Senior Leadership

Senior Management's Perspective:

Kevin Mather

Executive Vice President and CFO

Seattle Mariners

"The Seattle Mariners is committed to fully supporting diversity with our supplier base. This has enabled us to establish and grow supplier relationships and partnerships with many high caliber minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs). Our centralized procurement team is responsible for seeking and managing our suppliers, many of whom are MWBEs.   Our commitment to diversity starts with top management, and continues throughout the entire organization.  One of our most highly valued suppliers is Industry Graphics whom we have selected as the Seattle Mariners Most Valuable Diverse Business Partner for 2009/10. They are a minority/woman-owned graphics and sign company, producing numerous signs, banners, and vehicle graphics for our team during the last four years, while providing us with high-quality materials in a timely manner and at competitive prices."

  DBP Program Administrative Team

The DBP Program Administrator's Perspective:

Sandy Fielder

Director of Procurement

Seattle Mariners

"The Seattle Mariners fans are from many diverse backgrounds.  We constantly seek diversity in our suppliers as a reflection and support of our fan base and community. As Program Administrator for the Seattle Mariners DBP Program, I am one of many supporters within this organization whose passion is to seek out those MWBE companies who stand out amongst others in adding value to our procurement process.  Industry Graphics has been selected this year because they exemplify what it means to be an outstanding supplier for signage and graphics needs. We have worked with them for over four years, and they continually respond to our needs in a timely and professional manner, while providing excellent service,& high quality signage needs at competitive pricing."

  Procurement Team

The Buyer's Perspective:

"Our entire Procurement team has unanimously agreed that Industry Graphics is an extremely responsive and most deserving MWBE supplier of the Seattle Mariners.  We have all successfully developed on-going working relationships with this company, experiencing their responsiveness, commitment to our needs, high quality products and exceptionally competitive pricing.  During the start up of our season we relied upon Industry Graphics to supply numerous graphics and signage projects, both large and small, often within very tight turn around times.  They efficiently produced and delivered us signage for our ballpark and sponsors in a timely manner, displaying excellent customer service attitudes, high quality workmanship, and great prices.  For weeks, their entire team spent numerous hours on our projects, often coming in on weekends and evenings to get “rush” jobs completed for us.  The entire crew displays what it means to partner with us, and as a result has become one of our most dependable suppliers."

  Business Diversity and the Seattle Mariners