Chris Flannery

Chief Operating Officer, Ripken Design

Chris Flannery joined the Ripken Baseball Group in 2002. With more than 20 years of executive management, marketing and business development skills; Chris runs the day to day operations of all divisions of the Ripken Baseball Group. During the past five years the company has expanded operations from Maryland to Augusta, GA and Myrtle Beach, SC. Today the Ripken Baseball Group encompasses professional baseball teams in Aberdeen, MD, Augusta, GA and Charlotte County, FL; a professional services company Ripken Design; Ripken Amateur Baseball the country’s leading baseball instructional camp and tournament destination in Aberdeen and Myrtle Beach, SC, and Ironclad Authentics a leading memorabilia and licensing company. Additionally, Chris serves on the board of the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation a 501(c)3 dedicated to helping disadvantaged youth. Prior to joining Ripken Baseball Chris most recently served as Vice-President of Marketing for Altura International/Shop.com in Monterey, CA and prior to that, the native of London, England was an executive at West Marine in Watsonville, CA from 1996-2000. West Marine is the largest supplier of boating equipment in the world. While there he developed and managed international strategic growth for West Marine catalog and retail operations.