Brian Auld begins his first season with the Tampa Bay Rowdies and 13th season with the Tampa Bay Rays. Together, he and Matt Silverman lead both clubs’ operations both internally and externally.
Before joining the Rays, Auld attended Harvard Business School, where he earned his MBA focusing on managing human capital, marketing and finance. Auld’s previous work experience includes serving as lead teacher and director of development for the East Palo Alto Charter School in California.
Born in Berkeley, Calif., Auld received a bachelor’s degree in economics and master’s degree in education from Stanford University, where he also captained the lacrosse team. He and Silverman met in high school in Dallas, and graduated one year apart. Brian is proud to claim that he once trekked to the bottom of Mount Everest.
He currently serves on the board of directors of the Rays Baseball Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay Area Chiefs of Police Education and Research Foundation, St. Petersburg Economic Development Corporation, Tampa Bay Partnership and Sports Advisory Council for Special Olympics Florida.
He and his wife, Molly, reside in St. Petersburg and are proud parents of two daughters, Lucy and Mia, and a son, Jack.