thriving in this expanded role.”

Robertson is in her 18^th season with the Mariners after joining the club in 2008. She leads all aspects of the Club’s legal affairs, serving as a legal resource to all Club departments including baseball operations, ballpark operations, corporate partnerships, marketing, people & culture, and sales. She also manages the Club’s litigation matters, oversees government relations at the federal, state, and local level, and acts as counsel to the Mariners non-profit foundation, the Seattle Mariners Foundation.

Prior to joining the Mariners, Robertson was an attorney at Perkins Coie in Seattle from 2003-2008, where she served as outside counsel to the Mariners. Robertson serves on the Board of Directors for YWCA Seattle/King/Snohomish and has volunteered as an attorney for the King County Bar Association Housing Justice Project in connection with Home Base, an eviction prevention program that is a cooperative effort of the Seattle Mariners, United Way of King County and King County Bar Association.

A Seattle native, and lifelong Mariners fan, Robertson is a 1998 honors graduate of Scripps College in Claremont, California and 2003 graduate of University of Washington School of Law, where she served as Executive Articles Editor for the Washington Law Review.

Rivera joined the Mariners in March of 2017 and has served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel since that time. In his new role he will continue to be directly involved in supporting the Mariners with his continued work on ROOT SPORTS and other aspects of the Mariners off-field business, including partnering with Martinez on overseeing the Seattle Mariners Foundation.