John Beaven is in his 16th season with the Golden State Warriors organization. In his current role as Senior Vice President, Ticket Sales & Services, Beaven is responsible for all aspects of the team’s ticket and suite efforts, which include the strategic planning and execution for season ticket and single game initiatives, customer service, and premium suite sales and service efforts. Beaven is also responsible for the creation and implementation of the team’s innovative Chase Center membership program. Lastly, in addition to his ticketing responsibilities Beaven oversees the team’s events department, planning and executing key events for the organization including the 2018 NBA Championship parade.

Under Beaven’s guidance, the Warriors’ season ticket base has remained at a franchise record 14,500 seats for the last four seasons with season ticket renewal rates of over 90 percent during each of the last five campaigns. The Warriors also launched a Season Ticket Priority Wait List at the start of the 2013-14 season, which has grown to over 43,000 members.

Prior to being promoted to his current role, Beaven served as the executive director of ticket sales, including in the summer of 2013 when the team surpassed 14,000 season ticket holders for the first time in franchise history. Previously, he also served as the team’s director of group sales for three seasons, when he helped double the department’s annual sales numbers and managed to eclipse the league benchmark of 3,000 departmental group tickets sold per game for the 2009-10 season. He originally joined the organization in 2003 as a season ticket account executive before being named group sales manager two years later.

A native of London, England, Beaven spent his childhood in Sacramento, Calif., before receiving his bachelor’s degree in general biology from the University of California, San Diego in 2002. Beaven has a daughter, Sara Beaven, and currently resides in Walnut Creek, Calif., with his wife, Tarah, their son Foster, and dog, Taz.