Derrick Hall

Hall spent parts of 12 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, joining the organization's Single-A Florida State League affiliate in Vero Beach, Florida, as an intern in 1992 and departed as the club's senior vice president of communications in 2004.[8]

Hall stepped outside of baseball for employment during the 1999 season, as he hosted a morning talk show on the Dodgers' flagship station (XTRA 1150 AM), served as host of the "Dodger Game Day" pregame radio show, and worked as a weekend sports anchor at KNBC-TV (Ch. 4) in Los Angeles.[9]

Prior to joining the D-backs, Hall made a brief stop as senior vice president of corporate communications for a Fortune 500 company, KB Home, based in Los Angeles, where he increased brand awareness.[10]

During that time, he has also taught as an adjunct professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and later at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Hall's leadership has helped guide the D-backs to two National League West Division Championships (2007, '11), a Wild Card (2017), and one NLCS (2007).[11] Under his tenure, the organization hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and World Baseball Classic at Chase Field for the first time.[12]

Derrick Hall with Luis Gonzalez, Mayor Phil Gordon, and military officials at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The success of the franchise under Hall led to numerous honors, including ESPN the Magazine tabbing the D-backs as the top Major League franchise in 2013.[13] In 2010, the D-backs were given the inaugural United Nations NGO Positive Peace Award,[14] which named the D-backs the most positive team in the world.

In 2011, Hall unveiled Salt River Fields at Talking Stick,[15] the D-backs' $200 million, 140-acre Spring Training facility shared with the Colorado Rockies on Salt River Indian Community land near Scottsdale, Arizona, that he negotiated and designed.

The Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation surpassed the $60 million mark in charitable in 2018 under Hall's direction.[16] The corporate culture of the D-backs, created by Hall, led Yahoo! and Forbes to deem the club as "the best workplace in sports."[17]

During his time with the Diamondbacks, Hall has consistently been named to Rise Global and Yahoo's list of 100 Most Influential CEOs.[18][19] In 2019, it was announced that Hall had been inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame for his impact on baseball. [20]

Hall currently serves on or is associated with over 25 corporate and charitable boards.[21] Hall, who is the past chairman of the board for Make-A-Wish Arizona and current national board member for Make-A-Wish,[22] is also a past chairman of the board for the Valley of the Sun United Way.

Hall has also served as master of ceremonies and keynote speaker at the Arizona inaugural ceremonies, U.S. Air Force Academy, ASU's Cronkite school convocation, and became the first Cronkite alum to deliver a commencement speech at the school's graduation and also at the W.P. Carey School of Business convocation in 2012.[23]