A club founder and one of the Rockies’ managing general partners since 1992, Charlie Monfort was named Chairman and CEO of the Rockies on March 31, 2003. He enters his sixth full season in that capacity.

Monfort, along with Jerry McMorris, acquired the expansion team’s controlling interests on Sept. 2, 1992 and has been a part of the club’s management for all 14 seasons. Prior to being named CEO, he served as the club’s Vice Chairman from 1993-2002. Colorado led the majors in attendance for each of its first seven seasons and has now drawn more than 41 million fans since, better than any team in baseball. Charlie can frequently be found sitting at his seats near the home dugout, cheering on every pitch along with his fellow Rockies fans.

“Our fans are some of the most loyal in sports,” Monfort says. “(Coors Field) is such a special place for players and fans alike and we as an organization are working diligently to get back to that level of excitement that was such a big part of our franchise in the early years.”

But Charlie knows his job reaches far beyond the walls of 20th and Blake Street.

Both he and his brother Dick have strong ties to the state of Colorado and are very active within the community. In September of 2004, The Monfort Family Foundation gave a $10 million dollar gift to The Children's Hospital to help build a new medical facility in Aurora. Charlie lends his time to numerous charity organizations and currently serves on the Special Olympics Board of Directors and Kempe Foundation Board.

Charlie’s family has operated a major cattle-feeding operation for three generations, and introduced fabrication of beef products in 1959. Based in Greeley, Colo., the company was operated by the Monforts since the 1930s. Charlie became president of Monfort International Sales Corp., in 1988 and under his guidance the corporation became one of the largest beef exporters in the world, and the leading exporter of beef products to Asia.

Monfort, 48, became president of ConAgra Refrigerated Foods International, Inc., in 1996, which consolidated his company with all of ConAgra’s refrigerated foods international companies. In order to concentrate on his leadership role in the Rockies, Charlie resigned as president in late 1998.

Charlie and his wife, Vanessa, have twins, son Lucas and daughter Danica (10/20/03). Charlie also has a son, Kenny, and a daughter, Ciara. The family resides in Greeley.

Born Oct. 30, 1959, Monfort has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and business management from the University of Utah (‘82) and served as president of Kappa Sigma fraternity in college. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Mesa State College in Grand Junction.