- Freddie Fu
Freddie H. Fu , M.D. Freddie H. Fu , M.D., is the David Silver Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Previously, he was the department's executive vice chairman.
- Shawn Kibe
Shawn Kibe, PA-C Shawn Kibe is an orthopedic physician assistant at University Orthopedics Center (UOC). He graduated from Penn State University in 1992 and earned his physician assistant certificate from Cornell University Medical College in 1998. He became NCCPA (National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants) certified in 1998.
- William A. Grana
William A. Grana , MD, MPH Professor and Head, Orthopaedic Surgery The University Physicians, The University of Arizona College of Medicine Dr. Grana received his medical degree from Harvard University in 1968. He completed his residency at Barnes Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis in 1975 and a fellowship in sports medicine from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 1976. He was board certified in orthopaedic surgery in 1976.
- Wendy Hilliard
Wendy Hilliard has long been a major force in women's sports. In 1978, she became the first African-American to represent the United States and remained on the rhythmic gymnastics national team a record-setting nine times; serving twice as national team captain. She was a four-time U.S. national team coach and coached 1996 Olympian, Aliane Baquerot. Hilliard was the first African-American and gymnast to become the president of the Women's Sports Foundation in 1995.
- Charles R. Drew
Charles took a position at Morgan State College as a teacher of biology and a director of sports. He then went to McGill University Medical School in Canada. He became a medical intern. Charles got interested in researching human blood. Then he went to Columbia Medical School in New York. Charles died on April 1, 1950, in a car accident in North Carolina while driving three young doctors to a clinic in Alabama. The three young doctors survived, but Charles did not.
- Joe Gieck
Dr. Joe Gieck is director of sports medicine, professor in human services, and professor of clinical orthopædic surgery at the University of Virginia. He was curriculum director of the University of Virginia's master's program in athletic training for 11 years and received the National Athletic Trainers Association distinguished educator of the year award in 1986 and college athletic trainer of the year award in 1979.
- Samuel Amoako-Atta
Samuel Amoako-Atta Assistant Director of Intramurals and Recreation Activities Born in Kumasi, Ghana, Samuel Amoako-Atta received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana 1978, majoring in Physical Education. He held several teaching and coaching positions in Ghana, and Liberia, West Taught, coached and administered sports at Ghanaian Schools and later relocated to Liberia in 1980 coaching and teaching at the University of Liberia.
- Bob Rotella
Dr. Bob Rotella explores the mental game of golf and how confidence as well as course and game management are the key to improving scores. His program for success in playing the golf of your dreams is based on strategies found to be successful with tour players such as Tom Kite, Brad Faxon, David Love III, and is similar to approaches used by Rotella's other clients who are top athletes in a variety of different sports. Author Name Dr. Bob Rotella Pages
- Sam Wilkinson
SAM WILKINSON - PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER Mr. Wilkinson was appointed Public Relations Officer of the Barbados Olympic Association in 2001. He is an English trained journalist with the London School of Journalism, with a specialty in Sports Writing and Broadcasting. He is a former Assistant Editor of the Barbados Daily News and Director of Sports of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation.
- Cindy Kubiet
Cindy Kubiet enters her 27th year at UMBC. She was appointed as the director of sports medicine services in 1985. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, and she completed her Master's degree at the University of Virginia.
- Felix Viera Ramos
Felix Viera Ramos Team: 13 National Head Coach Felix has over 15 years of volleyball experience including coaching and playing in Puerto Rico and the USA. From 1992 through 1997, Felix played professionally in the Puerto Rican National League as an outside hitter. As a coach, Felix coached with Club AVOLI (PR), Levittown Volleyball Association (PR) and Dorado-Tainas Volleyball Association (PR) and attained various championships with girls' teams aged11-12 thru 17-19.
- Bruce Mesner
Bruce Mesner , as director of Sports & Entertainment, brings a unique perspective to the planning needs of professional athletes and affluent individuals. He attended the University of Maryland, earning a degree in Economics. Bruce was a four-time letter winner in the football program and voted to the All Atlantic Coast first team three times. In 1985 Bruce won the Brooklyn Club Outstanding College Defensive Player Award. He was drafted by and played with the Buffalo Bills.
- Sue B. Shapiro
Dr. Sue B. Shapiro , Associate Professor Dr. Shapiro has worked and taught in the field of athletics and athletic training for the past 25 years. She earned a BS in Physical Education from West Virginia University, an M.Ed. and an Ed.D. in Sports Medicine and Curriculum Design from the University of Virginia.
- James D. Thornton
James D. Thornton James D. Thornton has been a director of the company since September 2004. He is the former senior executive vice president and director of diversity, recruitment and people services for MBNA America Bank, N.A., a credit-card lending company. Since joining MBNA in 1997, he has held various leadership positions, including director of quality assurance and director of sports marketing, regional director — mid-Atlantic region.
- Keith Rodgers
Keith Rodgers , Director of Sports/Recreation From Parkin, AK, Keith Rodgers loves to work with kids by coaching and umpiring various sports. He graduated from Messick High School, is married to Robbie and they have two kids, Ashley and Chris. Keith has been serving at CUMC since 1997.
- Coach Willis Bridges
Coach Willis Bridges - Director of Sports & Adolescent Ministries
- Ernie Rosa
Ernie Rosa , director of sports and recreation for Montreal
- Amanda Daninger
Amanda graduated from the Bemidji State University with a Sports Management and Business degree. She began working in the field when she started with Minnesota Sports Federation as a customer of Visit Minneapolis North and was hired on as Sports Sales Manager for the organization in June 2003. After the retirement of the Director of Sports, Amanda was then promoted to that position in June 2005.
- Natasa Trifunovic
Natasa Trifunovic HR and Office Manager Working out of Omnidrive’s Australian office, Natasa’s role involves ironing out company policies, recruiting, accounts and even customer support. Before joining the Omnidrive team, Natasa worked as a PA to the director of sports equipment importing company. She holds a Business Diploma in Human Resources, Marketing and IT (web applications).
- Dominique Lecomte
16 years senior level activity in the Television and Telecom sectors. Experience in : Multimedia content acquisition, Production and Organisation business development. KEY SKILL HIGHLIGHTS : Multi-cultural international cross-team / project development and management in the TV / Online content and production world (Altice Group : Numericable / Canal+: Benelux, Scandinavia, Poland, France / M6 / Visual TV); On-demand Entertainment project . . .
- Kenyon College. Gambier
Kenyon was described as one of the 25 "New Ivies" in The 2007 Kaplan/Newsweek 'How to Get Into College Guide.' The article counted Kenyon among a list of "world-class schools" featuring "great academics and first-rate faculties," appealing to students looking beyond Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. The Kaplan/Newsweek guide released its listing on August 13. Kenyon was mentioned in the August 4 Wall Street Journal in the "Gift of the Week" feature.
- Wayne Boyd
Wayne Boyd : Chairman Wayne Boyd was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2004 and was appointed Chairman effective 1 July 2006.. He is a company director with a background in law and merchant banking. Mr Boyd is Chairman of Freightways Limited. In the past Mr Boyd was employed by Bancorp Holdings Limited. He was also Chairman of the South Island Interim Development Group which was charged with the establishment of Meridian Energy Limited.
- Dave Saunders
- Carolyn Feinstein
Carolyn Feinstein Group Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Electronic Arts As group vice president of consumer marketing, Carolyn Feinstein is responsible for the management of all consumer marketing activities for Electronic Arts in North America.
- Michael Jerchower
Michael Jerchower Director, Brand Management Michael Jerchower manages sales initiatives for the interactive, electronics, automotive, mobile content, toys, and sporting goods categories on behalf of Beanstalk’s clients. Specifically, Michael directs the interactive category for The Ford Motor Company, Ford’s PAG brands and Harley-Davidson. Under his guidance, Ford Motor Company’s video game licensing program has witnessed tremendous growth.
- Brian Lehmann
Brian Lehmann , a highly respected professional in the field of sports nutrition, was hired as Nebraska ’s director of sports nutrition in June of 2007. In his role, Lehmann works with all of Nebraska ’s 23 varsity sports and assists student-athletes with body composition/frame analysis, nutrition education, weight gain/loss, meal planning, eating disorders, supplementation and counseling for all Husker athletes.
- Ivan J. Mulligan
Ivan J. Mulligan , PT, DSc, SCS, ATC, CSCS Assistant Professor Physical Therapy Director of Sports and Orthopedic Physical Therapy imulligan@francis.edu Further Information
- Jonathan M. White
Dr. Jonathan M. White Dr. Jonathan M. White is Professor of Sociology and Political Economy at Colby College in Maine. At Colby, Professor White teaches courses such as "Genocide and Political Violence," "Social Inequality and Power," and "Globalization, the Political Economy, and Social Change." Jonathan is also the Founding Director of Sports for Hunger, the Hunger Resource Center, Halloween for Hunger, and Pass-the-Fast.
- Al Lorenzen
Al Lorenzen Al Lorenzen has been in the Sports Industry for over a decade in a variety of capacities. He is the Director of Sports at the Des Moines Area Sports Commission where he oversees all aspects of the Des Moines Area Sports Commission. Previously, Al served as Assistant Athletic Director for External Affairs for the Drake University Athletic Department overseeing all facets event management and revenue generation for the Drake Athletic Department.
- Ged Roddy
Ged Roddy , Director of Sport
- Lukas Anderson
Lukas Anderson is the director of sports information as part of the English faculty at the Out of Door Academy (ODA). ODA is an academy for kids k-12 to help them build the skills to become exemplary students. Lukas attended the University of Virginia for his undergraduate degree in English, and attended Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland for his graduate degree, which he earned in 2007.
- Ralph Pratt
Ralph Pratt , Assistant Manager and Program Director at the Boston hostel, is so well connected in the community, that he was able to set up a number of educational opportunities for the group. To begin with, Ralph arranged for the group to meet with Peter Robey, Director of Sports and Society from Northeastern University.
- Kathrine Switzer
Kathrine Switzer Kathrine Switzer will always be best known as the woman who challenged the all-male tradition of the Boston Marathon and became the first woman to officially enter and run the event. Her entry created an uproar and worldwide notoriety when a race official tried to forcibly remove her from the competition.
- Kurt Svoboda
Kurt Svoboda has been promoted to Director of Athletic Communications at Harvard. Svoboda, who is in his third year overall at Harvard, will serve as the departmental spokesperson responsible for disseminating information for the nation’s largest Division I intercollegiate athletic program to appropriate organizations. Svoboda will work directly with the football, men’s basketball and baseball programs as well as several others.
- Jason Tirotta
Jason Tirotta joined the media relations team in April 2007 with several years of sports information experience, most recently as interim director of athletics communications at Kent State University. Before managing the day-to-day operations of the sports information office at Kent State, Jason worked at Hiram College as the director of sports information/marketing.
- Steve Nordwall
Steve Nordwall is in his sixth year as the director of sports medicine for the Eastern Michigan University athletic department. Nordwall joined the EMU staff after spending the previous five years as an assistant trainer for the Kent State University athletic program. At Kent State, Nordwall worked with the intercollegiate sports programs and held direct responsibilities with the football and men�s basketball programs.
- Christopher D. Page
Chris has devoted his career to impacting people's lives through sports. He began his career as a student of physical education and moved into coaching youth sports, as well as interscholastic basketball in the mid 1980's. He has a Bachelor of University Studies with an emphasis in Physical Education and Recreation, and a Masters of Science in Sports Administration from UNM.
- George Linley
George Linley glinley@palmbeachsports.com Event Manager George assists the Director of Sports with event operations, bids on selective sporting events, and the grant application reviews. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in the spring of 2003 with a Masters in Business Administration and a special track in Sport Management. While attending graduate school, he worked as the marketing sales executive at Roger Dean Stadium.
- Katy Peterson
Katy Peterson is in her second season as the head coach of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux volleyball program. Last season she led the Fighting Sioux to a 15-11 overall record and 6-6 North Central Conference mark (fourth place). Hired on March 20, 2006, Peterson became the ninth head coach in the program’s 30-year history (1976-2006).
- Amanda Daninger
Amanda Daninger , Director of Sports Amanda graduated from the Bemidji State University with a Sports Management and Business degree. She began working in the field when she started with Minnesota Sports Federation as a customer of Visit Minneapolis North and was hired on as Sports Sales Manager for the organization in June 2003. After the retirement of the Director of Sports, Amanda was then promoted to that position in June 2005.