The San Diego Padres has promoted its general counsel and executive vice president of business administration to become chief operating officer.
Erik Greupner’s promotion was announced Nov. 7 by Executive Chairman Ron Fowler, who said Greupner’s “intelligence and sound judgement” have benefited the baseball team.
Greupner joined the Padres in December 2010 as senior vice president and general counsel. He served as senior vice president of business administration and general counsel from October 2011 to November 2014.
Before joining the Padres, Greupner was a corporate and transactional lawyer with the Los Angeles-based law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He earned a law degree at the University of San Diego School of Law. Greupner worked in sales management at Goldman Sachs & Co. and Scudder Weisel Capital LLC before attending law school.
He serves as vice chairman of the advisory board of trustees for Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation, and is a board member of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.
