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Monica Clark is the Coordinator of Youth Baseball and Softball Development at the Philadelphia Phillies, where she works to grow the games of baseball and softball throughout Philadelphia and southern New Jersey. In this role, Clark leads the Phillies' efforts on the softball side in furtherance of Major League Baseball's initiative, RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities). She has helped to grow female participation in softball from 200 players to over 1,600 players.

Clark also oversees the Phillies Urban Youth Academy softball program, which provides opportunities to female student-athletes in Philadelphia to compete year-round in a competitive travel softball program free of charge. The Urban Youth Academy teams receive elite training from professional coaches and players and compete across the country in tournaments and MLB sanctioned events.

Clark played an integral role in planning the inaugural Philadelphia Sports Girls Initiative in 2023. This event brought together all six Philadelphia professional sports teams, giving girls in Philadelphia an unprecedented and unparalleled opportunity to learn all six sports in one day. Clark also oversees the Philadelphia Phillies Ballgirls program which is comprised of 20 women who work on and off the field during Phillies home games and who participate in over 150 community events each year, including softball clinics for girls throughout the tri-state area.

Clark, a former Division 1 softball player at Rider University, understands the role sports can play in a young woman's life and works tirelessly to provide meaningful, and often life-changing, opportunities for women student-athletes in the Delaware Valley.

Jackie Cuddeback was named chief revenue officer of the Phillies on Jan. 1, 2025. As a member of the executive leadership team, Jackie oversees the strategic development, execution and maximization of the Phillies’ revenue-generating departments including media, corporate partnerships, ticketing, premium & suite sales and service, concessions, retail and all non-game day events.

Jackie brings over 25 years of sales, marketing and leadership experience, managing corporate partnerships, optimizing revenue streams and enhancing consumer engagement strategies to further elevate the Phillies brand presence and organizational revenue. Under her leadership, the Phillies’ corporate partnerships team increased revenue for the past five consecutive seasons to reach an all-time high in 2024, including the addition of Independence Blue Cross as the team’s first-ever Jersey Patch Partner. She joined the Phillies as vice president, partnership sales and corporate marketing in 2018 and was promoted to senior vice president in 2022, overseeing advertising sales, client services and suite sales.

Prior to joining the Phillies, Jackie held key media leadership roles at Time Inc., including vice president for the entertainment, food, beverage and spirits verticals. During her tenure, she developed and delivered multi-million-dollar programs for prestigious clients using Time Inc.’s entire portfolio of assets. Prior to that, she was the associate publisher at PEOPLE Magazine and PEOPLE.com.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Jackie attended Germantown Friends School and graduated in 1996 from the University of Vermont, where she played Division I lacrosse and received a Bachelor of Arts degree. She currently serves on the boards of the Boys & Girls Club of Philadelphia and Squash Smarts.

Jackie and her husband John live in Radnor, Pa., and have three children, Jack, Whitney and Cole.

Taryn Hatcher joined NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Phillies broadcast team in 2023 as a sideline reporter. She has also worked as a sideline reporter covering the Flyers and 76ers as well as an in-studio host, field reporter and anchor since joining NBCSP in 2018.

Beyond her duties with NBC Sports Philadelphia, Taryn has covered the Stanley Cup Playoffs on TNT, college football for Big Ten Network and Penn Relays for NBC Sports Network.

A native of Delran, N.J., Taryn previously worked as a sports anchor and reporter in Honolulu, Hawaii, at Hawaii News Now KGMB/KHNL. During her time in the Aloha State, she covered a variety of sports, including the Pro Bowl, Tua Tagovailoa’s breakout high school seasons, LPGA and PGA events and the Triple Crown of surfing.

Taryn broke into the business while a student at Rutgers University, making appearances on Big Ten Network as a sideline reporter and serving as an intern with NBC Sports Philadelphia.

Corinne Landrey joined the Phillies baseball operations department in 2017 as an intern and was hired as an analyst in baseball research and development that October. She was promoted to her current position in January 2022. In this role, Corinne supports player procurement information integration initiatives and assists with roster management, transactions and salary arbitration.

Before joining the Phillies, she began her baseball career as a public analyst for outlets including MLB.com, FanGraphs and The Hardball Times.

Corinne is a 2008 graduate of the Ithaca College School of Music and taught high school band for several years. She grew up in Wilmington, Del., and currently lives in Philadelphia with her wife Amanda and daughter Ellis.

Claire Smith covered all things baseball as an award-winning reporter, columnist and content editor for 40 years before accepting a position as an associate professor at Temple University in 2021. Smith will teach journalism and was honored to be named co-director of the newly established Claire Smith Center for Sports Media within the Klein College of Media and Communication.

Smith was born in Philadelphia in 1953 within blocks of Temple, her alma mater. She later worked within miles of her hometown at her first newspaper employer - The Bucks County Courier Times. She soon moved on to The Philadelphia Bulletin where her dream of becoming a sports reporter became a reality. Smith went on to work for the Hartford Courant, covering the New York Yankees from 1983 to 1987, the first female to have a full-time Major League beat. She later worked as a columnist for The New York Times from 1991 to 1998, and was an editor and columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1998 to 2007. She rounded out her career as a content editor at ESPN, 2007-2021.

Smith traveled the world covering baseball, with assignments as wide-ranging as labor negotiations in The Oval Office to witnessing the first-ever Major League games played in Europe and Puerto Rico. The veteran reporter’s achievements were recognized by her peers when she voted the 2017 recipient of The Baseball Writers Association’s Career Excellence Award; the first woman and fourth African American to be so honored. She has also been recognized for her pioneering efforts and career milestones by her alma mater as well as The Association for Women in Sports Media, The National Association of Black Journalists, The Jackie Robinson Foundation, The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and The Josh Gibson Foundation.

Smith was among the subjects of A League of Her Own, a short biographical documentary about the women who shattered glass ceilings throughout sport media. The film was screened in 2018 at the Hall of Fame's annual Baseball Film Festival.

Mickey Morandini transitioned to his role as club ambassador in 2018. He had spent the previous two years with the team as first base coach and baserunning instructor.

Prior to joining the major league staff, Mickey spent five years in the Phillies minor league system as a coach for triple-A Lehigh Valley and double-A Reading and manager for single-A Lakewood and single-A Williamsport. He also spent four years as head coach for the Valparaiso High School varsity baseball team.

A 1995 National League All-Star, Mickey played nine of his 11 major league seasons (1990-2000) with the Phillies and was a member of the 1993 NL champions. He ranks fourth in Phillies history in most games played at second base (926) and was the recipient of the Paul Owens Award in 1989 as the best player in the Phillies minor league system. Mickey was originally selected by the Phillies in the fifth round of the June 1988 draft out of Indiana University. As an amateur, he won a gold medal as a member of the 1988 Olympic baseball team.

Born in Leechburg, Pa., Mickey and his wife Peg currently live in Glen Mills, Pa. They have three sons: Jordan, Griffin and Braydon.

The 2025 season marks Dickie Noles' 34th with the organization after rejoining the Phillies in 1992. Prior to becoming a club ambassador, he spent 28 years as an employee assistance professional and, before that, four years in the community relations department.

Dickie pitched for parts of 11 major league seasons with the Phillies (1979-81; 1990), Chicago Cubs (1982-84; 1987), Texas Rangers (1984-85), Cleveland (1986), Detroit Tigers (1987) and Baltimore Orioles (1988) and finished his career at 36-53 with 11 saves and a 4.56 ERA in 277 games (96 starts). Selected by the Phillies in the fourth round of the June 1975 draft, Dickie was a member of the 1980 World Series champions, pitching in relief.

In 1989, Dickie won the Texas Rangers Community Service Award and in 1992 he was honored as the International Christian Athlete of the Year. Other awards he has won include the Humanitarian of the Year by the Sunshine Foundation in 1997 and the Humanitarian Award from the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association in 2010. In 2019, he won the Richie Ashburn & David Montgomery Special Achievement Award, given annually to a Phillies employee who has demonstrated loyalty, dedication and passion for the game. Dickie was inducted into the All Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey in October 2021.

Dickie was born in Charlotte, N.C., and currently resides in Aston, Pa. He has one daughter, Brittany, twin sons, Christopher and Nicholas, and five grandchildren.

An outfielder for the 1993 National League champs and hitting coach for the 2008 World Series champions, Milt Thompson returned to the Phillies organization as a community club ambassador in March 2022. In this role, he serves as a club resource for community outreach with an emphasis on youth baseball and softball development, working with the Phillies RBI program and the Phillies Urban Youth Academy.

Milt previously served the Phillies as major league hitting coach (2005-10) following one season as first base coach (2004). From 2005-09, Milt guided Phillies hitters to the National League lead in home runs, RBI, runs, extra-base hits and total bases. He also served as a coach on the NL All-Star team in 2009.

Originally drafted by the Atlanta Braves out of Howard University in 1979, Milt played 18 years of professional baseball, including 13 seasons in the majors with the Braves (1984-85), Phillies (1986, 1993-94), St. Louis Cardinals (1989-92), Houston Astros (1994-95), Los Angeles Dodgers (1996) and Colorado Rockies (1996). He hit .313 with six RBI in 1993 World Series and set a Phillies record with five RBI in Game 4 at Veterans Stadium.

Milt began his coaching career in 1997 as minor league outfield/baserunning coordinator for Tampa Bay before joining the Phillies minor league system as a coach at Reading (1998-99) and outfield/baserunning coordinator (2001-03).

Born in Washington, D.C., Milt lives in Sewell, N.J. with his wife Carole. He has four daughters: Torri, Jennifer, Courtney and Alyssa.