John Maroon opened the doors to Maroon PR in 2006.  His career in public relations & marketing began in 1987. Upon graduation from St. John’s University in Queens, NY, the Clifton, NJ native began his career as a PR assistant at Major League Baseball in Manhattan. In 1990, John joined the Cleveland Indians organization as their Director of Media Relations. John spent five seasons with the Tribe and was heavily involved in the opening of Jacobs Field. In early 1995 Maroon accepted the position of Director of Public Relations for the Baltimore Orioles. While with the O’s Maroon handled all media relations efforts for Cal Ripken’s historic breaking of Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games played record in 1995 as well as two trips to the postseason in 1996 and 1997. In 1999, after five years with the Orioles, John accepted a position as the Vice President of Communications with the Washington Redskins. One year later, he returned to Baltimore where he was reunited with Ripken – working for his newly formed organizations, Ripken Baseball and the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation. He worked in-house with Ripken for six years before starting Maroon PR. John operates Maroon PR with his wife of over 30 years, Carolyn. John has served on the Board of Directors of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, the Maryland Food Bank and as a member of the Capital Campaign Committee for House of Ruth Maryland. In his free time, he enjoys golfing, sipping on bourbon and spending time with Carolyn & Jack, the family’s retired racing greyhound from Ireland and Maroon PR’s Chief of Staff.