Grace Calhoun Shares Inspiring Leadership Insights!

Athletic director at DePaul University, Lenti Ponsetto participated in the Women in Sports panel last week. Ponsetto shared how she believes the sports industry can change the top of gender balance, "It's got to be men and women in board rooms who grew up in the Title IX era..." Read more here!

Congratulations to Cornell College's winningest softball coach, Shanda Ness, on accepting the position of director of athletics at Thomas College. Read more here!

Grace Calhoun continues to raise the bar—last week she was the eighth athletic director featured on Athletic Director in Residence with the D1.ticker. Read the full article here! Plus, this week Calhoun received a $1 million-dollar commitment from former student-athlete David S. Pottruck to create the Penn Athletics Wharton Leadership Academy. Read more here!

Congratulations to Queens Charlotte Athletic Director, Cherie Swarthout, on adding baseball to the varsity sports for the 2019 season. Read more here!

Congratulations to Ursula Gurney from University of Missouri Kansas City on her feature in the MOAA Member Monday article. Read more here!

Congratulations to the four women featured in the NACDA publication, Facilities for the New Year Top Trends for 2017: Patrice Feulner from Iowa State University, Barb Kowal from CoSIDA, Dr. L. Renae Myles from Winthrop University, and Carolyn Stone from Palm Beach Atlantic University.

A warm welcome to our newest members: 

Kayla Ahlschlager - Student, Slippery Rock University
Jacqueline Bishop - Academic Coordinator, Duke University
LaTrese Barker -  Athletics Academic Coordinator/Assistant Compliance Coordinator, Norfolk State University
Charon Freeman - Athletics Business Coordinator, Norfolk State University 
Nikole Jones - Athletics Academic Coordinator, Norfolk State University 
Stella Roeder - University of Arkansas
Mary Jacobs - Head Athletic Trainer/Assistant Professor, Indiana Wesleyan University
Melisa Medina Cruz - Sr. Academic Advisor, California Sate University, Bakersfield
Heather Cato - Assistant Soccer Coach, Director of Eternal Affairs, Central Michigan University
Sheridan Blanford - Assistant Director, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Have a member news to share? Email it to Natalie Martinez to be featured in the next Shout Out!