Working Life: Jean, Assistant General Manager, NY Yankees

Jean Afterman
Assistant General Manager of the NY Yankees

Jean does not have a short answer to what it means to oversee baseball
operations at the Yankees. Pro scouting, amateur scouting, international
scouting. Contracts, union issues, labor and immigration rules. "A million things
go into running a team on any given day." Before a game, she's in the clubhouse
checking on the players, coaches and the manager. When spring training starts,
she follows the team to Tampa until Opening Day.

Jean is only the third woman to hold the title of Assistant General Manager in
the history of Major League Baseball. She started out as an actress, switched
to film production and then got her law degree. She caught the Yankees'
attention because her California/Tokyo sports agency specialized in representing
international players, particularly stars from Japan. "I'm a Yankees fan, but I still
love the San Francisco Giants," she says. "Fortunately they're in the National
League."

Through the organization Pencil, Jean mentors elementary students at P.S. 35,
a Bronx school in the shadow of Yankee Stadium. "I've had five career paths. I
want kids to know the world is a big place and the future is actually bright when
you have an education."

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