Our Team
Harry Marino
President
Harry Marino is the President of Sports Solidarity. He is an attorney and former professional baseball player who led the successful effort to unionize 5,500 minor league baseball players across 150 teams and negotiated the players’ historic first collective bargaining agreement. Harry has served in various positions over his career, including Executive Director of the nonprofit Advocates for Minor Leaguers, litigation associate at Williams & Connolly LLP, assistant general counsel at the Major League Baseball Players Association, and law clerk to federal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Harry received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and his B.A. from Williams College.
David Foster
General Counsel
David Foster is General Counsel at Sports Solidarity. He is an attorney and former collegiate track and field athlete with extensive sports union experience, having served as Executive Director of the Next Gen Basketball Players Union and deputy general counsel at the National Basketball Players Association. In addition to helping unionize basketball’s minor league (G League), David has negotiated multiple collective bargaining agreements on behalf of NBA players and G League players, and assisted WNBA players on several legal matters. Before joining the NBPA, David was an assistant U.S. attorney in Newark, NJ, and an assistant district attorney in Queens County, NY. David received his J.D. from Fordham University and his A.B. from Princeton University.
Andrew Tripp
Organizing Director
Andrew Tripp is the Organizing Director at Sports Solidarity. He has been an organizer and leader within the labor movement, both as staff and an elected leader, for the last three decades. In that time he has worked on, designed, and led campaigns that have helped more than 100,000 workers form unions. He also has extensive experience negotiating contracts, running strikes, and passing ballot initiatives and legislation. A varsity D1 athlete in college, for the last twelve years Andrew has moonlighted as a public high school cross country, nordic skiing, and track and field coach. He was the 2020 Boys National Cross Country Coach of the Year and his teams have won more than 30 state championships. Andrew received his M.A. from the University of Chicago and his B.A. from Harvard College.
Josh Thole
Chief of Staff
Josh Thole is the Chief of Staff at Sports Solidarity. He played professional baseball for over fourteen years, eight of which he played at the Major League level for the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays. During his time in the Major Leagues, he served as an elected union Player Representative in the Major League Baseball Players Association, where he successfully helped lead his fellow players through two collective bargaining agreements. After retiring from baseball, he began a career in labor organizing. Josh worked as an Outreach Coordinator at Advocates for Minor Leaguers, and helped successfully lead the effort to unionize minor league baseball players.
Brandon Withers
Associate
Brandon Withers is an Associate at Sports Solidarity. He is a former professional baseball player, and during his playing career he served as one of the initial members of the Advocates for Minor Leaguers Player Steering Committee. After his six year minor league career, Brandon joined the staff of Advocates for Minor Leaguers as an Outreach Coordinator before becoming a Minor League Special Assistant at the Major League Baseball Players Association. Brandon received his B.B.A. from James Madison University, where he played baseball for four years prior to being drafted by the Oakland Athletics.
Kenneth Farrow II
Associate
Kenneth Farrow II is an Associate at Sports Solidarity. He played professional football for seven seasons, including four in the National Football League with the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, and San Diego (now Los Angeles) Chargers. Kenneth was the founding President of the United Football Players Association, an organization he created with fellow Sports Solidarity Associate Nick Temple that successfully unionized minor league football. Before playing in the NFL, Kenneth received his B.S. from the University of Houston, where he was a three-time captain of the football team.
Lucy Montgomery
Associate
Lucy Montgomery is an Associate at Sports Solidarity. A former college basketball player, Lucy has spent the last several years working to advance women’s sports in roles at Sports Innovation Lab, Athletes Unlimited, and Angel City FC. She started her career in management consulting and has experience working in the public sector for the Chicago mayor’s office and Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign. Lucy received her B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was captain of the basketball team and President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and later earned both an M.B.A from Stanford University and an M.P.A. from Harvard University.
Nick Temple
Associate
Nick Temple is an Associate at Sports Solidarity. He played professional football for seven seasons, including one in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals. Nick was the founding Vice President of the United Football Players Association, an organization he created with fellow Sports Solidarity Associate Kenneth Farrow II that successfully unionized minor league football. Nick received both his B.A and M.S. in Sports Administration from the University of Cincinnati.
Taylor Thames
Associate
Taylor Thames is an Associate at Sports Solidarity. A former two-sport standout in soccer and track, Taylor has been a champion for this generation of college athletes. She is the Founder of the Mississippi State University Black Student Athlete Alliance and Co-Founder of the Cal State Northridge Matadors United Diversity and Equity Committee. For her leadership she has received numerous awards and recognition, including a nomination for 2023 NCAA Woman the Year. Taylor received her B.A. from California State University and her M.S. from Mississippi State University.