The 2010 season will mark Kevin's 17th year working in Major League Baseball and eighth as the Major League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for Tampa Bay. During his years as a professional coach, Kevin has had the opportunity to work with hundreds of former and current professional athletes from Major League Baseball and The National Football League.

Kevin was an instrumental part of the Ray's winning the 2008 American League Championship. Although the team fell just short of winning the World Series, Kevin was honored by being named the 2008 Strength Coach of the Year for all of Major League Baseball.

He earned his BS in Exercise Physiology and MS in Sports Physiology from Ohio University. Prior to transferring to Ohio University, he was a four-year varsity letterman for The University of Toledo's baseball team (1988 to 1991). Following graduation he served as a strength and conditioning graduate assistant for The Ohio State University Buckeye football team (1993).

Kevin began his baseball career with the Florida Marlins (1994 to 1995) prior to being hired by the Kansas City Royals (1996 to 1998). He also has served as the Minor League Strength Coordinator for the Cincinnati Reds (1999 to 2000) and the Florida Marlins (2001 to 2002).

David M. Krol, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P., leads the Foundation's efforts in developing and maintaining a diverse, well-trained leadership and workforce in health and health care. RWJF's work to build human capital encompasses many of the Foundation's longest-running and best-known programs. Drawn to RWJF by "the opportunity to be part of an organization that is focused on social change," he views his role as one of "helping to develop health professionals through enhancing skills, building knowledge, expanding opportunities, and then sending them out to create change in health and health care nationwide."

Before joining RWJF in 2009, Krol was an associate professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toledo College of Medicine. Previously, he was director, Medical Affairs and Clinical Evaluation at the Children's Health Fund in New York and also served as the Fund's vice president for Medical Affairs. While an assistant professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy and Management (in dentistry) at Columbia University, he was the recipient of a Soros Advocacy Fellowship for Physicians, and served as a senior policy research consultant at the Children's Dental Health Project in Washington, D.C. He is an alumnus of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and a former Bush Fellow in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University.

A recognized leader in children's oral health advocacy, Krol has provided pediatric primary care to the underserved in Connecticut, New York, and Ohio, testified before federal, state and local legislative bodies on behalf of children, and published in scientific journals such as Pediatrics, Advances in Pediatrics, Pediatrics in Review, and others on topics as diverse as children's oral health, health workforce policy, medical errors and labor pain management. He has held leadership positions in the American Academy of Pediatrics and has received numerous awards including being selected as a Pediatric Leader of the 21st Century by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute.

Krol received a B.A. magna cum laude with college honors from the University of Toledo. He also was a dominating pitcher for the University's baseball team and was its first player to earn Academic All-America honors. He still ranks among the top 10 at the University in seven statistical categories. Drafted by the Minnesota Twins, he played professional baseball for three years.

Krol received his M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine and completed his residency in pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland. He received an M.P.H from the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

Krol is a diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics, a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the recipient of the American Medical Association Foundation 2001 Leadership Award.

Born in Oberlin, Ohio he now resides in Princeton with his wife, Christina, a television news producer, and their daughter. He enjoys music, running, and "just about anything athletic."

Dr. Eaton currently serves as Team Orthopedic Surgeon for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He has provided coverage for the Baltimore Orioles during spring training and served as orthopedic consultant to the Birmingham Barons, Class AA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 and John Hopkins School of Medicine in 1987. His studies also included a Fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute under the direction of Dr. James Andrews.