Merit Tully
Vice President, Marketing
Merit Tully is in his 24th year with the Anaheim Ducks, his fourth as Vice President, Marketing. In his role, Tully oversees business intelligence, broadcasting, communications, community relations, entertainment, fan development, marketing, merchandising, publications/digital content and social networking. Tully provides oversight of the club’s broadcast agreements, and led the team’s effort to launch a 24/7 audio network, Duck Stream, in the fall of 2022.
Tully helped lead the organization’s efforts to bring the U.S. Women’s National Team to Honda Center for a Rivalry Series game vs. Canada in 2020. Through the club’s efforts, the contest set an all-time attendance record for the Women’s National Team in a game on U.S. soil.
Tully previously spent three seasons as the Ducks’ Director of Marketing and Brand Management, overseeing all team marketing elements, premium sales marketing, graphic design and fan development, including S.C.O.R.E. (Scholastic Curriculum of Recreation and Education), the club’s education-based youth hockey program which has reached more 400,000 school children since 2005.
Tully served as the Director of Media and Communications for Honda Center from 2007-16, acting as the primary liaison between the arena and media for all non-hockey events. He coordinated several major announcements for the arena, including facility upgrades such as the Shock Top Terrace, the most extensive upgrade in venue history.
He joined the Ducks in 2000 as a Communications Manager, helping enhance the overall image of the hockey club and assisting in the club’s public relations efforts through three lengthy playoff runs, as the team won the Stanley Cup in 2007 and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2003 and Western Conference Finals in 2006.
Tully graduated from Fresno State with a degree in Communications & Advertising and began his career as a Publications and Media Coordinator for the Arizona Coyotes in 1999. He serves on the Anaheim Transportation Network Board.
Merit and his wife, Heidi, have a daughter, Payton, and son Cullen. The family resides in Mission Viejo.