CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER
Bill Walsh was promoted to chief business officer in December 2021. In this role, he oversees the departments central to consumer revenue generation, including business strategy and analytics, creative services, marketing, and ticket sales and service. Since joining the Rays in 2007, he has led a number of business development efforts for the club, including capital projects management, digital and mobile strategy, market analysis and technology investment. Walsh also led the initiative to convert Tropicana Field to a cash-free fan experience in 2019, one of the first professional sports venues in North America to do so. Prior to the Rays, Walsh served as vice president of real estate development for the New York City Economic Development Corporation during the Bloomberg administration, where he worked with developers and community groups on public-private partnership projects totaling over $1 billion in private investment. He earned a master’s degree from Columbia University in 2003, where he studied urban planning and development, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut in 2001. He serves on the Board of Governors of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce and was named Big Brother of the Year in 2012 through his volunteer activities with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pinellas County. He and his wife, Audra, live in St. Petersburg with their three children: Teddy, Clara and Jacqueline.