{{Short description|American ice hockey and baseball executive (born c. 1979)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Tyler Tumminia | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1979}} | occupation = Sports executive | alma_mater = Mount Saint Mary College | known_for = 2nd Commissioner of the Premier Hockey Federation | spouse = Ben Cherington | children = 2 }}
'''Tyler Adwen Tumminia''' (born {{Circa|1979}}) is an American sports executive and former commissioner<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1422938324017336325|user=NWHL|title=The Tyme is now ⏰The NWHL is pleased to announce that Tyler 'Ty' Tumminia has been officially named Commissioner…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=August 4, 2021}}</ref> of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). Prior to her involvement with the PHF, she was a baseball executive and partial owner of several Minor League Baseball (MiLB) teams.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Biertempfel|first=Rob|date=2021-02-01|title=NWHL commissioner Tyler Tumminia relishing the challenge of a bubble season|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2350200/2021/02/01/nwhl-commissioner-tyler-tumminia-pittsburgh-pirates-ben-cherington/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=The Athletic}}</ref>
==Career== Tumminia worked in public relations with IBM before making her foray into sports in 2003 as an intern with the Hudson Valley Renegades. Her time as an intern was short, as the team named her director of community relations just six weeks after she began her internship. Tumminia ultimately remained with the Renegades organization for less than a year as, in 2004, she joined the Goldklang Group, a sports entertainment consulting and management firm. Goldklang Group operates several Minor League Baseball teams, including the Hudson Valley Renegades, Charleston RiverDogs, St. Paul Saints, Pittsfield Suns, and, previously, the Fort Myers Miracle. She was promoted to senior vice president of the company in February 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rykoff|first=Amanda|date=2011-07-05|title=Tyler Tumminia has baseball in her blood|url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/features/story/_/id/6730918/power-players-tyler-tumminia-baseball-blood|access-date=2015-07-07|work=ESPN}}</ref><ref name="leadoff">{{cite web|last=Fordin|first=Spencer|date=2012-08-06|title=Leadoff woman: Tumminia makes strides|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/leadoff-woman-executive-tyler-tumminia-makes-strides/c-36211002|access-date=2014-09-15|website=Major League Baseball}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2011-12-05|title=Tyler Tumminia Named Senior Vice President of the Goldklang Group|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-26093552|access-date=2015-07-07|work=Charleston RiverDogs News}}</ref> In October 2011, she graduated from Major League Baseball's Scout Development Program.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kernan|first=Kevin|date=2012-09-02|title=Diamond is the best friend of minor league exec|url=https://nypost.com/2012/09/02/diamond-is-the-best-friend-of-minor-league-exec/|access-date=2015-07-07|website=New York Post|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2350200/2021/02/01/nwhl-commissioner-tyler-tumminia-pittsburgh-pirates-ben-cherington/ theathletic.com]</ref>
In 2014, Tumminia was listed on Bleacher Report's 25 Most Influential Women in Sports.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Amber|title=25 of the Most Influential Women in Sports|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2015585-25-most-influential-women-in-sports|access-date=2022-01-14|website=Bleacher Report|language=en}}</ref> She left Goldklang Group at the conclusion of the 2016 season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Senior Vice President, Tyler Tumminia, Leaving the Goldklang Group|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-200245066|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Minor League Baseball|language=en}}</ref>
In April 2020, Tumminia was announced as chairman of the Toronto Six, the first Canadian expansion team of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; rebranded as PHF in 2021).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rutherford|first=Kristina|date=2020-04-22|title=Meet the NWHL Toronto franchise's chairman, Ty Tumminia|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/ty-tumminia-nwhl-toronto-chairman/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Sportsnet}}</ref> Six months later, in October 2020, the NWHL made significant changes to its governance structure and Tumminia was named interim commissioner of the league. She became the second commissioner in NWHL history, preceded by league founder and president Dani Rylan Kearney.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Herman|first=Howard|date=2020-11-03|title=Former Pittsfield Suns co-owner Tyler Tumminia named commissioner of National Women's Hockey League|url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/sports/local_sports/former-pittsfield-suns-co-owner-tyler-tumminia-named-commissioner-of-national-womens-hockey-league/article_7d4c7dc0-1942-11eb-8bb1-539103cec9ea.html|access-date=2020-12-13|website=The Berkshire Eagle|language=en}}</ref> She became the permanent commissioner on August 4, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/hockey/news/nwhl-officially-name-tyler-tumminia-commissioner|title = NWHL Officially Name Tyler Tumminia Commissioner}}</ref>
On February 19, 2022, it was reported that Tumminia was not seeking to renew her contract as commissioner and would step down at the end of the 2021–22 PHF season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/women-hockey/article/phf-commissioner-tyler-tumminia-resigns-will-stay-end-playoffs/ |title=PHF commissioner Tyler Tumminia resigns, will stay on until end of playoffs |website=Sportsnet |date=February 19, 2022 |access-date=February 20, 2022}}</ref> During her time as commissioner, Tumminia secured a streaming agreement with ESPN, oversaw the rebranding of the league from the NWHL to the PHF, and achieved an investment commitment of over $25 million in pay and benefits to players from the board of governors.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wyshynski |first1=Greg |author-link=Greg Wyshynski |date=2022-02-20 |title=PHF commissioner resigns on 'her terms' |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33332589/tyler-tumminia-43-resigns-commissioner-premier-hockey-federation-source-says-was-decision-terms |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref> She was succeeded by Reagan Carey on May 10, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wychynski |first1=Greg |title=Premier Hockey Federation names Reagan Carey, former USA Hockey director of women's ice hockey, as commissioner |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33808357/premier-hockey-federation-names-reagan-carey-former-usa-hockey-director-women-ice-hockey-commissioner |website=ESPN |access-date=2022-11-06 |language=en |date=2022-04-26}}</ref>
== Personal life == Tumminia's father, John Tumminia, worked as a scout for the Chicago White Sox and is the reason she was named after Ty Cobb.<ref name="blood">{{cite web|last=Grossfeld|first=Stan|date=2015-05-05|title=Tyler Tumminia, wife of Red Sox GM, is also a baseball power broker|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/05/04/tyler-tumminia-has-baseball-her-blood/oMo4IaqitzzLQbVSgTGZ5H/story.html#|accessdate=2015-07-07|work=The Boston Globe}}</ref>
Tumminia is a graduate of Mount Saint Mary College.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2012-04-09|title=Ben Cherington marries fiancee Tyler Tumminia|url=https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2012/04/09/ben-cherington-marries-fiancee-tyler-tumminia/|access-date=2015-07-07|work=Boston.com}}</ref>
She married current Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington in April 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Shanahan|first1=Mark|last2=Goldstein|first2=Meredith|date=2012-04-10|title=Red Sox GM Ben Cherington gets married|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2012/04/09/ben-cherington-marries-fiancee-tyler-tumminia/pAwEsVoInxPwY4fxXCd33L/story.html|access-date=2020-07-20|website=The Boston Globe|language=en-US}}</ref> The couple have two daughters.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2012-07-10|title=Sox GM Ben Cherington and his wife Tyler welcome a baby girl named Adwen|url=http://www.boston.com/names/2012/07/09/sox-ben-cherington-and-his-wife-tyler-welcome-baby-girl/YLmh3fLPUn1MitQNUkzJdK/story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712014704/http://www.boston.com/names/2012/07/09/sox-ben-cherington-and-his-wife-tyler-welcome-baby-girl/YLmh3fLPUn1MitQNUkzJdK/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2012|accessdate=2014-09-15|website=Boston.com}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web|url=http://goldklanggroup.com/executives/?staff_id=1 |title=Tyler Tumminia |publisher= Goldklang Group}}
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