Henry Hunter leads the Pioneer League’s legal, licensing, media, strategy, and ancillary businesses as executive vice president. As commissioner, he also oversees baseball operations, umpires, player contracts, and rules enforcement.

Hunter previously served as director of business and legal affairs with the Washington Nationals during the Major League franchise’s return to the nation’s capital. In that role he helped negotiate complex commercial agreements with sponsors, suite holders, vendors, broadcasters, and licensees. He also assisted with construction, zoning, and tax issues as the club relocated from RFK Stadium to Nationals Park in partnership with the District of Columbia’s Sports and Entertainment Commission.

In addition to his baseball experience, Hunter has a diverse legal and political strategies background, having served as a trusted advisor to multinational corporations, political campaigns, advocacy groups, foreign governments, and entrepreneurs. He is the founding principal of Myers Park Projects, a consultancy that empowers entrepreneurs to scale their reach, opportunities, and impact through legal counsel and business strategies that leverage coalitions and relationships to maximize clients’ opportunities. Hunter is also an adjunct professor of Sports Law at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies.

Previously, Hunter was general counsel of theGROUP, a well-known DC lobbying firm with close ties to the Obama Administration that specialized in finding mutually beneficial synergies between corporate, political, and social interests.

A native of Tallahassee, Florida, Hunter received his bachelor's degree from Emory University, where he was a member of the varsity basketball team, and his juris doctorate from the Georgetown University Law Center where he was president of the Student Bar Association. He currently lives with his wife and son in Miami, Florida.