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Joseph (Joe) A. Bailey III was named Chief Executive Officer of Dolphins Enterprises, the holding company of the Miami Dolphins and Dolphin Stadium, on January 13, 2005. Bailey joined the Dolphins from Russell Reynolds Associates, the global executive search and assessment firm. He is a former Dallas Cowboys and NFL executive with an extensive sports and business background.
Bailey is spearheading the major initiatives and innovations occurring at Dolphin Stadium. He has paved the way for the re-branding of the stadium as the foremost sports and entertainment showplace in the Americas and is currently implementing the stadium’s mission of offering visitors an unparalleled live experience combining state-of-the-art technology and amenities with the gold standard in guest services.
With the team, Bailey’s focus is on maintaining and expanding upon the Dolphins’ position as a premier sports institution in the United States. With a respect for history and an eye toward the future, Bailey is determined that the Dolphins remain the most dynamic professional sports franchise in South Florida, while also growing its fan base worldwide and continuing the organization’s aspiration of perfection on and off the field.
Bailey believes the foundation of the future of Dolphins Enterprises is based on the principle that people are the only form of a sustainable, competitive advantage. An initiative-based culture stimulates the innovative thinking required for long-term success.
While at Russell Reynolds Associates, Bailey served as the partner in charge of the firm’s flagship New York office and led the company’s Entertainment, Media & Sports and Corporate Communication practices. His clients included many of the world’s leading sports and entertainment organizations, as well as Fortune 500 companies. In 2004, The Sporting News called Bailey the most influential executive recruiter in sports and included him on its list of .The 100 Most Powerful People in Sports.
Bailey has extensive experience in professional football. He spent nearly two decades with the Dallas Cowboys at the side of NFL Hall of Fame executive Tex Schramm. During Bailey’s tenure, the Cowboys won 13 divisional titles, five NFC titles, and two Super Bowl championships.
Following his tenure in Dallas, Bailey served as Senior Vice President and COO at the World League/NFL for five years. His experience in that international venture included the introduction of a professional ten-team football league in Europe, Canada and the United States. He was responsible for all the diverse elements the startup of such a league entailed, culminating with the inaugural World Bowl in London’s Wembley Stadium in 1991.
Bailey’s management experience extends to other areas as well. In the mid-’90s he was Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer of The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA). He served as President of The InterCompete Group, a New York-based marketing and strategic management consulting firm, and was Co-Founder and Investment Partner in Personalities International.
Bailey has an A.B. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University School of Business. Bailey resides in Fort Lauderdale with his wife, Charlotte, and has three grown children. | 