Dave Seiter Becomes New GM

Local Army Veteran Uses Football to Help People Here and Overseas
Army Reserves member and attorney David Seiter promoted to Tornados General Manager

For release- June 26, 2010

INDIANAPOLIS- Garrison Law Firm attorney David Seiter was promoted from the Indianapolis Tornados’ Director of Game Day Operations to the team’s General Manager effective June 6, 2010. Seiter replaced former GM Anthony Meriweather, who now serves as a division commissioner for the North American Football League, the minor league organization the Tornados play under.

Seiter, a U.S. Army Reserves member for over 22 years, has been actively involved with the game of football for quite some time. In addition to his role with the Tornados, Seiter has taken a football charity he developed in Iraq and applied it here for the betterment of the Indianapolis community.

“While serving in Iraq in 2003, I organized and administered ‘Operation Touchdown,’ a charitable event introducing Iraqi orphans to the sport of American football. Children were given merchandise donated by the Indianapolis Colts and many Indianapolis residents through care packages and spent the day at a clinic put on by U.S. soldiers,” Seiter explained. “After I returned from Iraq, I wanted to make my own community better. If I could set up a charity event in a combat zone, why couldn't I do it here?"

With the NFL’s blessing and playing off of the Indianapolis Colts’ two Super Bowl runs, Seiter has organized fundraising efforts for military based charities. Operation Touchdown II, an extension from Seiter’s Iraq project, raised money for the United Services Organization, while Operation Touchdown 2010 has received monetary donations to aid the Wounded Warrior Project. Both charities have raked in thousands of dollars due to his efforts.

In his time with the Tornados, Seiter has worked with numerous other charities; including Big Brothers Big Sisters Indianapolis, the Children's Bureau, the Martin Luther King Community Center, the Shepherd Community Center, the Jewish Community Center, Samaritan's Feet, Indiana Make a Wish Foundation, and Marlin Jackson's Fight for Life Foundation. Seiter hopes to work with many new organizations for the 2010 season. He will be appearing with the Tornados July 9 at Monument Circle as a celebrity scooper for the 2010 American Dairy Association’s Ice Cream Social.

The Indianapolis Tornados are a minor league football team with a rich history and an intense commitment to the community. The Tornados won the North American Football League championship in 2008, the largest minor league football organization in the country. Players from top colleges joined the Tornados for a shot at professional aspirations. For more information about the team and organization log on to www.indianapolistornados.com. The home opener is 7 p.m. July 10.