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the lead negotiator in both corporate sponsor and broadcasting contracts. During this time, Dolich established relationships with wide variety of community-based organizations in the Bay Area. He was the team spokesperson in all business and marketing related matters with media and served on Major League
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as the administrative assistant to the general manager from 1971–1974. He created the “Year of the
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executive, and currently operates a sports consultancy, Dolich & Associates, in Los Altos, California. Dolich has more than five decades of experience in the professional sports industry, including executive positions in the
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from 1976–1978. With the
Capitals, Dolich directed all aspects of the team’s marketing and sales affairs. He also negotiated and optimized the team’s relationships with radio and television rights holders.
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in 1989 to win the “Battle of the Bay” and the world championship.
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