Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships
Michael Wandell joined the Dodgers last season as Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships. In this role he oversees all corporate partnership sales and service. He also is responsible for directing and developing joint sales strategies with the team's media partners.
Prior to joining the Dodgers, Wandell oversaw all International Business Development for the National Basketball Association, where he was focused on large-scale global platforms across Asia, India, Africa, Europe, South America, Mexico and Canada. Serving as the League's Vice President of International Business Development he created global, regional and country-specific integrated marketing platforms monetizing the NBA's popularity, including leading negotiations on the groundbreaking global
partnership that made Tissot the first offcial timekeeper of the NBA, WNBA, and NBA G-League.
Wandell spent the majority of his career in basketball at both the team and league level for the last 15 years. He worked for the Indiana Pacers, Phoenix Suns, and Charlotte Bobcats before spending time in Beijing and Shanghai overseeing all business development for NBA China. Over the course of his career, he has generated more than $1 billion in total sponsorship revenue.
A native of Champaign, IL, Wandell graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in History.