Wendy Selig-Prieb (born 1960) is an American businesswoman who was once the principal owner and president of the

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organization. She is the daughter of former MLB commissioner

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Biography

Selig-Prieb graduated from

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in 1982, and earned her

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from

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in 1988, she worked as a corporate attorney for

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before joining the Brewers. During her tenure as an executive with the Brewers, Selig-Prieb was the only female president and chairman of a

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Club. As part of management's Labor Committee in 1994–1995, Selig-Prieb was the first woman to represent Major League Baseball in its collective bargaining with the

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. She served on numerous other committees for Baseball and represented the Brewers at Major League meetings from September 1992-January 2005. As of 2014 Selig-Prieb served on the board of directors of

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, a

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-based hospitality company. She is also a director of Worth LTD, a direct-to-consumer fashion company. Prior to assuming this position, Selig-Prieb spent two years as president of Worth New York, the flagship brand of Worth.

Personal life

Selig-Prieb is married to Laurel Prieb, former vice president of Western operations and special projects for Major League Baseball, and former vice president of marketing for the Milwaukee Brewers. The couple have one daughter, journalist Natalie Prieb. Wendy was born in 1960 in

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to Donna Chaimson and

. She has a sister, Sari Selig-Kramer, and a stepsister from her father's second marriage, Lisa Steinman.

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Biography

Personal life

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