departure to become president of business operations with the Royals<\/a>. Mullins called Maxey a mentor and was excited for his longtime colleague\u2019s next chapter in K.C. <\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a dream come true,\u201d said Mullins, who will enter his 13th season with the D-backs (two stints). \u201cIt\u2019s a role that I aspired to be in, and just the trust the organization has had in me is phenomenal. I\u2019m grateful to our leadership team and ownership for the opportunity.\u201d <\/p>\n
Mullins will report to D-backs President, CEO & General Partner DERRICK HALL<\/b>. \u201cSteve is an accomplished sports executive with a tremendous reputation. He has been a key leader in our achievement of record-level revenues and has had a firm grip on our business operations and vision for years,\u201d Hall said. \u201cHe is prepared and deserving of this promotion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mullins said he\u2019s helped with Arizona\u2019s recent double-digit increases in sponsorship growth; the team securing its first jersey patch deal with Avnet; bringing game broadcast and production in-house; launching free over-the-air broadcasts; and concerts coming to Chase Field. <\/p>\n
In his new role, Mullins said he will be involved in the revenue, marketing, community affairs and communications areas of the business. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think my expertise and where I\u2019ve grown up is in sponsorships, and so we\u2019ve got to keep that part rolling along. That will still be a key focus of mine,\u201d Mullins said. \u201cThe reality is we\u2019re already operating at a high level. So it\u2019s just more how do I step in and compliment the leaders we have and keep everyone moving in a positive direction.\u201d <\/p>\n
Overall, Mullins has spent 23 years in professional sports. His first stint with the D-backs spanned from 2007-13, where he rose to VP\/Corporate Partnerships. He then spent time with the T\u2019Wolves (2013-16), iHeartMedia (2016-18), the Fiesta Bowl (2018-19) and the Dolphins (2019-21) before returning to Arizona. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife and I both have roots in Arizona, and every stop that I\u2019ve been at along the way I\u2019ve wanted to take best practices I learned with the Diamondbacks and implement them,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The D-backs have elevated STEVE MULLINS from SVP\/Corporate Partnerships, Broadcasting & Events to EVP\/Business Operations & CCO. Mullins\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":376429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[591,3457,1266,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-376428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-leadership","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115543643665831994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}