Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Mari Guttman joined the Twins in August 2021 as Deputy General Counsel, and was elevated to Vice President on January 1, 2024. Guttman assists the team's General Counsel with respect to all business-related legal matters, including maintaining the day-to-day responsibility for legal needs pertaining to the organization's brand partnerships, suites, ticket offerings, licensing and in-season activations. Guttman has taken on leadership responsibilities across the organization, including as co-chair of the Twins' IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Action) Council, and continues to expand and improve the organization's internal legal services and processes.
Prior to joining the Twins, Guttman was Associate Counsel for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. While in this role, she managed the team's in-house legal needs and served in a business and legal advisory capacity to the organization's executive management team. Guttman also spent three years as an Associate at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she represented public and private corporations in domestic and cross-border transactions in connection with acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, debt and equity offerings, restructurings, and other corporate governance matters.
Guttman attended law school at Stanford University and received her Bachelor's degree from Grinnell College. She is originally from Chicago and resides in Minneapolis.