Front Office Additions, Promotion for RailRiders

December 4, 2014 - International League (IL) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Moosic, Pa. - Realizing potential requires more than pure ability. It takes practice. It takes focus. It takes effort. And it takes a team. In year three as a rebranded squad, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Triple-A/New York Yankees) proudly boast a number of promotions and additions to bolster the club's efforts in 2015.

The new additions had Felicia Adamus brought on as the director of ticket operations; Morgan Andreas, Mike Harvey and Matt LaFrennie hired as regional group sales managers; Amanda Lance brought on as an inside sales representative; Barry Snyder hired as director of marketing & promotions; and Josh Dilts slotted as a corporate partnerships executive.

The promotion saw Rachel Mark, who originally joined the organization in March of 2013, lifted from manager to director of community relations.

"All of our changes enhance our status as NEPA's top destination for affordable, family entertainment," said RailRiders president/GM Rob Crain. "We have the best front office in minor league baseball and I can't wait for the 2015 season."

Please see below for bio information on the team's new full-time staffers:

Prior to joining the RailRiders, Adamus spent three and a half years with the Frederick Keys of the Carolina League. Her first look at minor league baseball came as a game-day staffer for her hometown team, the Erie Seawolves. After seven seasons in Erie, she moved on to become a ticket sales assistant with the Lakewood BlueClaws during their second consecutive championship season in 2010. She earned a B.A. in business with a concentration in sport business management in 2007 from Mercyhurst University. In 2010 she received a master of sport administration from Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y. She is an avid sports fan and enjoys spending time with family and friends.

Andreas graduated from DeSales University in May of 2014 with a B.A. in sport communication. Prior to joining the RailRiders she spent two consecutive seasons with the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. She entered minor league baseball as a game day intern at Coca-Cola Park and later served in a full-time internship as a ticket sales associate for the 2014 season. In her off time, she enjoys cheering on her favorite sports teams and spending time with friends and family.

Dilts, an alumnus of Temple University's Fox School of Business, majored in business management with a concentration in marketing. Before attending Temple he received his associate's degree in business administration from SUNY Broome in Binghamton, N.Y. He began his career working for XFINITY Live! Philadelphia in the marketing department. After deciding to move closer to his hometown of Carbondale, Pa., he began working as an account executive for Entercom Communications' radio conglomerate. The nature of his work lead him to his current career in sports marketing and the position of corporate partnership executive creating customized marketing packages for national, regional and local brands using PNC Field/SWB RailRiders assets.

Harvey joined the RailRiders as a ticket operations intern for the inaugural 2013 season and later rejoined the team as a regional sales coordinator. The local product is a 2014 Keystone College graduate where he received a bachelor's degree in sport and recreation management. The NEPA native has enjoyed coming to see baseball games at PNC Field for many years and has seen all three incarnations of SWB baseball. He was born and raised in Fleetville, Pa.

LaFrennie graduated from McDaniel College in 2013 with a degree in communications. Prior to joining the RailRiders he spent two years in sales with the Advanced-A Daytona Cubs and one year in sales with the Advanced-A Bradenton Marauders. He grew up in Longmeadow, Mass. and currently resides in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He likes to spend time with friends and family and watching sports, specifically baseball, hockey and football.

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