Little League Foundation

Little League Baseball and Softball are supported in part by the Little League Foundation, chartered in 1955. The foundation’s purpose is to guide the long-range ambitions of the program and to provide financial integrity for the Little League movement. Much of the support for Little League operations is provided though the workings of the foundation.

The Little League Foundation is administered by the Board of Trustees of which Howard Paster of Washington, D.C., is president, Dr. Creighton J. Hale of Williamsport, Pa., is Senior Vice President, and Stephen D. Keener of Williamsport is Vice President/Secretary.

Mr. Paster is executive vice president, public relations/public affairs, at WPP Group, and was previously chairman and chief executive officer of Hill & Knowlton, Inc. He joined the WPP parent company in August 2002, overseeing WPP's portfolio of public relations and public affairs businesses. Prior to joining Hill & Knowlton, he served as assistant to President Bill Clinton and director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. He is a member of the board of trustees of Tuskegee University, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Some past trustees of the Little League Foundation are Bob Hope, Walt Disney, Walter O’Malley, William A. “Bill” Shea, Jack Kent Cooke, and Lawrence Welk.

Current trustees of the Little League Foundation also include:

• Neil Austrian, Old Greenwich, Conn.
• Barton K. Boyd, Burbank, Calif.
• Jane Forbes Clark, New York
• Leonard S. Coleman, Jr., New York
• Joe P. Crookham, Oskaloosa, Iowa
• Peter G. Diamandis, Greenwich, Conn.
• Ann Meyers Drysdale, Huntington Beach, Calif.
• John Grisham, Charlottesville, Va.
• Eric M. Hilton, Beverly Hills, Calif.
• Bowie Kuhn, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
• Dennis Lewin, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
• Arte Moreno, Phoenix, Ariz.
• Peter O’Malley, Los Angeles
• Iris Raiford, New York
• Jin Roy Ryu, Seoul, Korea
• Tom Seaver, Calistoga, Calif.
• Dr. Louis Sullivan, Atlanta
• George F. Will, Washington, D.C.
• Fred Wilpon, Great Neck, N.Y.