29. Make Your Contribution - Jenna Byrnes
Jenna Byrnes joined the Oklahoma City Dodgers team as the Senior Vice President in September 2010. Jenna currently leads the organization’s revenue generating efforts with an emphasis in Ticket Sales, Marketing and Special Events. Additionally, Jenna focuses on designing and implementing business strategies, plans and procedures. In her time with the Dodgers, the team has increased attendance by 21% and maximized opportunities for non-baseball programming at the ballpark for businesses, nonprofits and members of the community.
In addition to her revenue responsibilities, Jenna focuses on leadership and professional development for the 50 full-time members of the organization with a focus on internal communication and company culture. She serves as a resource for other industry executives and was recognized as the 2013 and 2015 Pacific Coast League Female Executive of the Year. Jenna also teaches as an adjunct professor at Oklahoma Christian University. In 2016, Jenna was included in the okc.biz Forty Under 40 class. Jenna also contributed her perspective on “Finding Your Baseball Why” to The GMs Handbook, published in 2018 which hit #1 in 11 of Amazon’s book categories.
Before arriving in Oklahoma, Jenna was the Senior Director of Ticket Sales for the Frisco RoughRiders (AA-Texas Rangers). Under her leadership, the team grew consistently in sales and led all of Double-A Baseball in attendance during each of her seven seasons.
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