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Ownership

The "Oldest First Base Coach in Minor League Baseball," Art Silber was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, in the shadow of Ebbets Field. As a child he would walk his boyhood idol, Jackie Robinson, through the players' entrance of his hometown ballpark. Today, Silber wears No. 42 in honor of Robinson. As someone who wore the number prior to its retirement, Silber is one of only two people in all of professional baseball who is permitted to wear it.

Silber retired at age 55 as President/CEO of Sterling Bank in Baltimore, Maryland, and has been the team owner since 1990. Silber's two children, Lani and Seth, serve as team president and treasurer, respectively.

Management

Lani has worked for the FredNats organization since 1995, when they were still called the Prince William Cannons. She is responsible for all aspects of business operations, and works closely with the GM to oversee other aspects of the organization.

Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she received a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Boston University in 1988 and a master’s degree in finance and international business from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1991. She worked in banking prior to joining the baseball world.

With her husband, Matt, and son, Jamie, Lani moved to Fredericksburg along with the team in 2019 and has loved becoming part of her new community. In her free time, she enjoys reading, crocheting, and spending time with family and friends.

Robert Perry begins his third year with the FredNats as the Vice President of Creative Services and Assistant General Manager.

Before joining the FredNats, Robert worked for three years as the Director of In-Game Entertainment for the Jackson Generals. Prior to that, he attended Liberty University and worked for the marketing department for the Liberty Flames Men's Hockey Team.

Robert grew up in the former Soviet Union, in a small nation called Latvia for 11 years, before moving to Nashville, TN. He loves to roam downtown Fredericksburg and is a true believer that no one circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills.

Sales

Tory Goodman starts his third year with the FredNats as the Director of Partnerships.

Tory began his career as a box office and merchandise intern with the Jackson Generals the AA Affiliate of the now Arizona Diamondbacks. He then became full time in 2017 and over saw the Box Office and Team Store. In 2019 he became the Sales Manager for the Generals. Tory spent four years with the Generals before making the move to Fredericksburg.

Prior to Tory beginning his career, he graduated from Robert Morris University with a degree in Sports Management and played four years of soccer and three years of baseball. While playing baseball, they went to Nationals twice and finished fourth one of those years.

The Decatur, Illinois native spends his time with his newly wed wife McKenzie and their four legged black lab child Remi. When not at the ballpark they love to travel, golf and play fetch with the dog. Tory is a huge Boston RedSox and Boston Bruins fan where he is still trying to get over the Game 7 loss in the Stanley Cup Finals last year.

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Charly grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico watching the Albuquerque Dukes minor league team and it sparked her love for baseball. She graduated from the now famous Eldorado H.S.; it was recently used in the last season of Stranger Things. Iconic shows filmed in Albuquerque, such as Breaking Bad and Cleaning Lady, make for some great conversations with family and friends.

Charly met and married her husband of 33 years while he was stationed at Kirtland AFB, NM. During his 24 years of active duty in the Air Force, they raised two children, and lived all over the country. They were stationed everywhere from Monterey Bay, Salt Lake City, Travis AFB, finally deciding to call Stafford home for the last 18 years.

Charly is coming to the FredNats with over 20 years retail experience and over nine years of experience in the banking and insurance industry. She loves working with our local businesses and giving back to the community. Charly is so excited to be part of the FredNats family.

When not at the ballpark, Charly is with her husband and two rescue dogs, Bunsen Honeydew and Dallas, or dog sitting her grand pups Daisy Mae and Poppy. She enjoys reading, running and spending time with her family. She always roots for her home team, the UNM Lobos, but will support her daughter’s alma mater, the University of Northern Iowa Panthers or her husband’s Iowa Hawkeyes. She is a lifelong Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees Fan.

Charly is also an advocate for animals in need and frequently provides support by doing dog transports for rescue organizations.

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Chris is in his second season with the Fredericksburg Nationals. He is from Mechanicsville, Va. He attended East Carolina University on a swimming scholarship and graduated from Old Dominion University in 2016.

Before joining the FredNats, Chris was an inside sales representative with the Peoria Chiefs, a group sales coordinator with the Oklahoma City Dodgers, and an account executive with the Delmarva Shorebirds.

He is very excited to be joining the FredNats and meeting the fans!

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Quentin was born in Philadelphia, PA and raised right here in Fredericksburg, VA. Quentin played football in high school as well as baseball growing up. He attended Old Dominion University (Roll Narchs) where he graduated in 2020 with a degree in Sports Management and a minor in Marketing. Quentin has done internships for ODU’s Athletic Communications Department as well as the Norfolk Tides!

Quentin is entering year four with the Fredericksburg Nationals and is super pumped about this upcoming season, especially after winning a championship this past year. In his leisure time, you can find Quentin enjoying some brews cheering on his favorite Philly sports teams, kicking it with friends and family.

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Special Events

Skyla is beyond thrilled to join the Fredericksburg Nationals Event Team! She worked her first event in 2017 and her passion for events has only grown since then!

Skyla received her bachelor's degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2018. Prior to joining the FredNats, you could find her pouring craft beer and wedding planning!

If she's not at the ballpark you can probably find her reading, watching sports or Marvel movies with her husband, Adam, or snuggling with her dogs, Maisy & Moose! She can't wait to work with you on your next event!

Operations

Born and raised in Seymour, Indiana, Alex has been in sports his whole life, especially basketball. Alex was a student athlete at Midway University where he played varsity basketball for five years and obtained his master's degree. Alex has previously worked for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a member of the grounds crew and the Asheville Tourists as stadium operations associate before joining the FredNats. You can easily find him almost anywhere because of his height.

During the offseason, you can find Alex cheering on his beloved Indiana Pacers and Michigan State Spartans.

Katie joined the FredNats in 2022 as the Assistant Manager of Merchandise. She was raised in Greensboro, NC before relocating to Fredericksburg. Katie is a proud 2020 graduate from Coastal Carolina University, where she received her degree in Marketing with a minor in Hospitality, Resort and Tourism Management.

Katie started her baseball career as a summer intern for the High Point Rockers. Most recently, she worked as a ticket sales assistant for the Winston-Salem Dash.

Katie is excited to connect with the community here and see everyone in their FredNats gear! In her spare time, you can find her shopping at local boutiques, cheering on the Cubs or attending a good concert.

Business Administration

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McKenzie is entering her third year here in Fredericksburg. Originally from Springfield, IL, McKenzie graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Waldorf University. Growing up and playing sports herself, she then began her career in sports with the Jackson Generals where she spent three years as the Merchandise Manager. She then made the move to Fredericksburg, where she now resides with her husband Tory and their two dogs Remington and Fenway.

McKenzie is very much looking forward to seeing fans repping the FredNats. In McKenzie’s spare time you can find her with her family, playing any sports, watching any sports (especially the Green Bay Packers), or at a shopping center.

Kelly enthusiastically joined the FredNats in March of 2021. She graduated magna cum laude from Towson University in 1993 with a degree in Theatre Arts/Women's Studies and later earned a certificate in Montessori Early Childhood Education. She worked as a teacher and museum educator while raising her family in the Charlottesville area, but found her true passion when her three sons started playing baseball in 2005.

She and her husband are devoted Washington Nationals fans and she can't believe her luck to be working for the FredNats! When not at work or watching baseball, Kelly and her husband enjoy European travel and spending time with their large combined family (7 kids and 9 grandkids!) and their pets, Murphy, Cheeto and Mudge.

Creative Services

Alexis begins her 13th season with the franchise in 2024. She grew up in Northern Virginia, in Centreville. She has always been involved in sports, even from an early age. Alexis went on to be an accomplished runner and swimmer in high school. After competing in college, she transitioned into working in sports and has written sports articles for local newspapers. She also interned in NBC's sports department before joining the Potomac Nationals.

Alexis graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in journalism and a second major in sport administration.

In her free time, Alexis enjoys running, going to the gym, reading, spending time with her dog and rooting for the Nationals and Tar Heels.

Zhancheng Wu was born in Nanning City, China. He oversees and creates all the video/motion graphics of the ballpark and social media. Before he came to Fredericksburg, he worked as the Video Production Assistant for the Tulsa Drillers, AA Dodgers, and Tulsa Roughnecks, the USL soccer team in Tulsa.

Wu came to America from China in 2016 to pursue his post-graduate degree in Sports Journalism at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He said the reason he came to the States is that it is where baseball is everywhere.

As a big baseball fan, he likes to spend his free time in batting cages and playing catch all the time. He also likes to take pictures of his dog, Vandy.

Adam Flock joins the FredNats team as the Community Relations Manager.

Before joining, Adam was stationed in Quantico, Virginia as a member of the Quantico Marine Corps Band. He is originally from Syracuse, NY. He attended Schenectady County Community College in Schenectady, NY and the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, MA.

When not at the ball park, you can find Adam watching sports with his wife Skyla and dogs Moose and Maisy.

A native of Coldwater, Michigan, Eric Bach rejoins the FredNats as the Broadcasting and Media Relations Manager, where he will call all 132 games on the FredNats Baseball Network, and all home games on MiLB TV and the free Bally Sports App. He will also head up the team's media relations efforts.

Bach returns to the FredNats for a second season in the booth after serving as the Broadcasting and Media Relations Assistant in 2022, where he was a part of the broadcast that led all of Single-A and High-A in MiLB TV unique viewership.

Bach is a 2021 graduate of the Michigan State University School of Journalism. While at Michigan State, Eric was the Sports Broadcast Director at Impact 89FM - MSU's award-winning student radio station - where he won seven Michigan Association of Broadcasters awards for play-by-play.

He began his baseball career in the summer collegiate Coastal Plain League in 2021 with the Morehead City Marlins, calling every game in MHC's CPL runner-up season. Despite being the second-smallest market out of fifteen in the CPL, under Bach’s direction, the Marlin broadcasts had the third-highest viewership rates in the league.

2023 marks Bach's third season in baseball.

Professional Sports Catering

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