Colletti, 54, became the 10th general manager in Los Angeles Dodger history and is entering his 28th year in Major League Baseball. During his three years at the helm of the club, the team has reached the postseason twice, making him the first general manager in Dodger history to accomplish that feat. Among the 30 current Major League GMs, only Brian Cashman, Theo Epstein, and Kevin Towers constructed teams that reached the postseason in at least two of their first three years. Since Colletti joined the Dodgers, inheriting a team that finished with a 71-91 record, the team has posted a 254-232 record (.523), the third-best mark in the National League behind the Mets (.564) and Phillies (.547). In his 12 seasons as a General Manager or Assistant General Manager, teams he has been associated with have finished over .500 in 11 seasons.

Since joining the Dodgers, Colletti has been charged with competing for the postseason each year while keeping the team's abundance of young talent intact for the future. To that end, he has put together a team for 2009 centered around a core group of players under the age of 26 while surrounding them with talented veterans, including free agents Rafael Furcal, Casey Blake, who both re-signed with the club during the past winter. In addition, Colletti signed Randy Wolf and Guillermo Mota to solidify the pitching staff, added All-Star Orlando Hudson, and to top it all off, he negotiated a two-year contract to bring back future Hall of Fame outfielder Manny Ramirez, who became one of the most popular players in franchise history when he was acquired at last year's trade deadline.

In 2008, the Dodgers won the National League West division and swept the Cubs in the Division Series to reach the NLCS, capturing their first postseason series victory since their World Championship season of 1988. In addition to trading for Blake and future Hall of Fame right-hander Greg Maddux, Colletti pulled off arguably the greatest trade in Dodger franchise history, acquiring Ramirez for the stretch run just minutes before the trade deadline. Ramirez went on to put together two of the greatest months in team history before continuing his torrid hitting during the postseason. That trade and the subsequent play of Ramirez was named the top moment in Los Angeles sports in 2008 by the Los Angeles Sports Council.

The team's current 40-man roster boasts 27 players who have come up through the Dodger farm system, a dramatic increase over the past decade, while Colletti also played an integral role in bringing future Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre to Los Angeles as the 26th manager in franchise history.

With a focus on developing top talent, Colletti and his staff launched an offseason Player Development Program in 2008 that included instruction both on and off the field. In addition to learning the game from Dodger legends like Duke Snider, Maury Wills, Don Newcombe, Wes Parker, and others, the young players took part in classroom sessions that helped acclimate them to Los Angeles and the Major Leagues upon their eventual arrival. In fact, among the group of prospects that attended the inaugural program, seven reached the Major Leagues in 2008 (Blake DeWitt, Clayton Kershaw, James McDonald, A.J. Ellis, Cory Wade, Ramon Troncoso and Scott Elbert), including several who were well ahead of schedule. He also created the Dodger Pride Awards, which honor the organization's top minor league players each month.

Since coming to Los Angeles, Colletti has renewed the club's focus in Asia, signing free agents Takashi Saito in 2006 and former All-Star Hiroki Kuroda in 2007. The team also inked Robert Boothe, its first amateur signing from Japan and solidified its roots in China, where the Dodgers played the first ever Major League exhibition games in March 2008. Additionally, Colletti has increased the club's commitment to scouting and player development in the Dominican Republic.

In 2006, his first year as a GM, Colletti assembled a Major League team that tied for the National League Western Division title and he oversaw the continued success of a farm system that earned the Dodgers 2006 Organization of the Year honors from Baseball America. At the completion of his first year as GM, the Los Angeles Daily News named him Sportsperson of the Year in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Sports Council tabbed him as Co-Executive of the Year and he earned Major League Executive of the Year honors from the Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago, a professional baseball organization formed more than 60 years ago to promote goodwill toward the game and fellowship among professionals in baseball.

Prior to joining the Dodgers, Colletti spent 11 seasons with the San Francisco Giants, the last nine years as the Assistant General Manager. During his time in that position, the Giants posted an 813-644 record (.558), an average of more than 90 wins per season. Since the beginning of the 1997 season, the club had played just 14 games that did not have playoff implications and during that nine-year span, the team advanced to the postseason four times and was eliminated on the final day of the season on two occasions.

Colletti played an important role in helping assemble the Giants' club through trades and free agency. From 1997-2004, the Giants posted a .570 winning percentage, the best eight-year record in San Francisco history and the third-best record in Major League Baseball. The club's .585 mark from 2000-04 was its best five-year mark as well.

Prior to joining the Giants, Colletti worked for the Chicago Cubs, beginning his Major League career in 1982. He worked in both the media relations and baseball operations departments while handling salary arbitration cases, assisting in player acquisitions and contract negotiations. He was a member of the organization when the Cubs won National League East Division titles in 1984 and 1989 and was honored with the Robert O. Fishel Award for Public Relations Excellence in 1990.

The Chicago native graduated from Northern Illinois University and East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, IL, the same high school attended by former Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan, former Toronto Raptors general manager Glen Grunwald, and former NBA head coach Jimmy Rodgers. He was inducted into the Triton College Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, entering the same time as former Major League players Kirby Puckett, Lance Johnson and Jeff Reboulet.

Colletti has made a commitment to the Los Angeles community and for the fourth consecutive season, during select home games he will donate his personal Dodger tickets to local community based organizations and the families of enlisted service men and women, allowing them a chance to enjoy a Dodger game and spend time in the general manager's box. Colletti has regularly supported the UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital with his time and assisted the Boys and Girls Club.

He has been a guest speaker at many law firms as well as a guest lecturer to students who attend the law schools of Stanford University, the University of Michigan, the University of Illinois, DePaul University in Chicago, and students from the Marshall School of Business and the Annenberg School of Communication at USC.

His brother Doug has been a member of the Chicago Bears' radio broadcast team for the past 22 seasons.