Mike Plant was named the Braves’ Executive Vice President of Business Operations in November of 2003. His responsibilities include overseeing stadium operations, security, finance, personnel, special events and the operations of the minor league clubs.

Plant joined the Braves after having served as an executive vice president of Turner Sports since February of 2002. In that position he was in charge of the day-to-day operations of the division, a $500-million acquisition, promotion and production company that broadcast approximately 1,200 hours of sports programming on various Turner networks.

Before becoming executive vice president of Turner Sports, Plant was president of Goodwill Games and vice president of events for Turner Sports. He was responsible for the overall direction and management of the Goodwill Games, as well as all sports properties acquired by Turner Sports. Prior to joining Turner Sports, Plant was president of Medalist Sports, a full-service sports marketing company he founded in 1988. Medalist Sports created and operated premier cycling events, such as the Tour DuPont, Tour of China and the 1996 Olympic Trials.

In addition, Plant was the associate executive director of the U.S. Cycling Federation in Colorado Springs, Colo., from 1986-88 and the executive director of the Canoe and Kayak Team from 1985-86. Plant was a member of the 1980 U.S Olympic Speed Skating team in Lake Placid, N.Y., and a sixtime member of the U.S. World Championship speed skating teams. Since 1980, he has been appointed to numerous committees for the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), the U.S. International Speed skating Association and USA Cycling. In January 1989, after having served two, four-year terms as the U.S. speed skating athlete representative on the USOC’s Athlete’s Advisory Council, he was
elected to a four-year term as chairman.

Plant served on the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees for the Salt Lake City Olympic BidCommittee for the 2002 Winter Games. Plant served an eight-year term on the USOC’s Board of Directors and executive committee (1984-92) and as chairman of the Athlete Performance Group (1992-96).

Some of the other USOC committees he has worked on include the Olympic Broadcast Properties Board, the Finance Committee, Athlete Insurance Committee, Junior Olympic Committee, Games Preparation Committee, the President’s Task Force on Central Funding, the Nominating Committee for USOC Officers and the Executive Director Search Committee. He currently serves on the USOC’s Resource Allocation Committee.

Plant was the president of USA Cycling, the National Governing Body for Olympic cycling from 1995 – 2002.

Internationally, Plant serves on the International Cycling Federation’s (UCI) Executive Committee(1997-2005) and is the Chairman of the Television and Marketing Commission.