JULIA McNEIL
General Manager
Julia McNeil is the General Manager for the Midwest League Quad Cities River Bandits, High-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.
Julia has steadily worked her way up the baseball ladder, succeeding in every position. She started in 2014 as an intern for the Nashua Silver Knights of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. The following season, she moved up to the Lowell Spinners of the New York-Penn League. When she completed her internship, Julia was hired to work in the ticketing department, where she rose to become Group Sales Manager.
After the 2018 season, Julia left her native Lowell to join the River Bandits. After one season as the team’s Box Office Manager, she was promoted to Director of Ticketing and Sales/Fulfillment, then Assistant General Manager of Ballpark Operations before becoming the team’s Assistant General Manager.
With Julia as part of the River Bandits’ senior leadership team, the club has earned a myriad of honors, including Ballpark Digest’s Minor League Baseball Team of the Year award (2021) and its Charitable Award (2019 and 2023). In 2024, the team’s ballpark, Modern Woodmen Park, won its second-straight USA TODAY/10Best.com's Readers’ Choice Award for America’s Best Minor League Ballpark.
One of the leading advocates for women in minor league baseball, Julia was a member of the inaugural MiLB LIFT (Leaders Inspiring Future Talent) program. That program matches women in the industry to build relationships and help further the careers of women in baseball. In 2019, Julia was the recipient of the MiLB Women in Baseball Leadership Scholarship, which provided four women in the industry the opportunity to attend the Baseball Winter Meetings.
Away from the ballpark, Julia serves as the Chairwoman of the Jaycees of the Quad Cities, a young professionals organization that enhances the community through volunteer and networking opportunities. She has been a member of the Jaycees Board of Directors since 2021, holding numerous leadership roles within that organization.
Julia is a native of Lowell, Massachusetts, and a 2015 graduate of Vermont State University-Lyndon where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management and an Associate’s degree in Business Administration.
