Jamie McCourt joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as Vice Chairman on February 13, 2004, was named President of the club on August 12, 2005, and was named CEO March 17, 2009. An attorney of 30 years who also earned an MBA from MIT, Jamie is a visiting professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, an inspirational voice for women, a philanthropist, and a mother of four boys. She is the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball and serves on the MLB Enterprises Board of Directors.

A conscience-driven business leader, Jamie has applied to her work the passion she has for the game she loved as a child and the game that holds so much promise to unify families, connect generations, and bring people together from all walks of life. Above all, she values relationships.

"I am convinced that baseball is tied to family values," she says, "It is classic Americana, and it is the National Pastime for a reason. We are focused on strengthening our ties to families."

Blending business development, financial acumen, and marketing savvy with a family atmosphere, a compassionate operation, and a fan-friendly attitude, the Dodgers under her leadership have drawn their top three season attendance totals and have twice advanced to postseason play. The Dodgers in 2008 advanced to the National League Championship Series for the first time in 20 years.

Over the past three seasons, Jamie has rebuilt the front office, appointed new leaders, and instilled a fresh, positive, values-driven culture in the organization, based on vision, integrity, social responsibility, family, accountability, a can-do attitude, and excellence.

In 2008, Jamie led the club's season-long celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles. The historic year started with a New Year's float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, followed by MLB's first games ever played in China, and a charity exhibition game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in March to benefit ThinkCure! The event drew a Guinness World Record of 115,300, the largest crowd to ever attend a professional baseball game. During the season, the club honored its illustrious alumni, received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, enjoyed a musical tribute three nights at the Hollywood Bowl, and received an Emmy Award.

Among Jamie's innovations is DodgersWIN, a Women's Initiatives Network that brings women closer to the game, brings the game closer to women's lifestyles, and helps inspire women to use their voices. To that end, she is an Executive Producer of the documentary, "Carissa," the story of a young woman's rise to success from a life on the streets. In 2009, WISE (Women in Sports and Events) named Jamie one of three "Women of the Year" for her leadership and service as a voice for women.

Also in 2009, Jamie is leading the effort to establish a unique Zip Code for Dodger Stadium and its environs that will make it Dodgertown, California. The new number is expected to be announced by the Postmaster General in the spring.

Vowing "to make a difference in people's lives," Jamie focuses the Dodgers' community efforts on four primary areas: recreation, education, health, and the environment. Each has its own marquee program:

• Dodgers Dreamfields: The Dodgers Dream Foundation has committed to build 50 Dodgers Dreamfields for children, with 8 complete and 42 to go.
• Dodgers Scholars: The Dodgers Dream Foundation provides the Jackie Robinson Foundation with more than $100,000 annually to send 42 Dodgers Scholars to college each year.
• ThinkCure!: The Dodgers created and help fund this innovative effort that accelerates collaborative research to cure cancer.
• Think Blue, Act Green: The Dodgers and their partners have created initiatives to improve the environment, such as the Dodgers Trolley that provides rides between Union Station and Dodger Stadium to fans who take the train and leave their cars at home.

At the heart of her community spirit is a passion for education. "I believe in education's ability to empower," she says. "Whether it is to gain employment, achieve advancement, or to address the fundamental need to use your voice, education is the great equalizer."

Falling in love with Los Angeles immediately upon her arrival in 2004, Jamie immersed herself in civic culture, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the Boards of the Coalition for Economy and Jobs in Los Angeles (The Los Angeles Coalition), the Los Angeles Business Council, the Los Angeles Sports Council, LA INC, the Convention & Visitors Bureau, ThinkCure!, and the Honorary Advisory Council of Stand Up to Cancer.

In 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger appointed her to serve on the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness.

Jamie also has the distinction of being an Honorary Member of the Los Angeles Rotary Club-only the second woman to have been bestowed the honor in the club's 100-year history.

Admitted to the bars of Massachusetts and New York, as well as the District Courts for the Eastern and Southern districts of New York, Jamie first practiced law in New York, where she specialized in international and securities law. She then moved to Boston and practiced corporate, real estate, and family law. She spent the next ten years in commercial real estate development with the family business.

At the MIT Sloan School of Management, Jamie serves as a member of the Visiting Committee and the North America Executive Board. At the UCLA Anderson School of Management, she serves on the Executive Committee and teaches "The Pursuit of Leadership: A Female Perspective." At the Pardee RAND Graduate School, she serves on the Board of Governors. A member of the Washington Speakers Bureau and Leading Authorities, Inc., Jamie is an accomplished speaker who addresses organizations nationwide.

As a philanthropist, she serves on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and has been honored numerous times, including receipt of the SCOPUS Award from the American Friends of Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Jamie earned her B.S. degree in French from Georgetown University. She holds a diploma from La Sorbonne at the University of Paris. She received her J.D. from the University Of Maryland School Of Law and spent a semester of law school abroad at Hebrew University. She then earned her M.S. (MBA) degree in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management, with a concentration in both organizational learning and corporate finance.

An avid swimmer who grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, Jamie resides in Los Angeles with her husband Frank. They were named the Los Angeles Business Journal's "Power Couple of the Year" in 2008 and received the "Heart of the City" Award from the Central City Association of Los Angeles. They have four sons, Drew, Travis, Casey, and Gavin. Frank H. McCourt Jr. became the fourth owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers after receiving unanimous approval from Major League Baseball on January 29, 2004. Under his stewardship, the Dodgers have reached postseason play three of the past five years (after doing so only twice in the previous 15) and have drawn their three highest attendance totals.

The 2008 club won the National League West, swept the Chicago Cubs in the Division Series, and came within three wins of the World Series before bowing to the eventual World Champion Philadelphia Phillies. The Dodgers' performance in October was their best in 20 years.

Amid a season-long celebration in 2008 of the club's 50th anniversary in Los Angeles, McCourt committed to save Dodger Stadium. Expressing a vision for "The Next 50" years, McCourt on April 24 ended speculation about the future of the aging jewel, now 47 years old, and announced long-term plans for renovations and innovations that would in essence create a "new" Dodger Stadium designed to allow Major League Baseball's third-oldest ballpark to thrive for the next 50 years.

Expressing geographical vision as well, McCourt fortified the legacy of the pioneering franchise by playing Major League Baseball's first-ever games in China, March 15 and 16, at Beijing's Wukesong Stadium.

Two weeks later, the Dodgers made history again, returning to the LA club's original home, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, for a charity exhibition game that drew a Guinness record 115,300 fans, the largest crowd to ever attend a professional baseball game. The event raised one million dollars, a total matched by the McCourt family, for ThinkCure!, the club's innovative official charity that accelerates collaborative research to cure cancer.

In 2009, another vision became a reality with the creation of Camelback Ranch - Glendale, a year-round training facility in Arizona that brings Dodgers Spring Training close to Southern California fans for the first time. The state of the art campus and its faculty will educate players in "The Dodger Way," a blueprint for success that McCourt has revived and applied to the team, the fans, the community, and the family that comprises the Dodgers organization.

Improving the amenities at Dodger Stadium, McCourt has invested $140 million since 2004, replacing the seats in the stadium bowl, planting a new playing field, upgrading the warning track, renovating concourses with new concessions offering new menu options, and reconfiguring parking to improve traffic flow.

Invigorating the Dodgers' community efforts, the McCourt family describes the areas of focus as the "four bases of a diamond." First Base represents youth sports and recreation, with its Dodgers Dreamfields program refurbishing or building 42 more baseball fields for children to bring the total to 50.

At Second Base, the focus is on education and literacy, illustrated by the Dodgers Scholars program. Each year, the Dodgers Dream Foundation donates $105,000 to the Jackie Robinson Foundation to provide 42 college scholarships of $2500 each.

Third Base addresses health, an effort led by ThinkCure! Inspired by the legacy of his grandfather, Francis McCourt, who helped create the Jimmy Fund when he owned the Boston Braves, McCourt launched the club's official charity in 2007 in partnership with City of Hope and Childrens Hospital LA.

The completion of the diamond, the "home plate" of the club's community efforts, is the environment, in which the Dodgers "Think Blue, but Act Green."

Within the Dodgers family, McCourt in 2009 is appointing former pitching star and social pioneer Don Newcombe as a Special Advisor to the Chairman, where he joins medical pioneer Dr. Frank Jobe, appointed in 2008, and legendary Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda, appointed in 2006.

In 1977, the Boston native founded The McCourt Company, which specializes in the development of major commercial real estate projects. His real estate development roots span five generations, and his family has been associated with nearly every major Boston real estate project, including the city's Back Bay, Logan Airport, and Boston's waterfront. McCourt earned a reputation as a visionary leader and influential businessman, leaving a positive and lasting impact on the city of Boston and revolutionizing Boston's new Seaport. Today, this booming area boasts a new convention center, hotels, offices, residential buildings and numerous commercial, government and cultural facilities. The McCourt Company moved to Los Angeles in 2006.

McCourt serves on the Board of Directors of Georgetown University, from which he graduated in 1975, and co-chaired Georgetown University's Third Century Campaign (New England Region), which raised more than $1 billion for the university. He is active in an array of educational, trade, civic, and charitable organizations.

He and his wife, Jamie, were married in 1979. They have four sons: Drew, Travis, Casey, and Gavin. McCourt coached several of their baseball and ice hockey teams as part of his commitment and passion for youth sports. The Ned Colletti era

Ned Colletti's first action as GM was the signing of the former Red Sox manager, Grady Little. Colletti then signed several veteran players such as Rafael Furcal, Nomar Garciaparra, Kenny Lofton and Bill Mueller. These players were among those who led the 2006 Dodgers to the NL Wild Card title, with an 88-74 record. The Dodgers would get swept by the New York Mets in the National League Division Series.[5]. In the winter of 2006 the team signed Juan Pierre,Jason Schmidt , and Luis Gonzalez. In October 2007, Grady Little resigned and Joe Torre was hired as their new manager.

In 2008 with new manager Joe Torre, Ned Colletti signed Andruw Jones, Hiroki Kuroda, and Chan Ho Park. During the trade deadline the Dodgers acquired Manny Ramirez in a trade with the Boston Red Sox.

Dodger Stadium renovations

Since buying the team McCourt has invested heavily in Dodger Stadium. In 2004 they added luxury boxes. After the 2005 season, McCourt announced a multi-year plan to restore the aging Dodger Stadium. The first stage of restoration consisted of filling cement cracks and replacing all the seats in each level, resulting in a return of the ballpark to its original 1962 appearance (only with many more billboards and newer scoreboards) as well as a picnic area outside the loge level entrance. In 2008 he announced a $500 million project to add a museum,shops, and restaurants around Dodger Stadium.