Kevin Mather is an American baseball executive. He is the President and minority owner of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. Mather grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin?Madison in 1984, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting and risk/insurance. He worked as a Certified Public Accountant firm for five years, before joining the front office of the Minnesota Twins, starting as their director of finance in 1989, and receiving a promotion to vice president in 1992. Mather joined the Mariners organization in 1996, serving as executive vice president of finance. He was in charge of overseeing the building of Safeco Field. In January 2014, he was selected to succeed Chuck Armstrong as team president. Mather and his wife, Shannon, live in Issaquah, Washington. They have three sons: John, David, and Steven.