MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Jeff Biddle and Shanelle Slaughter have joined the Minor League Baseball staff as Director of Athletics & Marketing, Minor League Baseball-Vero Beach LLC and Manager, Special Operations, respectively.

Biddle, a native of Dansville, N.Y., joins MiLB after serving as Director of Athletics for the Cocoa Expo Sports Center in Cocoa Beach, Fla., for the past 15 years. Jeff will be based at Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla., and will be responsible for marketing and securing tournaments and other events for use by various sports groups at the facility.

Slaughter is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication, with an emphasis in Social Interaction. She will be responsible for various elements surrounding the Baseball Winter Meetings™ and the Minor League Baseball Promotional Seminar. Some of these elements include the preparation and design of publication materials, sponsor relations and event programming.

Shanelle, a native of Anaheim, Calif., will also work with the Baseball Operations Department on projects as needed.

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