Considered by many to be among the future leaders of the game, Arizona Diamondbacks President & CEO Derrick Hall has turned the D-backs into a model franchise within the sports industry and throughout the business world during his six years at the helm of the club. Hall focuses the organization's efforts in five areas he has called the "Circle of Success" - fan experience, performance, community, culture and financial efficiency - each of which has seen tremendous success during his tenure.

With a focus on creating the best fan experience in all of sports, Hall has succeeded in accomplishing that goal at both Chase Field and at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, the D-backs' Spring Training home near Scottsdale. Stadium enhancements at Chase Field that have taken place under Hall's guidance include the APS solar shade structure in the plaza area, new HD scoreboard in center field, the St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's Sandlot on the upper level, the Miller Lite Diamond Club, All-You-Can-Eat Seats on the Insight Diamond level and value-item pricing at concession stands and Team Shop locations throughout the ballpark. Hall also installed, named and created a FAWTSY (Find A Way To Say Yes) customer service policy throughout the organization to further improve upon the extraordinary fan experience, while the team continues to offer the lowest average ticket prices in Major League Baseball.

Hall's leadership helped guide the 2011 D-backs to the National League West Division Championship while setting the team up for future success on the field. Following a 97-loss season in 2010, Hall hired Kevin Towers as the club's general manager and along with Towers, tabbed Kirk Gibson as the manager. The results were immediate, with the team posting a 29-game turnaround and a 94-win season, the third-highest total in franchise history. Gibson would go on to win National League Manager of the Year honors while Towers finished third in Executive of the Year voting.

In the community, Hall has positioned the D-backs as one of the largest philanthropic entities in the Valley. This season, the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation and the D-backs organization will surpass the $30 million mark in charitable giving since their inception in 1998, including more than $4 million in 2011 and $16 million in the past six years under Hall's direction. He established the Michael Wogan Season Ticket Scholarship Program, a first-of-its-kind program for fans or existing season ticket holders who may have experienced a change in circumstances, resulting in a total of 81 families being given full season tickets worth a combined total value of more than $532,000 since 2008.

The unique corporate culture of the D-backs, which was created by Hall, led Yahoo! to recently deem the club as "the best workplace in sports." Hall created a President's Council, comprised of select members of the executive management team and a rotating committee consisting of the organization's Employee of the Month winners, to organize numerous company culture events throughout the year. He also established employee recognition programs like "A-Game All-Stars" to reward game-day employees for exceptional service on a monthly basis throughout the season. The organization's investment in its employees resulted in the D-backs becoming the first sports organization to be named among the "Best Places to Work" by the Phoenix Business Journal and BestCompaniesAZ for five consecutive years from 2007-11, as well as by PHOENIX magazine in 2008.

The success of the franchise both on and off the field during Hall's tenure has led to numerous awards and honors. Most recently, the team was named "Organization of the Year" by the Downtown Phoenix Partnership and the Arizona Business Leadership Award from the . This past season, the franchise was named a "Most Admired Company" by AZBusiness Magazine and they were awarded the top leadership of all Arizona companies. In 2010, the D-backs were given the inaugural United Nations NGO Positive Peace Award, which named the D-backs the most positive team in the world and is viewed as a 21st century peace prize, The award honors and recognizes organizations positively impacting their communities through corporate responsibility.

In 2011, Hall's vision to further establish the organization as a sports industry leader while spurring economic development and impact throughout the Valley came to fruition, as the team hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field for the first time ever, creating an economic impact of more than $67 million. Hall's persistence in convincing MLB to award the Midsummer Classic to the D-backs allowed Chase Field and downtown Phoenix to be showcased in more than 100 million homes across the world, while worked diligently with city leaders, politicians and officials to ensure that fans had the finest All-Star Game experience.

The unveiling of Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, the D-backs 140-acre Spring Training facility shared with the Colorado Rockies on Salt River Indian Community land near Scottsdale, Ariz., has greatly added to the already $350 million of economic impact for the Valley associated with Spring Training each year. The team set a franchise record for Spring Training attendance while the two teams set an all-time Major League record for combined attendance at a single Spring Training facility. Salt River Fields was the first professional sports training facility in the U.S. to be built on tribal land and was privately funded without the use of any taxpayer dollars.

Hall's vision for Salt River Fields was to keep fan interaction with players a top priority while also ensuring maximum comfort for visitors attending games at the 11,000-seat ballpark. Both goals were accomplished, as the main stadium is located in the middle of the facility to enable fans to mingle throughout and get an up close look at D-backs players as they practice. A unique roof structure and a northeast-facing field allow for approximately 85 percent of the fans in all 7,000 fixed seats to be shaded as the game progresses.

Hall also routinely communicates with D-backs fans as part of his "one fan at a time" concept by answering every letter, email or phone call. He conducts monthly chats on the Internet and is among just a handful of club presidents on Twitter (@DhallDbacks), where he interacts regularly with fans. Hall spends most of his time at home games communicating with the fans in the stands to ensure their fan experience at Chase Field is exceptional.

Among the projects outside of Chase Field and Salt River Fields that have Hall's fingerprints on them is the Legends Entertainment District, a joint venture between the D-backs, the Phoenix Suns and the City of Phoenix that is the first of its kind between two professional sports organizations. The project has transford the look of downtown Phoenix by creating experiential outdoor marketing opportunities and an energetic backdrop for visitors and Phoenix residents to enjoy their experience downtown.

Hall currently serves on 27 boards, including the Arizona Mexico Commission, Great Hearts Academies, Arizona Chamber of Commerce, Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau, Muscular Dystrophy Association, National Advisory Council for Pancreatic Cancer, US Airways Education Foundation, St. Vincent de Paul and Florence Crittendon. Hall, who is the current Chairman of the Board for the Valley of the Sun United Way, raised $47 million throughout the Phoenix area as the non-profit organization's 2009-10 campaign chairman. He has also raised money by serving as an event chairman for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC) and the Foundation for Blind Children.

Hall, who serves on MLB's diversity committee, now gives numerous keynote speeches to various groups or conventions throughout the country about his unique vision on leadership, customer service and culture. He recently spoke to U.S. Air Force Academy cadets at the annual National Leadership and Character Symposium in Colorado Springs. He donates all speaking engagement fees back to the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation and other non-profit organizations he supports.

A native of Los Angeles, Hall originally joined the D-backs in May 2005 as Senior Vice President, Communications and served in numerous capacities prior to being named president in September 2006 and adding the title of CEO in January 2009. Prior to joining the D-backs, Hall made a brief stop as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications for KB Home, a Fortune 500 company based in Los Angeles, where he increased the brand awareness of the nation's fifth-largest homebuilder. He spent parts of 12 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, joining the organization's Single-A Florida State League affiliate in Vero Beach, Fla., in 1992 and departing as the club's Senior Vice President, Communications in 2004. In between, he served key roles during three ownership changes with the Dodgers and was recognized for reuniting Fernando Valenzuela with the organization after hiring him as a color analyst for the team's Spanish radio broadcasts in 2003.

Hall stepped outside of baseball for employment during the 1999 season, first as a member of the media as a host for a three-hour morning talk show on the Dodgers' flagship station (XTRA 1150 AM) and as host of the "Dodger Game Day" pre-game radio show when the team played at Dodger Stadium. He also had a stint in front of the camera as a weekend sports anchor at KNBC-TV (Ch. 4) in Los Angeles.

Hall received a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University, where he was named "Man of the Year" in 1991, in broadcasting and journalism and a master's degree from Ohio University in sports administration. In 2002, he was inducted into the ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications Alumni Hall of Fame and was awarded the ASU Young Alumni Achievement Award in 2003. In 2006, Ohio University's Sports Administration Program awarded Hall as the 25th recipient of the Charles R. Higgins Distinguished Alumnus Award. Hall was the keynote speaker for ASU's Cronkite school convocation in December 2008, becoming the first Cronkite alum to deliver a commencement speech at the school's graduation.

In 2007, Hall was named to the Phoenix Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" class, was the recipient of the "Community Lifeline Award" from Teen Lifeline and was named the Phoenix Father's Day Council "Father of the Year" to benefit the American Diabetes Association. The SportsBusiness Journal added him to its prestigious "Forty Under 40" class in 2008. The Phoenix Business Journal also named Hall to its inaugural list of "Most Admired CEOs" in 2009. Hall is also a member of the ASU W.P. Carey School of Business "Dean's Council of 100," Young Presidents' Organization and the Thunderbirds.

He faced his greatest personal challenge last season, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September, just as the team was battling for a division title. Hall immediately went public with the diagnosis in order to encourage other men to get tested after age 40. Following successful surgery to remove his prostate, Hall is now cancer free and has become a tireless advocate of cancer-fighting charities while continuing to speak publicly about the health challenge he faces.

Hall and his wife, Amy, reside in Paradise Valley with their children Logan, Hayden and Kylie.