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http://mlb.mlb.com/la/community/executives/colletti.html paul depodesta 2006 -- 2014 franklin park , illinois chicago 200px usa ned colletti
 ned colletti ned_colletti . jpg los angeles dodgers ned louis colletti , jr. . senior advisor to the president northern illinois university
ned colletti

ned louis colletti , jr. is the senior adviser to the president of the los angeles dodgers .
he previously was general manager of the dodgers from 2006 through 2014 .
before moving to the dodgers , he was assistant general manager of the san francisco giants .
colletti graduated from east leyden high school in franklin park , illinois , and attended triton college before graduating from northern illinois university .
he was inducted into the triton college sports hall of fame in 1993 , the same year as the major league players kirby puckett , lance johnson and jeff reboulet .
in 1982 , colletti began his major league career with the chicago cubs .
he was a member of the front office when the cubs won the national league east in 1984 and 1989 .
colletti was honored with major league baseball 's robert o. fishel award for public relations excellence in 1990 .
colletti left the cubs and joined the front office of the san francisco giants in 1994 as director of baseball operations .
he was promoted to assistant general manager in october 1996 .
during his tenure , the giants had an 813 -- 644 overall record -lrb- .558 -rrb- , winning an average of 90.3 games per season .
he was hired by the los angeles dodgers in 2005 .
during his tenure with the dodgers -lrb- 2005-2014 -rrb- , colletti had the highest winning percentage of any general manager in the national league .
