Team names Egusquiza first Vice President of Diversity

The Miami Marlins named Raquel “Rocky” Egusquiza as the team’s first-ever Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the team announced Thursday.

In her new role, Egusquiza will “guide the Marlins’ efforts to continue to promote a culture with a variety of qualities, characteristics and unique experiences for individuals of all backgrounds, while fostering a feeling of belonging amid a community of support and collaboration,” the team said in a statement.

“We are proud to have cultivated at the Marlins one of most diverse front offices in professional sports,” Marlins CEO Derek Jeter said in a statement. “By defining this role with Rocky leading these vital efforts, we are reinforcing our organizational priority to exceed expectations in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion. The Marlins organization strives to be thought leaders in this space as we enlist our employees, prospective employees, fans and community to apply the importance of diversity and access to opportunity in their decision making. Rocky has an incredible passion for promoting the diversity of the South Florida community in which she was raised. She has a proven track record — and will continue to prove — to be a valuable member of our organization in the areas of employee engagement and organizational initiatives.”

Egusquiza is the Executive Director of the Miami Marlins Foundation, and she will stay in that role. She is on the Governing Board of Pro Sports Assembly, is a founding member of the Kennedy center Latino Advisory Board and a co-founder of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility Corporate Executive Board.

“I am honored to continue the commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion by the Marlins’ ownership group and leadership team,” Egusquiza said in the statement. “It is imperative that we make a meaningful impact and ensure an inclusive culture throughout our organization as we engage, develop and retain a diverse and talented workforce that is representative of our South Florida community while extending these same principles to our partners and vendors.

“We have already had so much recent success with the launch of our internal employee action committees and our social justice initiatives, and I am looking forward to working with all our internal leaders and external partners to create additional meaningful impact for our people, our culture, our fans, and our community.”

Egusquiza has been a part of the Marlins’ organization since 2019, leading the Marlins’ charitable foundation. During her tenure, the foundation has created a food pantry at Charles Drew K-8 school in Miami and established scholarship programs at Miami Dade College and Florida International University.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation has distributed 800,000 meals, 24,000 bottles of hand sanitizer and 20,000 face coverings.

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