About Jeff Vernetti

​Jeff Vernetti is a local business owner and real estate developer. He owns his own company, which is involved in a number of real estate projects around the Lake of the Ozarks area.

He is also the co-founder and co-owner of Ballparks National, one of the premier youth baseball and softball facilities in the country. He was the original General Manager from its inception until he departed his full-time position with the company upon winning his seat in the House of Representatives. Under his leadership, the company has held over 5,000 games played by teams from 21 states, bringing millions of dollars to the local community on an annual basis. The company employs a staff of over 50 people and has helped establish Ballparks National as one of the top attractions in the Lake area.

Ballparks National has won several awards, including being named Missouri’s best Youth Sports Complex and Lake Area’s and LOREDC Small Business of the Year.

In addition to his role at Ballparks National, Vernetti is also the owner of two other Lake area businesses. He opened LOZ Sports Training in November of 2021, which is the Lake area’s only youth sports training facility. Located in Osage Beach, the complex focuses on team rentals and individual training lessons for young athletes.

In June of 2023, he and his wife Kelly opened Vernetti’s Italian Grocer, located on the historic square in Camdenton. The store offers a wide selection of deli meats and cheeses, entrees, pastas, sandwiches, and dry good items. They have brought a taste of the St. Louis Hill to the Lake area.

Before moving to the area, Vernetti worked in sports broadcasting in St. Louis for ten years, mostly as a talk show host. His duties not only included hosting a radio show but providing all of the sales and marketing support for the show on a brokered basis. He handled all of the sales, billing and collections for the show. While in radio, he also owned two indoor sports training complexes for three years in the St. Louis area.

In addition to his radio broadcasting and sports facility experience, Vernetti has worked in sales and sales management in several industries. He worked as a sales manager for SBC Communications and Charter Communications and in outside sales for Glazers Distributors. For almost 20 years, Vernetti has managed annual budgets, revenue projections, hitting required sales goals, and all facets of personnel oversight (payroll, HR, benefits, etc). He also worked for BSN Sports, selling uniforms and equipment to schools and teams in the Central Missouri region.

Currently Vernetti is involved in a number of local organizations and charities. He sits on the board of directors for Central Ozarks Medical Center (COMC), Lake West Chamber of Commerce, Lake of the Ozarks Regional Economic Development Council (LOREDC) and the Macks Creek Park. He is a past President of Camdenton Rotary Club and is a member of the Osage Beach Elks Club, the Camden County Republican Club, and Calvary Chapel Lake of the Ozarks.

He has been married to his wife Kelly, who is currently a teacher at School of the Osage High School, since 2001. They have two children, Dominick (21) and Isabella (18).