Caribbean Administration Staff

Ali Cepeda

President/Owner & West Coast-Southwest Director

Ali Cepeda was born in 1976 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Coming from a baseball family, Ali started playing baseball at the young age of 3. Having a Hall Of Fame father and 3 brothers that all played professionally, the game was a religion in the Cepeda household. Ali moved to the bay area (Fairfield) in 1993 and attended St Pats HS in Vallejo excelling as a 2 sport athlete. Graduated in 1995 from Armijo HS in Fairfield. Went on to play in Redwood City at Canada College. Cepeda was drafted by the Texas Rangers and 95, but ended up signing with the SF Giants in 1996. After playing with the SF Giants in the minors for 4 years, he played internationally for 4 more years before starting Cepeda Baseball Academy.  After his playing days were over, Cepeda began pursuing a career giving back to the game he loves.  "Baseball is the reason why I was put on this earth. I love going to the field every day and sharing my knowledge and passion for the game with our future"  Contact at ali@cepedabaseball.com

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate and Oversee Day to Day Operations
• Player Evaluation and Recruitment
• Social Media, Tournament Schedule
• Assist in Tournament Planning

Camille Cepeda

Tournament Director

Camille has flawlessly organized the Caribbean Classic tournaments since 2012. She has over 10 years of experience as an Administrative Specialist and 9 years of experience with Project Management. Camille is currently a Project manager for Kaiser Permanente.  Camille is also hard at work with other projects within the Cepeda organization. She is Cepeda’s Off-Field Camps Director, Year Around Tournament Director, and CYD Secretary. Contact at camille@cepedabaseball.com

Julio Rivera

Southeast Coordinator

Julio was born in Humacao, PR and moved to Rochester N.Y. at the age of 16 where he graduated from East High School.

Julio has been around baseball his entire life and grew up playing with players like Alex Cintron, who played 9 seasons in the MLB and is currently the hitting coach for the Houston Astros, and several other former professional players. He still has a love and passion for the game and helping others and it’s easy to see within minutes of meeting Julio.

Julio has been around the Cepeda Organization and helped in various capacities for the past several years but officially joins our team as our Southeast Coordinator where he helps with scouting talent, identifying and recruiting players for our Cepeda USA teams. He also stays busy traveling along the Southeast taking his 16-year old son Julio (2022) to tournaments and showcases, which keeps him active in the travel baseball arena.

Julio currently resides in Fayetteville, NC with his incredible wife Dahir, and in addition to Julio they are also the parents of two beautiful daughters, Nayshleann, 22 and Daneishly, 11.

Linda Kinsey

Assistant to the President

Software Engineering Program/Project manager for 30 + years. Now Retired.