As Vice President of Corporate Partnerships for both Sounders FC and the Seattle Seahawks, Jenkins and the outstanding team he is privileged to lead are responsible for developing and activating both teams’ relationships with business and media partners. Jenkins, having recently completed his 12th season with the Seahawks (fourth in his role of vice president) and second with the Sounders, joined the Seahawks staff in June, 1999, as director of ticket sales and has since held positions as director of suite sales & service (leading the sales effort for the opening of Qwest Field from 2000-02), director of marketing (2003-04), and director of partnership development (2005-06).

Prior to joining the Seahawks, he served nine years in various sales and marketing management positions with Bacardi USA in the midwest and southeastern U.S.

After a less than illustrious college football career as a receiver at Columbia University and Vanderbilt University, Jenkins graduated from Vanderbilt (class of ’85) with a B.A. in Economics. A native of Rochester Hills, Michigan, Ron and his wife Dorothy live in Enumclaw, Wash., with their two girls; Ava and Chiara, enjoying the outdoors through horseback riding, cycling, and hiking.