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TIGERS FRONT OFFICE
JOHN
WESTHOFF
VICE PRESIDENT,
BASEBALL LEGAL COUNSEL
Entering his 32nd season in professional baseball and his 12th season with the Tigers after joining the team in
January 2002.
• His responsibilities with the Tigers cover all legal affairs pertaining to baseball operations, including major
league player contract negotiations and arbitration procedures, as well as any other baseball-related legal
issues and administrative matters.
• Westhoff is involved with signing the Tigers top amateur draft picks, while also providing general legal services.
• Spent one-and-a-half seasons with the Florida Marlins in the same capacity, joining the Marlins in July 2000.
• Prior to joining the Marlins, Westhoff spent 19 years as the associate counsel for Major League Baseball, Office
of the Commissioner.
• While with Major League Baseball, he participated in negotiations for three Collective Bargaining Agreements
and administered and enforced these agreements as well as the policies that existed between the clubs and the
Major League Baseball Players Association.
• Westhoff also handled legal issues relating to the processing of grievances, including representing clubs in both
grievance and salary arbitration hearings.
• Westhoff received an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Economics from Fordham University in
1976 and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1982.
• 58 years of age...he and his wife, Donna, reside in Northville, MI, and their daughter, Casey, lives in Maryland.
ELLEN
HILL ZERINGUE
VICE PRESIDENT,
MARKETING
Enters her fifth full season in her current role and 14th season with the organization after joining the Tigers
prior to the 2000 season.
• Oversees all functions of the club’s marketing and promotions departments, including print and broadcast
advertising, in-game entertainment and promotional giveaways.
• Manages the club’s branding strategy and was responsible for the launch of the Tigers’ successful “Who’s Your
Tiger” campaign, which served as the club’s marketing slogan from 2005-08 and returned in 2011.
• Promoted to her current position during the 2008 season after spending the previous six seasons as director of
marketing...originally joined the Tigers as a marketing manager prior to the 2000 season.
• Prior to joining the Tigers, she served as the director of marketing for WMXD (MIX 92.3 FM) where she was
responsible for the station’s marketing, imaging and advertising strategies...she also managed sales,
promotions, special events and consumer relationship marketing during her seven years at WMXD.
• Served in a variety of roles during four years at Vaughn Marketing Consultants in Detroit, MI, last serving as
the senior account executive where she was responsible for overseeing special event execution, public relations
strategies, budget management, branding and advertising for select accounts and clients.
• Is a graduate of the Detroit Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Detroit XVII Class...is a member of The Links,
Inc., Greater Wayne County Chapter and is a board member of the Arts League of Michigan and the Karmanos
Cancer Institute and is a mentor for the Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program.
• Is a graduate of the Inforum Center for Leadership’s Executive Leadership program.
• Holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA and is a member of the college’s
alumni association...also holds a certificate of public relations from the New York University School of Continuing
Education Management Institute in New York, NY.
• She and her husband, Anthony, reside in Huntington Woods, MI.
2013 DETROIT TIGERS INFORMATION GUIDE