Wendy Selig-Prieb

Wendy Selig-Prieb (born 1960) is a businesswoman, former Milwaukee Brewers executive and daughter to former MLB Commissioner Bud Selig

Professional career

Wendy Selig-Prieb is an American businesswoman. She serves on the Board of Directors of Delaware North Companies, with operations in the sports, travel hospitality, restaurants and catering, parks, gaming and specialty retail industries. She is also a Director of Worth LTD, a New York based fashion company that was founded as a luxury women's apparel direct-to-consumer company.[1] Additionally, Selig-Prieb serves on the Milwaukee Brewers Community Foundation and the Board of Trustees of Phoenix Country Day School.

From April 2014-July 2015, she served as president of New Ventures and was responsible for the company's marketing, digital and showroom strategies.

Prior to assuming this position, Selig-Prieb spent two years as president of Worth New York,[2] the flagship brand of Worth.

During her tenure as an executive with the Milwaukee Brewers, Selig-Prieb was the only female president and chairman of a Major League Baseball Club. As part of management's Labor Committee in 1994–1995, Selig-Prieb was the first woman to represent Major League Baseball in its collective bargaining with the MLB Players Association. She served on numerous other committees for Baseball and represented the Brewers at Major League meetings from September 1992- January 2005.

Education

Selig-Prieb graduated magna cum laude in 1982 from Tufts University. After earning her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Marquette University Law School in 1988,[3] she worked as a corporate attorney for Foley & Lardner before joining the Brewers.

Philanthropy

Wendy has served on the board of directors of the Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Fund and United Way of Greater Milwaukee. From 1998–2004, Selig-Prieb was the honorary chair for the March of Dimes Run for Babies and was the co-chair of the YWCA's Circle of Women Luncheon in 2003 and 2004. She also served on the Governor of Wisconsin's Glass Ceiling Commission and Senator Herb Kohl’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women.

In 2008, she served as a judge for the Annual Stars Event of the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix. Selig-Prieb served on the committee for the Florence Crittenton Teaming Up for Kids Luncheon in 2007, as the Vice-Chair in 2009 and Honorary Chair in 2010. In 2008, she served on the Phoenix Heart Ball Committee.

Education and awards

Selig-Prieb earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Marquette University Law School in 1988. She graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University in 1982.

Among the honors Selig-Prieb has been awarded are:

• The Joseph E. O'Neil Award from Marquette University National Law Institute
• The Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship Award from Tufts University in 2000
• Milwaukee's Sixteenth Street Community Health Center honored her in 2000
• 40 Under 40 Leaders from The Sports Business Journal (1999)
• The Sports Business Journal ranked her among the most powerful women in sports for 3 consecutive years
• Finalist for the Women in Sports and Events (WISE) Woman of the Year Award
• 40 Under 40 Leaders from The Business Journal of Milwaukee (1992)

Personal life

Selig-Prieb is married to Laurel Prieb, vice president of Western operations and special projects for Major League Baseball. They have a daughter, Natalie, and a dog, Camille.

Wendy was born in 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Donna Chaimson and Bud Selig.

References

1. Snapp Conner, Cheryl web (2014-08-07). "NY Clothing Line Creates Entrepreneurial 'Worth'; Wendy Selig-Prieb". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
2. Staff Milwaukee Business Journal web (2012-04-03). "Wendy Selig-Prieb named president of Worth New York". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
3. "Wendy Selig-Prieb: "I'm Still a Brewers Fan Through and Through" : Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog". Law.marquette.edu. 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2010-12-07.